Regency shirt pattern

If you are making clothing from home woven/hand loom woven fabric, the realization of how wasteful most patterns are of fabric will quickly make you want to figure out how they used to do things!. So I figured I'd start this thread so that other people might post patterns they'd found (I did find an old thread which mentioned similar patterns, but the link no longer worked.) I will post the rough pattern from the above video and later post the precise measurements I used (I'm still…

Undergarments are often a problem in any good historical outfit. They take as much time as a gown and are never seen. This means that they are often forgotten and bypassed for sake of time and money. Even when they aren't, knowing exactly what you need can be difficult. When I was making up my muslin 1809 gown I already had a full set of undergarments for that time period. Unfortunately they don't work! One of the most difficult things about early 19th century is that fact that many gowns…

Throughout the 18th century, as well as in the end of the 17th, and beginning of the 19th, men’s shirts were fastened with clever little buttons made of thread. These were simple to make with…

“ladies used to wear shifts; they now are called chemises: shoes are turned into sandals, stays are corsets, a girdle is a zone, a band for ...

Today I started on the underpinnings for a new project for a client - a full regency wardrobe. It includes a chemise, pantalettes, stays, petticoat, chemisette, day dress, spencer, open robe, ball gown, reticule and bonnet. Yes, this is the project with the KCI-inspired ball gown. I'm rather pleased with the chemisette. It is mostly hand stitched - a necessity with the very sheer linen as it kept wanting to move around. I had more control over it by hand stitching. When I finished I couldn't…

Historical author Joanna Maitland looks at the classical Regency gown and how it was made. Was it as simple as it looked? Plus eye candy for costume enthusiasts.