Regency round gown

Historical costuming

Neoclassical silk evening dress with metallic trim, c.1805, from the Vintage Textile archives

Kent State University Museum: 19th Century Gallery features this breathtaking 1800's white muslin gown (in four views). I want one. 1800 Round gown, muslin. Image @Kent State University Museum The sheerness of 19th century muslin is demonstrated in this photograph by Madame Guillotine, whose blog offered two posts with images of the most luscious gowns from the Fashion Museum in Bath. Muslin dress. Image @Madame Guillotine Definition of Muslin: Muslin: 1. plain woven, bleached or gray, soft…

Museum of Costume Art. "A Designers' Exhibition of Costumes and Millinery," October 14, 1940–November 9, 1940.Museum of Costume Art. "The Coming Silhouette," April 16, 1942–July 4, 1942.New York

My first mock-up of the round gown confused me. After I got it on Pollykin, I was trying to find out how the dress should open. The bodice of the flat pattern I was working off of (in Patterns of F…

Woman's Dress (Round Gown), Unknown, England, circa 1795, Costumes, Cotton plain weave with metallic embroidery.

Woman's Dress (Round Gown), Unknown, Europe, textile 1785–1790; dress circa 1795, Costumes, Silk plain weave with weft-float patterning, silk and metallic-thread embroidery, sequins, silk and linen net, silk satin, and silk plain-weave .

Inquiring Reader: Emma, the author of this post, lives in Melbourne, Australia. After she interviewed me for a class assignment, I asked her if she would give us her impressions of the the fabulous…