I had assumed upper class simply due to it being Jane Austen.
There were magazines which showed the latest fashions, month by month, which anyone who was anyone would have organised the viewing of, arranging for a visit to someone who's sister, or cousin might post to them, or even arranging with the housekeeper of a house situated where such things might be obtained from a newsagent for a copy to be obtained and posted, or even sent in a hamper being returned to a country estate from a 'town house'.
Anyone travelling North would be quizzed on the latest innovations, the length of sleeve, height and shape of neckline being worn by the ladies, the latest way to tie a cravat or the subtle alteration in the shape of a hat or lapel.
The era is, fortunately, not so rigidly corseted as some, but it is too early for the espousal of all things Scottish which happened in the reign of Victoria.
There were 'gentleman farmers' who had land but needed to generate income from it by their own management, and often labour, and who Jane Austen set firmly in their place even when they cleaned up, dressed correctly and showed that they knew how to behave in polite society.
If your personas are moving in society, in the first quarter of the 19th century, or even up to 1837 they would have done everything possible to dress a la mode, have their hair done in the latest style, and even to minimise their accent, if they had one.
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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