The Regency Wardrobe collection
The Garments:
Please click on each outfit to read more about it
See Stephanie talking about The Regency Wardrobe at the Royal Pavilion with Jounrnalist William Ranieri
Dressed for Court
Symphony of Stars
Shown at The Royal Pavilion
Dressed for a ball; inspired by a battle:
Rise and Fall of Empire
Shown at Firle Place, Chertsey Museum & Worthing Museum
Fading Glory
Shown at Firle Place & Worthing Museum
Admiral Sir Robert Smart
Shown at Firle Place & The Royal Pavilion
Dressed for Promenading
Delicate
Shown at Firle Place, Chertsey Museum & The Royal Pavilion
Linked to History
Shown at Firle Place and The Royal Pavilion
Loops, Buttons and Trim
Shown at Firle Place, Chertsey Museum & Worthing Museum
"Broadside ballads are best placed in the category of street songs. They were very popular during the Regency and Victorian eras. The street was where people could air grievances, settle business and meet each other."
- Jennifer Reid
See the three walking dresses light up when the singing ends - please click on the video above
For more about the ballad commission please click here and scroll to the bottom of the page
To listen to Egyptian Wedding - about Napoleon's military intentions - please click the play button below.
Dressed for a gathering; shown in silhouette:
Wallflower
Shown at Firle Place & The Royal Pavilion
Mermaid (in Silver)
Show at Firle Place & The Royal Pavilion
Mermaid (in bronze)
Shown at Firle Place & The Royal Pavilion
The five silhouette dresses, inspired by the Regency art of the paper cut silhouette are attributed to five real women who lived close to each other in the early 1800's and who all attended a Ball held at The Royal Pavilion, we believe they would therefore have known each other socially. To read more please click here
Looking East
Shown at Firle Place &
The Royal Pavilion
Of Frills and Feathers
Shown at Firle Place, Chertsey Museum & The Royal Pavilion
The Accompanying Wall Hangings:
The decoration on each of the silhouette dresses is inspired by a wall covering from one of the rooms at The Royal Pavilion. Drawn and embroidered wall-hangings were created to accompany each dress or pair of dresses.
A number of the pieces in The Regency Wardrobe collection are for sale, including the wall hangings, to vew please click here
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“O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede
Of marble men and maidens overwrought,
With forest branches and the trodden weed;
Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought
As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
John keats Ode to a Grecian Urn
May 1819
Heron
Fabulous Beasts
Lotus
Pagoda
The Wall-hangings are inspired by imagery on the walls of the Royal Pavilion in:
The Banqueting Hall
The William IV Room
The King's Apartments
The Music Room
The Accessories:
Please click on each image below to read about the piece
Weeping Willow
Shown at Firle Place & The Royal Pavilion
Wildflowers
Shown at Firle Place & The Royal Pavilion
Suspended beauty
Shown at Firle Place, Chertsey Museum & The Royal Pavilion
Forget-me-not
Shown at Firle Place & The Royal Pavilion
Eyes of the Dragon
Shown at Firle Place & Worthing Museum
Bejewelled
Shown at Firle Place & The Royal Pavilion
A little Ridicule
Shown at Firle Place, Chertsey Museum & Worthing Museum
Atishoo
Shown at Firle Place & The Royal Pavilion
Filigree
Shown at Firle Place, Chertsey Museum & The Royal Pavilion
The White Peacock
Shown at Firle Place & Worthing Museum
Wrapped in Birds
& Butterflies
Shown at Firle Place, Chertsey Museum & Worthing Museum
1835
Shown at Firle Place, Chertsey Museum & Worthing Museum
Eating Bees
Shown at Firle Place & Worthing Museum
The White Peacock