Dressing up a Regency officer 1812 

What fashion companies sell men: skinny jeans How men want to dress:

The clothes don't make him an officer, the moustache does.

"Sir, they're attacking the fort in surprise!" "Right! Tell them to give me half an hour to get dressed!"

You can see why the military chaps were so popular with the ladies. What a dashing chap!

The days where you could just outswag your opponent. Lol 😂

Gotta admit, a man in uniform looks beautiful

I wish it was socially acceptable to dress like this

When the men really looked like true gentlemen.

"Oh it must've taken them hours to get dressed back then!" Yeah... because of those damned tiny buttons! I am so grateful for the invention of zippers.

I wish people still dressed like this. Yes, I wouldn’t mind spending 20 minutes getting dressed as long as I get to wear cool shit like this.

I can't imagine trying to fight a war wearing this grand uniform.

As a male it was nice to see how men dressed in the past as well. A lot more time and effort than today. I loved the note at 2.03, "support in case of an unplanned dismount". Such understatement! LOL

I cant even imagine how disappointed some of those ladies would be that there is not enough to go round for all

Chad times unifrom

My Dad, who was a Napoleonic wars history nut would have absolutely loved this - he understood my obsession with our history. He died last August - miss him so much.

Discovered recently that my 4th great-grandfather was a hussar within Napoleon's army. I love this period.

Considering how large the French army during the Napoleonic wars was, making all these thousands and thousands of uniforms for all the different troop types must have been an incredible feat. Hussars, Dragoons, Chasseurs a Cheval, Red Lancers, infantry, cavalry, artillery, the variety was staggering!

I always did like a man in uniform. I love these videos you do. It's so interesting to see how these outfits went together.

I would honestly be honored to get to wear something so elegant

You little comments (like the buttons) allways crack me up. Great videos!

Nice to see a "living Nutcracker" for Christmas. But I kept thinking, this is an Italian officer they're singing about..

Thank you my dear for an excellent presentation. While watching the presentation on the trousers, it came to me in a blinding flash why it is so critical to have an absolutely perfect hip measurement in woven fabric. Given that this is a close fitting garment, of necessity, the widest part of the body must correspond with the straightest, least "give" that the fabric provides. Any seams would, of necessity, gradually fall off the straight grain and provide some small stretch as it leans toward the bias. Therefore, the lacing at the waist of men's trousers would be the precursor to the fitted waistband because of the stretch provided and daily adjustments in the fit. For your own amusement. Naval uniforms of the US Navy, the "crackerjack" uniform, has the same buttoning front for comfort. However....there are exactly 13 buttons in the arrangement. Why? Because of the original 13 colonies. There are three on the waist, and the third buttons the center of the flap to the waist. The remaining ten are arranged around the flap to secure it snugly. Just a bit of clothing eccentricity for you. Merry Christmas!

Delightful! One does wonder how those officers ever made it to the battle in time and with enough energy left over to do the actual fighting! Being a dandy is dashed hard work!!!

Ah! I wish men still dressed so very elegantly! How beautiful! I also enjoyed seeing the details in dressing. Thank you, and Happy Christmas!

Really handsome uniform and officer. Like out of an jane Austen novel or war and Peace.

I like the Man Bag! very elegant!

Oh, please do one for a Royal Navy captain or admiral sometime! I wonder how these beautiful uniforms were cleaned? I imagine they cost a fortune, and getting blood/mud/etc out of them must have been difficult. Also, love the music. Which recording is it?

A gent dressing! How neat!

I love when you give attention to men too. I love your channel, it's totally beautiful! Thanks for this christmas present.

When you wake up early and get dressed in time for lunch. I wonder if armies ever needed to delay the battles so let all the soldiers get ready. "Hold on I'm still trying to get this button!"

I love this presentation Prior Attire! Merry Christmas to you!

Now I get why the men in uniform were so popular 😁

Showing men’s clothing was a change and fun! One of the things I noticed was of course all the buttons. However, this seems in contrast to women’s clothing. While women have buttons too, often they also have lacing. This was completely absent, at least for this officer.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Regency is my favourite era for men’s wear. When I was a little girl, I was in love with the Victorian men’s wear. But when I first saw Regency era clothing, I hated women’s fashion but fell in L O V E with the male counterpart! Nowadays, I love Regency as a whole. Took me some time to get used to Empire waistline, but now I love it!

Imagine the woollen breeches soaked up in Spain, and wet gunpowder, unhappy soldiers and rain...

I wish military uniform still look good like this and was in this style

I've always been curious why they're called "frogs" or "frogging". When I was a kid, I loved them, and would ask my grandmother to put them on coats and blouses she'd make for me, even if as decoration.

Exquisite...when I think of the work that must have gone into that dolman, it must have been really rewarding to get that one done and have it turn out so beautifully...also internet winner for Best Use of Mozart 2018, amirite?

No wonder the young ladies fell for them!

I have always marvelled how, in a pre-machine age, the intricate sewing for thousands of uniforms and their (sometimes) overwhelming decorations were done. Until the sewing machine came in, it was hand sewing in numerous cottages. When I think of the trouble I have hand sewing leather and thick materials and even obtaining a pattern, let alone producing a standard size for an unknown customer...!

