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Delicately and exotically trimmed, and made of luxurious fabrics, ball gowns are the most formal female attire for social occasions. Trimmed with lace, pearls, sequins, embroidery, ruffles and ruching, the most common fabrics are satin, silk, taffeta

Men's fashion has become somewhat boring, you'll pardon my saying so. But it wasn't always. A good example is the ever-popular cut-away riding frock coat popular from the 1780s to the 1820s. A functional and yet swaggering, rakish garment if there ever was one, for both gentlemen and scoundrel. Pulled from an antique pattern, this treatment, the Brown and Black Tooled Faux Leather Steampunk Frock Cutaway Coat with Shocking large black velvet lapels is historically accurate, but just a sight bit louder in its fabric. Think Mr Darcy meets H G Wells . Material: Faux Brown and Black Flowered Pattern Leather Black Crushed Velvet Lined with a black satin cotton blend Adjustable cuffs and ornate brass buttons adorn in fine fashion. Fits Chest Size 44-46" Sleeve size up to 27" Truly, one of a kind! Set price: Frock coat, vest, shirt and cravat. $525 With trousers: $650 If you would like to order, kindly provide the following measurements: chest or jacket size largest mid-section diameter ( belly area) waist sleeve length from tip of shoulder to wrist, with arm bent Custom work welcomed.

Ackermann's Repository was a popular British publication of the Regency period and its monthly issues were in distribution from January 1809 till its final issue on December 1828. Fortunately for us, Ackermann's Repository was published by a printing house that specialized in producing bound volumes intended for reference and private libraries. Had this just been a fashion magazine, I believe many of the amazing plates would have vanished over time; however since this publication was a literary, economic, political, architectural,as well as a fashion publication; the pages of Ackermann's was treated as a reference item and several full collections of these bound volumes still exist today. (In 1829 Ackermann's had a fashion only publication - "Ackermann's Repository of Fashion".) Ackermann's was know in its day as one of the premier print shops and produced many illustrated book series and lithographs during it's time. From the beginning "The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics" as it was formally called was intended to be bound into books even though it was available as a monthly magazine as well. This is why you see the odd numbering system on the illustrated plates. At the end of each year, that years issues were available as a 2 volume set and could be purchased in a variety of binding options directly from Ackermann's or from several of the other binding houses or book sellers in London. A subscriber also had the option of having their individual issues custom bound to order. It's just so interesting how things were done 200 years ago. 1823 was the start of Series 3 When these were later bound into their 2 volume sets. Jan - Jun 1823 were part of Series 3 Volume 1 July - Dec 1823 were part of Series 3 Volume 2 1823 would have volumes 3&4 1824 would have volumes 5&6 and so on and so forth till the series was completed At the end of the 20 years of Ackermann's Repository there were 40 bound book volumes. According to the information I've found up to 1,000 bound volumes of Ackermann's Repository were sold per year. I've yet to find a number of how many issues of each magazine were sold per month; however it must have been a lucrative venture for it to have been published in both formats for a twenty year period of time. My pick of the 1823 Ackermann's Repository Fashions I have been posting all the lovely fashion plates from the pages of Ackermann's and continue now with Series 3 which ran from January 1823 - December 1828. These fashion would be considered late Regency and can be most easily identified by the more form fitting bodices, dropping waistlines and fuller skirt bottoms. Today I will be posting the fashions for 1823 and I hope you enjoy seeing them. This is what the cover page for Series 3 Vol 1 (Jan - June) 1823 looked like in the bound book form Ackermann's Repository 1823 Fashion Plates 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - January Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - January Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - February Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - February Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - March Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - March Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - April Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - April Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - May Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - May Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - June Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 1 - June Issue This is what the cover page for Series 3 Vol 2 (July - Dec) 1823 looked like in the bound book form 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - July Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - July Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - August Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - August Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - September Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - September Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - October Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - October Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - November Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - November Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - December Issue 1823 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 2 - December Issue ************* For those of you who want a bit more than to see the pretty fashions; here are the fashion descriptions from the November 1823 issue. I though I'd show this one since it included descriptions of the fashion plate showing hats. You will notice I left the pages intact and did not crop out the extra bits from the previous article that precedes the fashion articles; nor did I remove the beginning of the article that followed the fashions. This is so you can see how the articles ran one into the other and how they can jump from one topic to the next without the two being related. Here we have on page 305 the ending of a technology article followed by fashion then one about a new illustrated literary book soon to be available for sale by Ackermann's. Here at the bottom of the November fashions article we see an subtle advertisement for the new release of Ackermann's annual "The Forget Me Not". "The Forget Me Not" was another well known publication by Ackermann's. This "Literary Annual" was published around November of every year (just in time for the Christmas gift giving season) from 1822-1847 and targeted mainly the female marked. This new style of "annual" contained 12 engravings to represent each of the months and stories or poems to accompany each. It also contained a review of the previous year, the recent census, a family tree of the monarchy of Britain and a list of sovereign families and ambassadors for other kingdoms. This would have been a very safe gift for a gentleman to present a lady and in some years it sold up to 20,000 copies. It is believed that the bound version of Ackermann's only sold upwards to 1,000 copies per year; so this shows how popular "The Forget Me Not" was. ************* I hope you have enjoyed another trip through the Regency Fashions of Ackermann's Repository and that you join me again when I post the fashions for 1824. For your convenience here are some quick links to the earlier Regency fashions I've posted on my blog. Ackermann's ran series 1 from 1809 - 1815 Series 1 - Vol 1 & 2 - 1809 Series 1 - Vol 3 & 4 - 1810 Series 1 - Vol 5 & 6 - 1811 Series 1 - Vol 7 & 8 - 1812 Series 1 - Vol 9 & 10 - 1813 Series 1 - Vol 11 & 12 - 1814 Series 1 - Vol 13 & 14 - 1815 The Ladies of Ackermann's Regency Fashion (this is a fun digital art piece I did using many of the above ladies) Ackermann's ran series 2 from 1816 - 1822 Series 2 - Vol 1 & 2 - 1816 Series 2 - Vol 3 & 4 - 1817 Series 2 - Vol 5 & 6 - 1818 Series 2 - Vol 7 & 8 - 1819 Series 2 - Vol 9 & 10 - 1820 Series 2 - Vol 11 & 12 - 1821 Series 2 - Vol 13 & 14 - 1822 Regency Garden Party with a Roaring Rogue (this is a fun digital art piece I did using several Ackermann's Repository images from series 2 and one fun lion man from J.J. Grandville, who was another Regency period illustrator.) Ackermann's ran series 3 from 1823 - 1828 Series 3 - Vol 1 & 2 - 1823 Series 3 (1824-1828) still to be posted Till our next Regency adventure Thanks for visiting me here at EKDuncan.blogspot.com If you have enjoyed seeing these images from Ackermann's Repository and would like the opportunity to see and read an original for yourself they are are available on line at www.archive.org Click HERE then choose the volume you are interested in. You can then see and read them online or download them to your computer for future reference. Enjoy!

