A rundown of the patterns available for men's Regency garments.
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Rocking Horse Farm 1795-1820 Regency Tailcoat pattern. The basis of any Regency man's outfit--but despite the name of the pattern, this is only for late Regency.
Price: About $20. What You Get: A pattern for a tailcoat.
What's Good
Caveats
Bottom Line: Recommended with Caution for late Regency only. Not appropriate for early Regency, and probably not the easiest pattern. |
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Olde Country Costumes' Men's Vests. Old Country Costumes specializes in traditional Nordic costumes, which appear to have fossilized right around the Regency--especially for men's dress.
Price: About $11. What You Get: Patterns for various waistcoats, good for 1800 through 1820.
What's Good
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Bottom Line: Recommended. Seems to be appropriate for Regency, and the flexibility of style is nice. |
Rocking Horse Farm's pattern envelope.
Waistcoat I believe made from this pattern by Jas. Townsend & Sons. |
Rocking Horse Farm Men's 1812 Waistcoat pattern. Standard waistcoat for the Regency.
Price: About $10. What You Get: Pattern for a Regency waistcoat, good for 1800 through 1820.
What's Good
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Bottom Line: Moderately recommended. Seems to be appropriate for a broad range of years, and shouldn't be too hard to make. |
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Eagle's View Men's Waistcoat and Vest pattern. Purports to be late 18th and early 19th century, but in fact jumps straight over the Regency to the Romantic period. Bottom Line: Skip it! |
![]() The Eagle's View pattern envelope. ![]() Broadfall breeches made from this pattern by Jas. Townsend & Sons. |
Eagle's View Men's Broadfall Drop Front Breeches & Pants pattern. Standard breeches and pants for the Regency man.
Price: About $8. What You Get: Pattern for fall-front breeches or pants.
What's Good
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Bottom Line: Recommended. Seems to be appropriate for a broad range of years, and shouldn't be too hard to make. |
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Olde Country Costumes' Men's Combo. Old Country Costumes produces this traditional Nordic combination.
Price: About $11. What You Get: Pattern for fall-front breeches (referred to as "knickers" on the pattern envelope).
What's Good
Caveats
Bottom Line: Okay if you want a cheap two-fer pattern that's fairly simple to make and aren't obsessed with total historical accuracy. |
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Kannik's Korner Man's Shirt, First Quarter of the 19th Century, English Style pattern. Mid-Regency shirt with or without "busom ruffles." Price: About $10. What You Get: Pattern for classic 18th- and early-19th-century shirt.
What's Good
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Bottom Line: Recommended. Seems highly authentic. |
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Eagle's View Early Drop Sleeve Shirt pattern. Typical shirt with three neck treatments.
Price: about $8. Bottom Line:This is a perfectly acceptable shirt pattern at a good price. There are late-18th/early-19th-century shirts by a number of companies, and they're all pretty similar and all should work fine. However, I'd stick with the Kannik's Korner pattern for greatest historical accuracy. |
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Olde Country Costumes' Men's Combo. Old Country Costumes specializes in traditional Nordic costumes, which appear to have fossilized right around the Regency--especially for men's dress. This pattern is discussed above for the breeches.
Bottom Line: This shirt is fine if you're buying the pattern for the breeches (skip the neck fastenings), but if you just want a shirt pattern, I'd go with Kannik's. |
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Rocking Horse Farm 1812 Dragoon Coatee and Pants pattern. Early 19th-century uniform.
Price: about $25. Bottom Line: I don't know anything about this pattern, but judging by this company's other patterns, I'd say it's more a jumping-off point than a perfectly accurate reproduction. Still, seems a good value for both coat and trousers, and the illustration looks to have good period-accurate details (no front darts, narrow-fall trousers, etc.). |
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Mill Farm Man's Great Coat. A great-coat with one cape.
Price: About $15. What You Get: Pattern for classic 18th-century great-coat.
What's Good
Caveats
Bottom Line: Recommended for average-sized men, for early Regency. |
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Rocking Horse Farm Coachman's Coat. The classic Regency men's overgarment.
Price: About $19. What You Get: Pattern for classic 19th-century multi-caped great-coat, known as a garrick.
What's Good
Caveats
Bottom Line: Recommended with caution for entire Regency period. |
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Atira's Fashions Badawia's Burnous. Atira's Fashions specializes in patterns for belly dancers and Middle Eastern musicians. However, their burnous (cloak) is a classic style.
Price: About $9. What You Get: Pattern for simple cloak.
What's Good
Caveats
Bottom Line: Recommended for lower-class men only. |
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Kannik's Korner's Stockings, Pockets & Mitts. A multi-size pattern for constructed stockings for men or women.
Price: About $8. What You Get: Pattern for stockings, pockets, and mitts (the latter items for women only).
What's Good
Caveats
Bottom Line: Recommended for middle- and lower-class men bent on authenticity. |
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Slipper pattern. This pattern doesn't seem to have a real name, but it's available from Amazon Drygoods.
Price: About $5. What You Get: Pattern for ballet-type flats, appropriate for men's Regency dancing slippers.
Bottom Line: Tentatively recommended. Since a woman's size 10 is more like a man's 9, this isn't for men with large feet (unless you're good at sizing up). Also, would be more accurate for men's Regency if the throat were cut a little higher on the foot in front. |
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Glove pattern.
This is not a commercial pattern, but instructions for making gloves. The instructions are posted at the site of a woman named Franchesca Vecchio Havas, who is very interested in Elizabethan costuming.
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