Century dress

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...

The tiny waist is the most noteworthy part of this dress. The conical skirt dates this to the late 1860s.

Civil War Era 19th century

Tudor Pink Gown

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(Josiana bodice, skirt, and decor garden party gown insp.)

Kosem hatun

Corset making - designing and making my own corsets. Gorsety - projektowanie i szycie gorsetów.

Queens

1890 wish wedding dress

Beautiful Regency dress

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So, last week I made a silly mistake and published two Rate the Dresses. I noticed it a few hours later and withdrew the one I hadn’t meant to publish. So most of you only saw the 1780s pastel polonaised froof that I left up (and most of didn’t particularly care for it and rated it a not-very inspiring 5.2 out of 10). But some of you did get a sneak-peek at this week’s Rate the Dress, so have had all week to think about whether you like it or not.. 1840s dresses can be a bit, well, plain and…

The gray days of winter have me looking forward to spring and lighter/brighter clothing. I scanned these from a 1949 insert of the pattern department of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The green ensemble with matching beret in the first picture has my name all over it. I love the color combination. While the 30s is my absolute favorite era, there are so many things I love about the designs of this time period too. So pretty!

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