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~Regency Fashion~ April 1820

This is a crossover post from my author blog. 

The fashion for April 1820:

Fashions for April, 1820. 

Explanation of the prints of fashion. 

No. 1--Evening Dress. 

Round dress of black crape, over a black satin slip; the dress made with a demi-train, and ornamented round the border with three fluted flounces of crape, each flounce headed by a superb embroidery of small jet beads and bugles. Corsage à Louis Quatorze, ornamented with jet bugles to correspond. Tucker of white crape in folds, fastened in puff divisions by bows of white love. The head adorned with the regal coronet turban.*

*La Belle Assemblée, April 1820, page 132.

The Theatre Royal, Briefly

As seen from Bridges Street, 1775 

First, my apologies for neglecting this blog for so long. I have made it a goal to post more often on all my book-related blogs, so watch the sidebar for changes. :o)

Because it was a beautiful place and figured so much in the past of Spellbound's heroine, Raven, here are a few more pics of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. A brief description is included with each. Enjoy!!

*For more details, see the Wikipedia article Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. 

The theatre in 1809, looking down Russell Street where it intersects with Drury Lane

The view from Westminster Bridge as the Theatre Royal burned in 1809

The new theatre in 1813