This book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world described in Jane Austen's beloved books, focusing on the Regency period between the years 1795 and 1825. During this period, accelerated change saw Britain's turbulent entry into the modern age, and clothing reflected these transformations. The author takes the reader through the social and cultural spheres of home, village, countryside, and cities, into the wider national and global realms, exploring the varied ways people dressed to inhabit these environments. . .Jane Austen's observant fictional writings, as well as her letters, provide the entry point for examining the Regency age's rich complexity of fashion, dress, and textiles for men and women in their contemporary contexts, illustrated with paintings, drawings, historic garments, and fashion plates, and leads to an understanding of the history of one of Britain's most distinctive fashion eras.