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Regency Looking Glass: Regency Rules of Mourning
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Friday, January 10, 2014. Regency Rules of Mourning. The long-anticipated fourth season of the hit BBC series Downton Abbey. Premiered last week in the U.S., and the first episode revolved around Lady Mary’s grief at losing her husband Matthew (who inconveniently crashed his car on the same day his son was born at the end of Season 3). Women who could not afford to have mourning gowns specially made for them would get creative and make a mourning wardrobe from the clothes they already had, adding black t...
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Regency Looking Glass: Beau Brummell’s Enduring Influence on Men’s Fashion
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Monday, January 27, 2014. Beau Brummell’s Enduring Influence on Men’s Fashion. There have always been and always will be dandies – men who follow fashion and take an active interest in how they present themselves to the world. However, the Regency produced one of the most influential and famous dandies of all time, George Bryan “Beau” Brummell. 19th century portrait miniature of Beau Brummell. I'll bet this was painted near the height of his. Fame; he looks awfully pleased with himself! JB Priestley desc...
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Regency Looking Glass: Regency Fops
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014. Beau Brummel was the quintessential dandy, and many men of his time tried to mimic his style. But some of Brummel’s followers clearly went overboard, which is one reason why we sometimes think of a dandy. As being synonymous with a fop. 8211; a man who is vain and excessively concerned with his manners and appearance, to the point of ridiculousness. This 1818 caricature by I.R. Cruikshank of a woman. Toying" with a foppish dandy shows the contempt. My favorite fictional fop i...
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Regency Looking Glass: March 2015
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Friday, March 20, 2015. A Sweet Way to Commemorate Napoleon's Short-Lived Triumph. Have you ever enthusiastically embarked on something, only to realize later it wasn’t such a good idea? I know I have, which is why I’m thinking about Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon Returned from Elba, by Charles Auguste Guillaume Steuben. The island of St. Helena in 1812. One way to commemorate the anniversary of Napoleon's return to France in 1815 is to indulge in a sweet pastry treat called a “Napoleon.”. It’s a des...
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Regency Looking Glass: Ahoy, Matey - Today's a Good Day to Talk Like a Pirate
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Thursday, September 19, 2013. Ahoy, Matey - Today's a Good Day to Talk Like a Pirate. Roll out your Rs - September 19 is International Talk like a Pirate Day. This holiday was created in 1995 by a two friends living in Albany, Oregon – not too far from where I live. The fun has spread beyond the Pacific Northwest and Talk Like a Pirate Day has now become a reason to party pirate-style across the globe. The founding fathers of Talk Like a Pirate Day:. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. A battle at sea or.
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Regency Looking Glass: August 2014
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Friday, August 15, 2014. Bad Romance – Caroline of Brunswick and the Prince Regent. Queen Caroline, 1820 by James Lonsdale. British royal scandals are nothing new, and historically the month of August has seen its share of scandalous events among the nobility. You may remember the summer of 1997 when the Princess Diana, recently divorced from Charles, the Prince of Wales, made headlines by dating Dodi Fayed, the son of an Egyptian billionaire. 1995 photo of Diana. One scandal in particular was her liaiso...
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Regency Looking Glass: The Pleasures of Pride and Prejudice
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Thursday, March 12, 2015. The Pleasures of Pride and Prejudice. The title page from the book's first edition in 1813. It’s been years – decades, really – since I’ve read Pride and Prejudice. And since I’m currently between books (I try to always have at least one on my nightstand for bedtime reading) I decided to pick it up again. And I'm glad I did. Over the years I’ve seen many TV and movie adaptations, especially the 1995. Based on a book of the same name. Though the words were written over 200 years ...
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Regency Looking Glass: Prinny and the Hope Diamond
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Monday, October 13, 2014. Prinny and the Hope Diamond. Recently I had the good fortune to be in Washington, D.C., which is quite a distance from my home state of Oregon. On this, my first-ever trip to our nation's capital, I was cruising through the National Museum of Natural History when I got a delightful surprise. Platinum chain made up of 46 smaller diamonds. I. Wasn't expecting to see such a stunning piece of jewelry in the same building that houses a. After going missing in France, the stone appear...
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