Late 18th C

[isabelladangelo]

I need to make this. Mainly because, look, Miss Ginsie is right there in the picture! So, of course, it needs to be made. :-)

Comments

[dragoneyes19.livejournal.com]

that is a very interesting hat...is it a widow's hat? or am I adding Victorian meaning to an earlier fashion.

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

No, they wore black very early on for mourning. I think it was just popular and more regulated in the Victorian age. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a mourning hat.

[dragoneyes19.livejournal.com]

oh duh I can read the bottom says "morning dress" although I wonder if that means AM or mouring...I know spelling was often different.

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

It means AM - but the hat could still be for mourning.

[stitchwhich.livejournal.com]

It looks like "half-mourning", that period of time (generall 6 months) following the formal period (one - four years, depending on the relationship) when a family member wears unrelieved black. During the half-mourning period, one gets to add grey (and then white) & lavender to one's wardrobe. Brown 'wasn't done' since it was a color commonly worn by the 'lesser orders').

This page has some interesting bits in it. http://www.tchevalier.com/fallingangels/bckgrnd/mourning/ but googling "regency Mourning customs" make for an interesting read.

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Cool page on Victorian mourning! The Victorians were good at making everything structured and mannered. In the 1790's (I think this print is 1791), they hadn't quite gotten to that point yet. In fact, it was only a few years before that Marie Antoinette made black a fashionable color in court. At least, I think it was her. I know it became the "cool" color to wear for a while in the late 18th Century.

[stitchwhich.livejournal.com]

The regency rules were pretty tight, too. I just mis-googled at first and got the first link, but wow! The regency information is even better...
http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/regency-mourning/
http://www.janeausten.co.uk/dressing-for-mourning-in-the-regency/
http://www.victoriana.com/Regency-Era/mourning.html

[vanityfairy.livejournal.com]

Aw There she is! And the dress is supercute!

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

I saw the dress and thought "That's kinda cute" and then I saw the dog. Apparently, at some point, Ginsie time travels.

[quincy134.livejournal.com]

Hello, 1791 Ginsie!

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

The funny thing Ginsie look exactly like that right now. She even has that odd bit of mane hanging over the collar.