1807 saw several day gown styles made with high necks dissected in triangle cuts; plain high fronts with narrow shoulder straps and long backs; puckered fronts with sleeves of colored crepe; colored sarcenet undertunics with white tiffany overdresses, and lozenge fronts.

Habit shirts were fashioned with high necks and sleeves made by gathering at the wrist to form deep cuffs, or constructed in the double vandyke style.

"Round" dresses were in vogue, made with French gores to eliminate gathering at the waist and with hems scalloped or vandyked. White was less common for color (except in summer).

"Roguelo" dresses for morning were new, with loose backs, biassed fronts, and confined to form a sack shape. Low, triangle capes were worn overtop. Bosoms were more covered than in the previous year.

Evening dress consisted of square necks which were lowcut, accompanied by either long sleeves, short slashed Spanish sleeves, or full puckered sleeves gathered into tight bands. Colors and materials were of black or colored net with chenille edging over a white satin slip. Manytimes panels of embroidery in white cotton, muslin or carmine sarcenet were used to compliment the dress. Contrasting colors of this year were blue and purple, lilac and primrose, and pink with dove-brown.

Overgarments were much as 1806: spencers, pelisses, cloaks and shawls.

Accessories of the time included plaid ribbons and scarves, circular ivory or painted fans, earrings, watches, garnets, pearls, cornelians and gold elastic bracelets. Rings were worn 3-4 deep on the little finger.

Gloves were also an important part of dressing, and consisted of York tan, Limeric, or white for those conforming to society's dictates.

Interesting to note: the extreme pale look was in. Lotion was often used to produce what was called a "sickly shade of lily."

---on to 1808