Price: $10.

• Shift pattern with drawstring neckline, short sleeves, and underarm gores for ease of movement.
• Optional wider sleeve pattern.
• Claims to be based on original cutting directions, with construction techniques from several extant garments.
• Includes sizes XS-S-M-L-XL-2X-3X.

• Accurate design, period construction--and looks comfortable.
• One should always wear some type of shift under any Regency garment, and this should fit easily and not show.
• Straightforward design should be easy to make.
• I've heard positive things about Kannik's Korner patterns.

• I haven't used this pattern, so I can't speak for it personally.

Price: About $50 for the whole package.

• Low-cut sleeveless bodice pattern, tight-fitting and boned, with drawstring neckline.
• 2 skirt patterns.
• All sizes in one package, including separate DD pieces.

• Makes a convenient, all-purpose, one-piece undergarment.
• Skimpy bodice won't show under gown.
• Works like a corset for the bust, but is more comfortable.
• Essentially free, if you're buying the La Mode pattern anyway.

• This is not a period-correct design; the pattern-makers invented it as a convenient shortcut--although if you don't bone the bodice and make it a size larger than usual (for a looser fit), it's near accurate for about 1815-1825.
• If you're not the right shape, it may not fit well. Small-busted women may tend to slip down below the bodice, and large-busted women may fall out the top!

Price: About $11.

• Removable busk ties into place at bottom front.
• Straps are cut as a piece with the back, lace onto the top front.
• "Riding option" (one of the bottom gores on each side is replaced with an open, laced area for ease of movement) is included.
• Multisized 2-24.

• Period-correct details include front busk, straps that lace to top front, gusset construction.
• Long, straight-up-and-down Regency styling gives great posture while still allowing you to breathe.
• Many women (myself included) find a corset in some ways more comfortable than a bra--the support is smooth and even, not digging in under the bust.
• Large size range in one pattern.

• Mantua-Maker patterns are a bit complicated, and stays often require a bit of fitting knowledge, so don't take this on as your first sewing project!
• Regency stays fastened only in the back, so you'll have to get someone to help you dress. And the busk will prevent bending at the waist.
• I don't know of anyone who's tried this particular pattern (let me know if you have!).

Price: About $12.

• Removable busk ties into place at bottom front.
• Straps can either be cut as part of the front and back pieces, or as part of the back pieces only and laced onto the top front.
• Moderate shaping with gussets and quilting.
• Multisized 10-20.

• Period-correct details include front busk (with intensive history and instructions), two strap variations, gusset construction, and intensive quilting.
• Moderate gusseting most nearly matches a natural shape, making this a more comfortable corset.
• Past Patterns are taken directly from original garments but resized for modern figures; they include great historical notes, have comprehensible instructions, and go together well.

• You'll be quilting till the cows come home.
• You may want to find a substitute material for the busk, unless you're good at woodworking.

Price: About $8.

• Pattern for stockings to be made of knitted cloth or bias-cut linen.
• Instructions for custom-fitting included.
• Pattern for mitts to be made of bias-cut linen.
• Five patterns for pocket styles; two are late-18th-century and, while out of style in the Regency, would still have been used by older or poorer women.
• Multisized S-M-L-XL-2X-3X.

• Period-correct construction for serious reenactors.
• Multisizing and fitting instructions make for a good fit (although remember that they won't fit like modern spandex stockings!).

• As Regency items, these would have been more for middle and lower-class women.
• This is a lot of work for stockings that barely show.

Price: About $8.50.

• Patterns for two fitted caps that tie under the chin.
• Pattern for a cap with lappets (those hanging pieces).
• Pattern for a pocket.

• Two useful types of item in one package.
• Simple to make.
• Reasonably priced.

• I haven't used these patterns.
• Young and stylish women won't have a need for these items.

Price: About $8.

• Pattern Regency pantalets with separate legs, open crotch, and ribbon fastening.
• Ideas for variations included.

• Strange though it looks to the modern eye, this is period-correct construction.
• Should be fairly simple to make.

• Unless you're a devoted reenactor, you may find it uncomfortable to wear crotchless clothing.
• These are fairly simple; you could probably fake them pretty well without a pattern.