regency and georgian are they the same period?

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Thanks am putting a costume togther for dd and am getting confused I am referring to the early 18th century.

Kind of - here's wiki: The Georgian era is a period of British history, normally defined as including the reigns of the kings George I, George II, George III and George IV, i.e. covering the period from 1714 to 1830, (with the sub-period of the Regency, defined by the Regency of George IV as Prince of Wales during the illness of his father George III). Sometimes the reign of William IV (1830 to 1837) is also included.

Love these questions - they make me hunt for things I have no idea about.

Yes - Georgian is the outer bit of the doughnut and Regency is the hole. In diagramatic terms

Regency is George iii/iv so early 19th century

Regency fashions - the birth of the empire line and Jane Austeny fashions

dd costume is based in 1713 just to be awkward. We live in a town that was rebuilt after a fire in 1713, she is a child escaping the fire.

lol Mrs Sprat.

sorry I am wrong so it is not that awkward the fire was in 1731, switched my digits!

Possibly anything charred, then? End of the Stuart period (queen Anne died 1714) and beginning of georgian - picture of queen anne. Ooh - useful site here

Strictly speaking is it not Hanoverian? Or am I trying to be too clever?

We are going to artistically splatter them in soot!

great link habbibu

Hanoverian (frantically googles) covers monarchs up to victoria - same family. Georgian more appropriate to period in time. I think.

Normally the description is based on the monarch's name TSAP. Stop trying to show off

but no mention of empire line though, I was thinking of Jane Austen type dress but maybe that is not right.

Getting towards Gainsborough lady fashion and suchlike. Or just sooty rags perhaps.

Hanoverian, strictly speaking would be the icing on the doughnut, as it includes Victoria too

Are you hungry, MrsS?

The Jane Austeny stuff is start of 1800s, definitely after the French revolution and rejection of aristocratic periwigs and the like.

Yes!

Watch Blackadder the Third, twinset!

Jane Austen is later - 1790's - early 1800's, so closer to Regency.
1731 would be George II - we're talking hooped petticoats & general frills, rather than the plain simple empire line dresses

1731 is definitely 'georgian' but whether there was a specific type of fashion then I wouldn't know. I'd just do some Pride and Prejudice type dress if I was you.

lol wheresthehamster I show off whenever I can, it does not happen that often!

Actually, the Madness of King George would be almost perfect

She is not to be in rags she is a posh georgian bird!