A Guide to Regency Dress

from Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslins

Hilary Davidson

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Yale University Press
11 December 2025

History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Textile artworks; Fashion & textiles: design; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

An accessible, fun, yet authoritative guide to male and female Regency fashions

A Guide to Regency Dress is an illustrated guide to fashions and clothing of the Regency era—a period of British history between the late, revolutionary years of the eighteenth century, flowing into the turbulent and changeable early nineteenth century.

Employing straightforward entries, Hilary Davidson utilises years of close study and original sources to offer an accessible, practical introduction to all things Regency dress and bring this era to life. She includes areas of adornment such as hair, beauty, and jewellery, the textiles and trimmings essential to creating clothing, as well as typical pieces of the period, such as muslin gowns, high waistlines, tight breeches, and well-cut coats, which continue to inspire fashion to this day. A Guide to Regency Dress makes it simple for anyone to look up a particular style or garment.

By: Hilary Davidson
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 149mm,
ISBN: 9780300282412
ISBN 10: 0300282419
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 11 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Hilary Davidson is associate professor and chair of MA Fashion and Textile Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. She has curated, lectured, broadcast, and published extensively in her field and is author of Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion and Jane Austen’s Wardrobe.

Reviews for A Guide to Regency Dress: from Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslins

“For lovers of fashion, period dress and all elements of the British Regency wardrobe, this is a specialised work that informs with the flair of any good seamstress.”—Unseen Histories