Pelisse coat

1820's silk pelisse.

Silk damask pelisse made from gold silk damask, woven with a pattern of small dots.

1823 dress

Pelisse coat, 1820. This is the quintessential women's outerwear garment of the early 19th century. Due to the nature of the fashions of the time, the pelisse had to be very fitted and tailored to better cover the insubstantial textile of the gowns underneath. Therefore they tended to be very fashionable and follow the lines of Empire dress.

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A group of dress and accessories 1815-20, comprising: lilac figured silk pelisse robe with padded collar and interestin

Pelisse, ca. 1825; RIjksuseum BK-16000

Today I continue posting more Regency Fashions from the pages of Ackermann's Repository and want to call your attention to "mourning dress" as viewed by those of Regency England. My last post for the year 1817 ended with two mourning fashion plates. This was due to the fact that all of England was in mourning over the death of their beloved Princess Charlotte. Ackermann's then continued the mourning fashion plates in memory of Princess Charlotte by showing two more in January 1818 and then…