Georgian era dress

Georgian dresses

I had some extra time today, so I decided to start on my taffeta 1810s gown. The question is, what to do with it? I purchased this silk taffeta a couple of months ago from Burnley & Trowbridge with a general idea of what I wanted. A gown circa 1812-15 with a decent amount of trimmings, for some reason vandyking came to mind. It's a pale aqua with a small white pinstripe. After a few days of searching, I came across this image. The gown on the left not only has a very similar fabric, but has…

1810s Evening Dress. Made of figured silk gauze (with reproduction under-slip), wool shoes with silk ribbon rosette. Private collection. Daughters of the American Revolution Museum.

Late last year I had the honor of receiving an invitation to a 1757 reenactment in March 2017 in Zeilitzheim. I knew I wanted a new saque fo...

This type of Georgian day dress was more technically known as a Zone Front Robe a l’Anglaise which became most popular in the 1780s with a change in the fashionable silhouette. During this pe…

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Illustrations of clothing during the Georgian period.