Fashions – Autumn 1836

British Regency and Fashions for October 1836 Costume Plates

This authentic hand-colored fashion engraving, titled “Fashions for October 1836,” captures the elaborate stylistic shifts at the dawn of the Victorian era. The compilation sheet features several beautifully tinted portraits detailing high-society autumn garments and seasonal styling. The prominent full-length figure on the left models a magnificent rose-pink day dress heavily patterned with black botanical tendrils, showcasing wide gigot sleeves with tiered dark lace cuffs, a tight natural waist bound by a sweeping dark satin sash, and a voluminous skirt bordered in deep rows of pleated matching lace trimmings.

Pre-Victorian Voluminous Sleeves and Historical Capote Bonnet Millinery

The secondary figures on this antique costume print illustrate the intricate variety of 1830s outerwear and accessory combinations used across elite London and Paris social circles. The standing lady on the right pairs a smooth sea-green or teal silk skirt with an opulent, multi-tiered white embroidered lace pelerine shawl that drapes over her shoulders like a capelet, crowned by a structural pink satin capote bonnet. With smaller upper vignettes highlighting complex braided updos, jeweled tiaras, and wide-brimmed yellow and blue feathered hats, this rare print provides key historical context for theatre designers, textile restoration artists, and nineteenth-century commercial art dealers.