17th Century Fashion

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The Baroque period came into existence in the 16th century and lasted for about 150 years.Over its course in time, it completely changed the way people looked at fashion. Being a great source of in…

This is a dress from 1660. It looks like the silver cloth dress from the Costume Museum at Bath ...

While I’m finishing up accessories for my Napoleonic project, let’s talk about the 17th century! I’m interested in 1660s and 1670s baroque fashion, which broadly speaking consists…

Another old aesthetics study.

I have always had a fondness for Dutch paintings from the 1650's and the 1660's. My favorite is Ter Borch, but Gabriël Metsu has painted my favorite dress and that became the dress my project was mainly based on. I also found the 1660's bodice pattern and construction notes on the book Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 2 extremely useful. The dress is completely hand sewn from duchess silk satin, linen canvas, mid weight linen and a finer white linen using linen and silk…

Written instructions are to be used in conjunction with our videos The stays and bodice were taken from Patterns of Fashion 5 by Janet Arnold ​ Materials: Stays Approximately 25 meters of...

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