Vanessa Riley’s Regency Reflections

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Hair combs and ribbons and more, oh, my!
  Let’s face it, ladies, even if your new dress is up to the very latest fashion standard in style, color, and fabric, if your accessories are not equally splendid, someone’s bound to notice. And you know what that means. If … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2018-07-12 06:21:08.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Apologies, hope to be back soon!
  Moving has kept me from a lot of things I enjoy–like hanging out at the Risky Regencies. This move has been more problematic than most, and I’m still dealing with items that were damaged by the Movers from Hell and … Continue reading →
• Fatherly Types in Jane Austen’s Novels (and a Bonus Quiz) by Rachel Dodge
  Inquiring readers, Rachel Dodge has once again submitted a superb article. This time she describes the fathers in Jane Austen’s novels. This Sunday marks Father’s Day in the U.S. I lost my own father four years ago. This article once again proves that my father, in every way, was superior to those described by Jane, […]

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Originally posted 2018-06-21 06:20:08.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Walking Bath
  One of the joys of writing Historical Romance is the research and the best way to research is to go to the places you write about. Some writers get a story idea and then they go to the location of … Continue reading →
• Teaching Urchins: Another Unsung Hero, or Regency Roots of Educating the Poor
  My last “unsung Regency hero” (Dr James Blundell, May 2) was aware that his pursuits could have a huge impact on the future, and indeed, he was right. Today’s hero, a cobbler named John Pounds, also had a great impact … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2018-06-07 06:20:10.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• The Three Suo Jure Countesses of Sutherland
  I know that one of the things we all love is peeresses in the their own right. I’ve been preparing for a workshop on the inheritance of titles in the UK, and I’ve come across a couple of cool and … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2018-05-24 06:20:45.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• A Little Motherly Advice from Jane Austen’s Mothers by Rachel Dodge
  Inquiring readers, Rachel Dodge and frequent contributor to this blog has written a wonderful post for you this Mother’s Day. Enjoy!   The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.” –Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen never had children of her own, and she never wrote a conduct […]
• Practical Research: Tablet Weaving, or, When Sandy Did Battle with an Ancient Craft
  Hello everybody! Despite appearances, I haven’t actually fallen off the edges of the earth (wheee!); instead, I got a new day job at the beginning of the new year, and it’s taken me a while to get used to the … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2018-05-17 06:22:13.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• It’s May
  It’s May. It’s May. The lusty month of May That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray… from Camelot, Lerner and Loewe Happy May! I don’t know about the rest of you, but here in Virginia we finally have our … Continue reading →
• Appreciation, or How Princess Charlotte Saved My Life
  If this were Regency times, I wouldn’t be putting my thoughts into writing today. Given the medical misfortunes I’ve suffered recently, I would be dead. Sobering, right? Let me tell you, right now my appreciation for a certain Regency doctor … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2018-05-10 06:20:49.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Bishop Sleeves in the Regency Era
  It has been a long time since I wrote a post about fashion in the Regency era, but I haven’t forgotten fashion altogether. Over the years I have been collecting and sorting images about the Regency on my Pinterest boards, a hobby I enjoy immensely.  One of my favorite boards is entitled “Sleeves, Georgian and […]

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Originally posted 2018-05-03 06:20:12.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• House Hunting!
  She was busily searching through the neighbourhood for a proper situation for her daughter, and, without knowing or considering what their income might be, rejected many as deficient in size and importance. “Haye Park might do,” said she, “if the … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2018-04-19 06:20:25.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• An English Wedding at Sherbourne Park by Rachel Dodge
  …you want to hear about the wedding; and I shall be happy to tell you, for we all behaved charmingly.” –Emma My husband and I were invited to a family wedding in England last June. The venue: Sherbourne Park, a Grade II Georgian house on a large estate dating back to 1730, just a few […]
• It’s Been A While So Let’s Catch Up!
  Hello there. Carolyn Jewel here. I am cautiously hopeful that I’ll be able to post here  regularly now that my life is less hectic than it has been for the last couple of years. Since it’s been a while, let’s … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2018-04-05 06:21:24.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• My blue and white collection
  Lately, I’ve been downsizing, but as well as donating things, I’ve been replacing a few of them with pieces that I like better. This weekend, I found this cute teapot at a local Thrifty Shopper. It’s from Grindley, an English … Continue reading →
• In the Time of Her Flowers
  Documentation! At long last. Every time I give a workshop about historical clothing, I get asked “what did they do when they had their periods”. And to date I’ve always had to say, I’ve never seen any documentation before the … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2018-03-22 06:20:10.