17th century dresses

1670's gown - Diary of a Mantua Maker http://mantuadiary.blogspot.com/

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…

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…

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

Beautiful baroque style dresses that were popular at the courts of Louis XIV and Charles II. (Via katybirdy95) To quote : Women’s clo...

c. 1660

Dress: ca. mid 17th century, Italian/Hungarian, cambric, broad lace, metal work; embroidery, presumably from the wardrobe of Orsolya Esterházy. www.pinterest.com/pin/157837161916444214/

Bespoke costumes and corsets inspired by 17th century fashions

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

I realized today with the 18th century gowns I have made I have only scratched the surface of how many different types there were. It's easy to fall into the idea that it was all Robe a la Francaise, Robe a l'Anglaise, Robe a la

Costume detail | Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgias in The Borgias

Corseted style wedding gown from one of the UK's major designers of alternative couture bridal gowns, influenced by art, theatre, period costume and historical dress. A variety of wedding dress styles, from 18th century inspired fairytale princess via Pre-Raphaelite damsel to totally exclusive contemporary vision. Most bridal orders are unique personalised one-offs; wedding dresses are often coloured and embellished with beadwork and lace and are mainly based on a corset with back lacing.