Early 18th century fashion

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...

1714 Henrietta Cavendish Holles, Countess of Oxford. By Godfrey Kneller.

Illustrations of clothing during the Georgian period.

This dress is a typical example of a formal gown of around 1780, the robe à la française, also known as a sack or sacque. — The John Bright Collection

What is remarkable is that Lady Onslow is wearing this simple dress and coiffure when ornate mantuas and Fontanges were in style. The full skirt,...

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 week’s Rate the Dress is chosen from one of my favourite historical eras of all time – at least where fabric is concerned! Will it be as popular as last week’s smash-hit Pingat? Last week: A very large Pingat ballgown The very large Pingat ballgown received an equally large and enthusiastic response. The only things it was marked down for were the overly-enthusiastic berthe (as an underly endowed woman, I cannot sympathise, as I need all the help I can get from berthe in 1860s…

Contents “ Editor’s note The following is a chapter from a book “Early American Costume” by Edward Warwick and Henry C. Pitz. It explains what types of clothes, wigs, and accessories were common in colonial America during the late 17th and early/mid 18th centuries. ” Introduction At the approach of the eighteenth century the great ... Read more

Kyoto Costume Institute I'm guessing Lisere? It doesn't say for sure. Liseré - Term which refers to a specific type of fabric constru...