Fashioning Regulation, Regulating Fashion
Fashioning Regulation, Regulating Fashion The second part of an investigation into the clothing orders of the late-Georgian British Army, combined and contrasted with an analysis of fashion in the…
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Fashioning Regulation, Regulating Fashion
The second part of an investigation into the clothing orders of the late-Georgian British Army, combined and contrasted with an analysis of fashion in the same army - comparing the regulated dress with the 'modes of the army' as revealed by contemporary writing and illustrations.The first quarter of the nineteenth century witnessed a refinement of fashionable masculine dress that has not since been surpassed. The army that operated in these cumbersome uniforms managed to achieve fame as one of the most effective British fighting forces ever recognized, and is still remembered and honored for its achievements. Military tailoring inspired a flowering of uniform splendor that continued into the 1830s and sparked an enduring fascination with military costume that still rages today.
These three strands: the flowering of late Georgian civilian tailoring; of its martial equivalent;