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Posted in Children's regency fashion | Tagged regency dress, Regency Fashion | 9 Comments

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1. on November 2, 2007 at 16:16 lynette

   that is so beautiful. what is the fabric? i keep wanting to find an example of the fabric called “lawn.” this looks like linen, maybe? so lovely.

   
   
2. on November 2, 2007 at 17:39 Ms. Place

   Lynette, I believe these definitions from this site http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/3501/the.htm
   might help:

   Muslin – a stout, light, open cotton fabric of varying fineness. The term is sometimes applied to fabrics similiarr to it, such as cambric, lawn, and mull. It is often used to make summer dresses, and is available plain or printed or dyed.

   Lawn – a very fine linen or cotton fabric with a fairly open-weave texture, used in making dresses.

   Linen – one of many types of strong, durable fabric that are made from the flax plant, often bleached white. Linen has no elasticity.

   Here are a few more quotes from that site:

   In addition, today’s muslin is about twice as heavy as muslin from the period, and a bit more coarse. For some dresses, the outer covering of cloth was meant to be fairly sheer to reveal the more colorful under layers of clothing, sometimes effecting a moiré pattern. Lawn, organdy, and batiste were nice, light fabrics that were often used. Their thinner cloth was no accident or an indication of an inability to make good, thick fabric as we have today, but a recognition of the fashions and styles of the day.

   
   
3. on November 2, 2007 at 17:41 Ms. Place

   Lynette, to view lawn fabric, click on this link to wedding hankies: http://patinaspromise.tripod.com/bridehankie.html

   
   
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5. on January 24, 2010 at 10:55 Libby Hershey

   Howdy, what a wonderful blog you have. I found it on Yahoo while looking for some baby gear. Thanks and God bless.

   
   
6. on June 10, 2010 at 05:19 pointandshout1

   This is a very beautiful Baby cloth.

   
   
7. on August 21, 2010 at 22:11 Fran Wilcox

   I have been looking for trims/lace, for regency dresses as trims on sleeves, necklines and hem…..is there a site that can point me to the historically accurate modern version of these items?

   thanks for this site! I have included it in my faves… I do reenactor clothing for an historic site.

   
   
8. on November 12, 2010 at 16:29 Wood Shelf ·

   i like to dress up my babies that is why i always buy very stylish baby clothing :~`

   
   
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