{"id":2021,"date":"2025-12-06T21:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T21:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2025-12-06T21:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T21:44:23","slug":"passion-for-regency-fashion-the-spencer-by-susan-karsten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/06\/passion-for-regency-fashion-the-spencer-by-susan-karsten\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion for Regency Fashion ~ the Spencer, by Susan Karsten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">During the Regency, an extremely fashionable item was the spencer, a very short jacket, resembling the bodice of the pelisse (<a title=\"\u201cPassion for Regency Fashion \u2013 The Pelisse\u201d Susan Karsten\" href=\"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/09\/passion-for-regency-fashion-the-pelisse-susan-karsten\/\">see my earlier post on the pelisse<\/a>) with long sleeves extending over the hands.<\/p><div id=\"vanes-1711628355\" class=\"vanes-content vanes-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-right: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: 2px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/fireswordandsea.htm\" aria-label=\"Fire Sword &amp; Sea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?fit=1706%2C2560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fire Sword &amp; Sea\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?w=1706&ssl=1 1706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" width=\"569\" height=\"853\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sensibility.com\/vintageimages\/1800s\/images\/regencyspencer.jpg?resize=103%2C218\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Designed to cover the chest, spencers were made of a variety of materials, including wool, silk, satin, and velvet. Many chose spencers with high, frilled collars, but some were collarless. In our day, the bolero, shrug, or cardigan serve the purpose of filling in a low neck, offering warmth for the chest, or simply completing an ensemble.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lacebolero.com\/images\/bolero-jacket-2.jpg?resize=180%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I find this item of apparel to be quite useful. Do you wear the modern version of the spenser, known as the bolero or shrug?<\/p>\n<p id=\"rop\"><small>Originally posted 2012-12-12 10:00:00. <\/small><\/p><div id=\"vanes-1862819041\" class=\"vanes-after-content vanes-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 3px;margin-right: 3px;margin-bottom: 3px;margin-left: 3px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?fit=1080%2C1350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Listen to the Write of Passage Weekly Podcast\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?w=1080&ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=240%2C300&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=819%2C1024&ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" width=\"540\" height=\"675\"   \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Regency, an extremely fashionable item was the spencer, a very short jacket, resembling the bodice of the pelisse (see my earlier post on the pelisse) with long sleeves extending over the hands. Designed to cover the chest, spencers were made of a variety of materials, including wool, silk, satin, and velvet. 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