I got your book today for Christmas, and I'm so excited to read through it and make some dresses

Women’s attires are beautiful, but men’s are very interesting too. You should do more of them. Have the (belated) merriest Christmas. 🎄😘

"unplanned dismount." XD

I would literally die because of the heat

Quite interesting to me. My grandfather was in the Queen's Own 4th Hussars from 1895-1902 and wore a similar amount of dress uniform, even as an OR. Splendid looking, both.

These days I'm just happy to see a man in jeans, a button down and non-athletic shoes... I would have been a total mess when a regiment of uniformed officers came to town.

Perhaps, Lidia and Kitty Bennet weren`t so silly after all in their administration for men in uniforms! ; )

First video I've seen of a man getting dressed. Bravo!

Loved it. More military uniforms, please!

Thank you for this wonderful video! The featured dress uniform is a fine example of pageantry (the thick braiding, fancy feathered hat) and practical (the falls front of the pants, neck cloth that could be used as a bandage). The close ups of the details show the spectacular workmanship on this uniform!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

He got the drip tho

everybody gangster until you saw this man ride a horse and wields a fancy sabre

by the time he gets dressed the battle is over lol

Finally get to see how a gentleman dressed. Are there any plans to see how men dressed during the Tudor period? Thanks.

I'm going to have Mozart stuck in my head all day today. Worth it tho

"Sir the King ordered the attack on 20th of May!" "...Ok it's 21st then, got to dress up too you know..."

God bless zippers. (In all seriousness though, thanks for sharing this video! I love seeing historical men's wear and a military uniform was a fun change of pace!)

Im pretty sure I saw this gentleman at Military Odyssey one year, I thought his uniform looked smart then and it sure looks smart now! Great work!

Love it. Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! Thank you for this delightful gift of a video. It's lovely to see how men got dolled up back then too, and how dashing a man in uniform is indeed!

Wow, I really enjoy these little clips into past fashions, they are very informative. Thank you. Merry Christmas. :)

Fit rating 10/10

White leather! That must've been crazy expensive!

Prior Atire I love all your videos! 😍

How handsome!!!

I'm glad to see he has the correct 1796 pattern light cavalry sabre, a devastating weapon.

Wow, they loved their buttons, didn't they!

..... OH ITS MOZART. Amadeus taught me so much.

Mens uniforms where amazing didn't protect them in battle but they certainly looked the part .

Sir, the battle is over but you look great. Report to Napoleon he want's to know why you failed to lead your unit into battle.

Background music is awesome isn’t it!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Never underestimate the vanity and savagery of Man.

Thank you for this video Izabela I love all of your videos and this one is no exception the fun part of this is that I got hold of a set of Domino's made in this era as a Christmas present for my best friend hope you had a great Christmas and have a wonderful new year.

I agree. I enjoy these very much. Thank you

I couldn't imagine all of the work, labor, and materials needed to produce hundreds of thousands of these. Uniforms must have been a huge part of any established military's budget at this time. I'm assuming fancy uniforms were a statement of that particular country's affluence in being able to dress their soldiers fantastically. (Like Frederick's fascination with tall men in his own personal guard unit that was rather like a toy to him. They had to be unusually tall, were dressed extravagantly and topped off with tall miters to emphasize their height. It grew so large that keeping them dressed with special uniforms, billeting and supplies was exorbitantly expensive. Then again, the Prussian Army had it's own state, rather like Sparta of old.)

I notice he has the Waterloo medal on his chest so it must have been after the 18th of June 1815

this is the type of mentality that summons grave robbers to the battlefield.

Absolutely wonderful. Thanks so much

these videos are amazing, so well put together :) and I like the comments through it as well :D

Gosh, I swear, the gentleman's attire of this era seems to be even more Button City than the women's! 😂 Loving this series of seeing male fashions of time deconstructed, really appreciated as it's a rarer topic in costube space? Seeing them in movement is super-helpful & something one misses just seeing the etchings... and of course historical movie versions are extremely hit & miss! 🙈

looks awasome

1:12 A brilliant battle strategist but tiny buttons beat him Also, I can see how having an army uniform would get you everywhere especially with the ladies 😉 hahaha

Excellente 😍😍😍

Beautiful work...again. stunning.

Wonderful! As always!

Amazing

and the music, grand!

...as a painter of military miniatures - now mostly 1/9 or 1/10 scale busts - my favorites have been these hussars...lots of fussy painting of the cords on the dolmans & pelisses......the French hussars used to braid their hair and weigh it with a musketball (shown in the 1977 film 'The Duellists' where d'Hubert's girlfriend braid his hair as he dresses) to provide a sort of defense against sabre cuts...

Now we know why zippers were invented!!!!

Wonderful. I was always fascinated by the look of the uniforms on the old Quality Street chocolates tins and boxes!

A missed opportunity to use the 1812 overture as the background music! Ah well

Great fun to watch.

Nice video. Excellent explaining of how officers used to get dressed recorded with good sense of humour. Bravo !

Merry Christmas! Please do the British Royal Navy from this time period!!! ❤️❤️

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Very enjoyable and informative. I want those Hessian boots!

The Pictures from the end kind of look like the colorized versions of those old 19th century photographs.

At the very beginning you see the boar bristle brush and cut throat razor ready to use in a shave. Brilliant video I enjoyed every minute. The shaving kit set the mood for the video. Well done.

Bravo!