# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Virtual Talk: The Words of Regency Dress
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm – Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: How did Jane Austen describe clothing? How did that relate to how her contemporaries described clothing? How did those descriptions map onto the garments and accessories people were actually wearing? And how, now, can we understand relationships between the written word and worn dress in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?

Drawing on research for her new book A Guide To Regency Dress: From Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslin, fashion historian Hilary Davidson looks at the words of fashion in use during Jane Austen’s adult life and their slippery associations with actual garments. Words commonly used now to describe Regency dress such as ‘bonnet’, ‘Spencer’, ‘chemisette’, or ‘shirt’ had multiple meanings and interpretations for their original wearers. Looking at the complexities of fashion through words – the medium in which Austen excelled – helps close the gaps between what we can now read about fashion, and how those words connected with historical clothes.

Hilary Davidson is a dress, textiles and fashion historian and curator. Her work encompasses making and knowing, things and theory, with an extraordinary understanding of how historic clothing objects come to be and how they function in culture.

Hilary has worked, lectured, broadcast and taught internationally across a huge range of expertise, and is currently Chair of the MA Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory Museum Practice at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.

Her publications include Dress in the Age of Jane Austen (2019) and Jane Austen’s Wardrobe (2023). Her new book,  A Guide to Regency Dress, will be published in October!

Details:
Date: Sunday 14 December
Time: 8pm – 9pm (GMT)
Location: This event will take place online. Join in from the comfort of your own home!
Tickets: £7
Book here: https://janeaustens.house/events/virtual-talk-the-words-of-regency-dress/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/alton-hampshire/virtual-talk-the-words-of-regency-dress/200029022623518
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 217

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Alton, Hampshire
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, Alton, Hampshire

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Virtual Talk: The Words of Regency Dress
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/83c5112e13419e46ff1151186aeb5bc220d2e8189e9cbf626328a8d55ea47a95-rimg-w1200-h768-dcfab6c8-gmir?v=1765603368

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Virtual Talk: The Words of Regency Dress being held?
  - **A:** Virtual Talk: The Words of Regency Dress takes place on Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm to Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 pm at Online event, Alton, Hampshire.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Virtual Talk: The Words of Regency Dress?
  - **A:** Virtual Talk: The Words of Regency Dress is organized by Jane Austen's House.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Virtual Talk: The Words of Regency Dress is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Alton, Hampshire, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 210+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

## Structured Data (JSON-LD)

```json
[
    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "Event",
        "name": "Virtual Talk: The Words of Regency Dress",
        "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/83c5112e13419e46ff1151186aeb5bc220d2e8189e9cbf626328a8d55ea47a95-rimg-w1200-h768-dcfab6c8-gmir?v=1765603368",
        "startDate": "2025-12-14",
        "endDate": "2025-12-14",
        "url": "https://allevents.in/alton-hampshire/virtual-talk-the-words-of-regency-dress/200029022623518",
        "location": {
            "@type": "Place",
            "name": "Online event",
            "address": {
                "@type": "PostalAddress",
                "name": "Online event, Alton, Hampshire",
                "addressLocality": "Alton, Hampshire",
                "addressRegion": null
            }
        },
        "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode",
        "description": "How did Jane Austen describe clothing? How did that relate to how her contemporaries described clothing? How did those descriptions map onto the garments and accessories people were actually wearing? And how, now, can we understand relationships between the written word and worn dress in the late ei",
        "organizer": [
            {
                "@type": "Organization",
                "name": "Jane Austens House",
                "url": "https://allevents.in/org/jane-austens-house/25972966",
                "description": "Jane Austen's House, Chawton. Mi piace: 61.946 · 2911 persone ne parlano · 22.009 persone sono state qui. The inspiring Hampshire cottage where Jane..."
            }
        ]
    }
]
```