Talk:English Regency
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I'm going to put this back at "English Regency", simply because (a) that's what it has been commonly known as, and we tend to go for "most common usage" by preference; and (b) because it differentiates the period in UK history from any other type of regency. Thus, I recommend this page NOT be moved to "Regency". -- April 22:17 Dec 5, 2002 (UTC)
- Why is this the 'English' Regency when it was also the regency in Scotland and Ireland? -- IP 86.132.4.240, 01:10, 2 April 2006
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- Good question -- many people would unconsciously assume that London was setting the social trends, but actually the Scottish enlightenment was still going pretty strong then. (However, Ireland was in a sad state at that time.) In any case, the term as it is used today is more social than it is strictly political, and "English Regency" is probably the most commonly-occurring form (other than just plain "Regency"). Churchh 05:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Regency clothing styles
There seems to be basically nothing at all on English Wikipedia on Regency fashions, except for a very brief mention of Regency men's clothing styles at the end of Regency architecture (though it's women's clothing styles which the period is most noted for). I'll try to start an article, though it probably won't be much at first. Churchh 03:26, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
- Ah, found one that's at least semi-relevant: Empire silhouette, though it's sorely lacking in pictures. Churchh 03:34, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
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- Go for it; I felt that way about Elizabethan clothes when I got here and now look at me... as I have said elsewhere, I'd like to see Wikipedia's articles on clothes to be as comprehensive and authoritative as its articles on botany.
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- Feel free to start an article Regency fashion (a la Victorian fashion) if you like and link it to the logical places. Holler if you need help with pictures. PKM 06:15, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
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- Now started up at 1795-1820 in fashion (much still to do). Churchh 19:03, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
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