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Walking Dress with Spencer, 1814, from Horace Vernet's Almanach des Modes. This pink satin spencer is topped with a pink and rose-stripped scarf with lace trim. The white muslin skirt has seven folded bands at the hem. The boots are a bold yellow and the gloves a lime green. |
Left: Summer Walking Dresses, 1817, from Journal des Dames et des Modes, also called Costume Parisien, 1797-1839
Right: Walking Dress, 1819, from Rudolf Ackermann's The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashion, and Politics, 1809-1829. Boots of grey silk and black leather peak from under this grey dress trimmed with white crossing bands joined with roses. The lady also has a beautiful cashmire shawl. The bust is accentuated by the white cloth bindings around the chest called Athenian braces. The hat is modelled after men's hats of the period and is called a French walking hat.
Left: Walking Dress, 1819, featuring Spencer, from Rudolf Ackermann's The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashion, and Politics, 1809-1829. Remove the spencer and hat, and the lady is in white muslin and a white cornette-style cap, typical morning dress. The spencer of green is designed to draw attention to the bust. The hat is of green satin with dashing plumes.
Right: Walking Dress, 1819, featuring Pelisse from Rudolf Ackermann's The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashion, and Politics, 1809-1829. This grey pelisse is trimmed with ruby velvet and has a matching ruby velvet bonnet, with ostrich feathers died to match. The huge fur muff would stay popular for the next few years, but muffs in the late 1820s were generally of a more reasonable size.
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