Half-mourning was about halfway through the mourning period, the point when the one in mourning stopped wearing black and switched to gray or lavender with black trim or accents. Half-mourning was considered a transition to wearing colors again.
Again, this affected ladies more than gentlemen, simply because the gentlemen wore black much of the time anyway.
For details on wills, funerals, or mourning, you can check out two of my previous Regency Wednesday posts: Funerals and Wills; Mourning. Both include links to other sites for more details on these subjects.
For detailed descriptions of the fashions shown here, see the matching Google Books clipping below.
Again, this affected ladies more than gentlemen, simply because the gentlemen wore black much of the time anyway.For details on wills, funerals, or mourning, you can check out two of my previous Regency Wednesday posts: Funerals and Wills; Mourning. Both include links to other sites for more details on these subjects.
For detailed descriptions of the fashions shown here, see the matching Google Books clipping below.
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*Images and description clipped from Ackermann's Repository, Jan 1819, p. 52.
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