Webhost problems can’t keep us completely down:  the September wallpaper is ready for download from Solitary Elegance.

This month we’ll examine fashions for special occasions:  a mourning dress from September 1809 on the left, and the Glengarry riding habit from September 1817 on the right.  The background is derived from an Ackermann’s Repository embroidery pattern from 1816, and the quotation from Persuasion sets the autumn mood.