Historical pregnant dress

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As Cathy had 4 or 5 dresses to herself I thought I would do a separate post just about those first off. As you can see in my designs, I had planned for them to have accurate 18th century shapes and I had made 18th century bum rolls for all the female characters from the 18th century time period, but because of the physical nature of the play it was decided that they shouldn't be worn, which is why none of the photographs have them in. It was a bit of a shame in terms of the look of the…

From Ephemeral Elegance : The first official pregnancy garment was created in the 17th century. Known as the Adrienne dress, the st...

The Baroque period (1600- 1750) birthed the first recorded maternity gown called the Adrienne dress; it was a gown that was characterized by voluminous folds and flowing fabric which expanded with growing bellies. Also in that time women wore men's waist coats with laced vents in the back that allowed the wearer to adjust the size of the coat as she needed.

Expecting moms haven't always had today's variety of maternity styles. See how dressing your bump has changed from maternity corsets (yes, really!) to today's popular styles.

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Vintage Maternity Clothes History (and photos) 1920s Maternity dress with drop waist tie

They were surprisingly well done, if all over the pre-1600 map. Kind of like going to a Society for Creative Anachronism event where everyone was working with a decent budget. To recap: Galavant wa…