1790s dress

Fashion Flashback: Given that fashion was instrumental in the creation of Canada, this blog series explores the development of what Canadians wore one era at a time. Woman’s Dress (Redingote) (c. 1…

Hi! I've been a lurker for a good while now, and I decided to do a Dress Diary for my next project... I've been meaning to do something like this for the last, oh I don't know, four or five years... but it seems that every time I start sewing I don't think about it until I'm a good halfway through…

Ever since looking through Kendra's Europe trip pictures back in 2007, I've been in love with a dress in a painting called The Dauphin Taken Away From His Family, painted by Hauer in 1793. The painting can be found in Musée Carnavalet, but it's very difficult to find a decent quality online picture of it. The best I've found is the very same photo taken by Kendra that made me fall in love with it in the first place. My version of the dress is made of black silk taffeta and lined with black…

A round gown is so-named because it had the skirt attached all the way around the bodice, in contrast to so many 18th century gowns which were open in front to show the petticoat underneath. (If sa…

Woman's Dress (Robe à l'anglaise), Unknown, England, circa 1790, Costumes, Cotton plain weave, block printed and hand painted.

Fair Warning: This is a long and picture heavy post. I have been trying very hard to keep up with the clock in preparation for Costume College! Jen Thompson of Festive Attyre started a great idea …

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