18th century english fashion

Lavender faded to pink silk "lustring" gown with edge-to-edge closed bodice, fitted back of the type called "English back", and open skirt to be drawn up. Bodice front …

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Last week I showed you the pictures, today we are looking under the skirt: I am going to explain how I created my dress: is it historical? Who am I supposed to be? If you dare to read until the end, you will be able to impress even the most blasé of your friends with...

The redingote (or redingotte, redingot) is a type of coat that has had several forms over time. The name is derived from a French alteration of the English "riding coat", an example of reborrowing.

A woman's gown, 1780-85, English; White cotton, block-printed with polychrome exotic flowers, 1770s, English; altered 1785-1796

During the Costume Design course I took at ifs Cologne in 2014/2015, probably my favourite class was the costume reproduction class. My 8 classmates and me each picked a (historical) movie that centered around the topic of love triangles and chose a costume from it to reproduce. The movie I ended up choosing was "The Duchess", directed by Saul Dibb and starring Keira Knightley in the lead. I chose it for one because I LOVE 18th century fashion, that has been my favourite silhouette for...

Many of the dresses, hats, and shoes, were customized by dress makers, hat makers, and fabric salesmen to have one of a kind pieces. -

"Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon the tender green, Cheers for a time but till the Sun doth show, And straight 'tis gone as it had never been." ~ Samuel Daniel (1562-1620)

An 18th century woman created for an Autodesk tutorial series.

When it comes to historical events and travelling, the past three years have been busier for me than any of my previous years in the hobby before. It has been absolutely wonderful but it also meant that when I've been at home, I have been frantically preparing for a trip on my time off, which lead to the complete neglect of this blog. With the limited free time and energy available, I've chosen sewing over updating the blog. Also, in the past three years I've found, like so many of you, that…