Regency fashion plates ball gowns

Fashion Plate, 'Parisian Ball Dress' for 'La Belle Assemblée', John Bell (England, 1745 - 1831), England, London, May 1, 1820, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

Fashion Plate (Parisian Ball Dress), John Bell (England, 1745 - 1831), England, London, February 1821, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

Fashion Plate, 'Full Dress for Decr. 1798' for 'Lady's Monthly Museum', Unknown, England, London, 1798, Prints, Hand-colored etching on paper.

Ball Dress, November 1814 - CandiceHern.com

So a while ago I was thinking about going to an event in Regency finery, wielding a katana, and basically being Lizzy Bennet in “Pride, Prejudice & Zombies.” I already had a Regency…

"Frock of straw colour crape, over a white sarsnet petticoat; it is made a walking length, open behind and trimmed round with white silk fancy twist. A rich French lace set on full, edges it at the bottom ..."

Fashion Plate, 'Baronial Helmet & Arundel Fete Dress' for 'La Belle Assemblée', John Bell (England, 1745 - 1831), England, London, July 1, 1815, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

Dress (image 2) | British | 1820 | silk | Metropolitan Museum of Art | Accession #: C.I.66.59.7