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Classic transformation dress of the mid #19thc, a single expansive skirt could be worn with two or even three different bodices depending on occasion of wear. Here a long sleeved day bodice trimmed with dark peach silk and the lighter décolleté evening version, 1869 @metmuseum
A dress c1830 in mint green silk shows marked similarities to a fashion plate of similar date described as a walking dress. The features demonstrate that although seemingly exaggerated, fashion plates were not so very far from authentic @Fashion_Museum #1830s #fashionhistory
It seems that candy stripes were a bit of a thing in 1815 illustrated here in both image and object. The fashion plate is trimmed at the hem with florals whilst the surviving dress @artsdecoratifs relies on self-decoration ruffles #regencystyle #dresshistory
Time spent today talking about services provided by 19thc mourning warehouses such as Jays, this half-mourning dress an example @FIDMMuseum