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I've been posting for several months now about images from the Regency era publication Ackermann's Repository; which was published in England from 1809 to 1828. These monthly issues were full of wonderful hand-colored plates of Fashions, Furniture, Curtains, Landscapes, Gardens, Architecture and more. In July 2011, I posted all the Fashion Plates for Ackermann's Series 1 (1809-1815) In August 2011, I posted all the Fashion Plates for Ackermann's Series 2 (1816-1822) In September 2011, I posted all the Fashion Plates for Ackermann's Series 3 (1823-1828) There were over 480 Fashion Plates published in the 20 years they were in publication and I've created png images from 41 of them to use in my digital art projects. This is a reference chart for the 41 png images showing a variety of fashions from 1809-1828 I've posted these to my deviantART account in an easy to download zip file to share with you all. Click HERE to go to that page and then click the Download button on the top right once there. I just could not resist sharing this ladies with you once more and I hope you will use them to create some fun digital art or craft projects of your very own. Here are some of the digital art projects I've created so far using many of the images from above. Beautiful Day for a Walk by EKDuncan Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene. Regency Ladies with a Gothic view by EKDuncan Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene. Regency Ladies with a Curtain View Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene. Regency Beauties by EKDuncan Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene. Midnight Garden by EKDuncan Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene. Regency Ghost Scene by EKDuncan Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene. Masquerade Ball by EKDuncan Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene. Garden Party with a Roaring Rogue by EKDuncan Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene. The Regency Ladies of Fashion by EKDuncan Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene. I'm having so much fun creating with these images that I wanted to share these fun FREEBIES with you guys too. Enjoy!

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