Pelisse, Redingote, or Walking Dress: History Notes Book 5

What was fashionable for outer wear in past centuries? Call them what you like: Coat, Pelisse, Redingote, Walking Dress, Promenade Dress. They all did the same job and they changed greatly with the prevailing fashions of the time. Take a look at what was being worn by women, men, and children and enjoy lots of historical and edited images from fashion plates and extant garments. I now live in a sunny part of Australia after spending many years in developing countries in the South Pacific. My greatest loves are traveling, anywhere and everywhere, meeting crazy characters, and visiting the Australian outback.I adore history, especially the many-layered society of the late Regency to early Victorian eras. In and around London, my titled heroes and heroines may live a privileged and gay life but I also love digging deeper into the grittier and seamier levels of British life and write about the heroes and heroines who challenge traditional manners, morals, and occupations, either through necessity or desire.Tag Line- Making history fun, one year at a time A non-fiction series for history and fashion buffs and for writers of Georgian, Regency, and Victorian fiction and nonfiction. Notes and lots of photos highlight exciting topics throughout history, concentrating on the late 1700s until the early 1900s.