#historical garments

[sewlastcentury]

The two newest patterns that I have in testing right now, based on antique plus-size garments...

c. 1909 eleven-gore polka-dotted cotton day skirt The size as-is is a 37”/94cm waist with 60”/152cm+ hips, and ungathered it’s a 46.5”/118cm waist. It was made for a very short person, so I’ve provided the original length (32”/81cm) as well as an extended version (40”/102cm) on the pattern for whatever you need. On Etsy here.

c. 1915-17 silk day dress with beading This has a 60” (152cm) bust and 45.5” (116cm) waist and was made for a relatively tall person. On Etsy here.

Both are now up on Etsy!

[costumedump]

Gustav III's Masquerade Costume

Worn During His Assassination At The Royal Opera House, Stockholm

Midnight, 16th Of March, 1792

The Royal Armoury

Stockholm, Sweden

[vafibrearts]

I'm finally making more progress on my historically inspired linen shirt project! It took so much longer than I'd expected to get a second spool of the cabernet Londonderry thread, but now that it's here, I'm really hoping I can have this shirt finished soon!

Currently, all the seams are finished and I'm working on hemming. From there, the last steps will be adding buttons and buttonholes. So close!

[sewingsillythings]

[die-rosastrasse]

Ball gown, 1840-41

Maker: Unknown

From the collection of Wien Museum

[fashion-plates]

Met Costume Institute

Walking dress. British. ca. 1830

[fashionsfromhistory]

Ball Gown

Late 1860s

European

The MET (Accession Number: 1981.49.3a–c)

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Black wool dress and coat with a fur collar, 1970, American.

By Oscar de la Renta.

Chicago Historical Society.

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Wool and lace morning gown, c.1895

august auctions

[arthistoryanimalia]

In celebration of seeing the first fireflies of the season:

Furisode with Fireflies and Irises Japan, Edo period, 18th century silk crepe, paste-resist dyed, embroidery National Museum of Japanese History (photographed on display at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhbition at the National Gallery of Art DC in 2019)

[sewlastcentury]

Aaand two more patterns from antique garments!

1890s silk faille evening skirt with a 34" / 86cm waist. On Etsy here!

c. 1870 cotton sateen day dress with a 50” (127cm) bust and 39” (99cm) waist! (It fits the 48”/122cm-bust mannequin very well.) On Etsy here!

I'm finishing up digitization on these, but tester slots are currently open! Once the patterns are finished, I'll put them up on Etsy with the others. <3

[threadtalk]

Right in the middle of the 18th century, we have this absolutely frothy pink gown that screams springtime. Yellow bows? Sign me up!

If there is a timeless shape, I'm willing to bet it's this one. Though this doesn't have quite the volume of some of the dresses in this period, it still endures again in the 1830s and 1840s, the 1870s and 1880s, and then again in the 1950s. A fitted bodice, a 3/4 sleeve, and a flared skirt. Plus that gorgeous scoop neck.

This robe à la française was owned by Mrs. Maria Altenburg of Denmark. It then had some adventures of its own, showing up later in Victorian Era costume parties! So it's likely it's had alterations. Most dresses of this era have.

I love the floral spill and the ribbon details! Really marvelous on every level. I am obsessed.

Source: https://digitaltmuseum.no/021069530963/overkjole-med-skjort

[historical-fashion-polls]

submitted by @downtonbaddie7 🩷💚

[nekohooch]

God I love the internet.

I’m working on a project and I need to figure out how much lace to buy for the hem of said project and was having trouble mathing said hypothetical hem. I found a fabulous person who made an entire blog post about looking at extant garments measurements or paintings and pictures all the way from before the 1600s to the 1930s and estimating their hems.

I’m a person who needs visuals to be able to picture accurately and this is a godsend. Just needed to find a garment whose hem mimics the project hem and convert the inches into yardage.

[marzipanandminutiae]

If We Commented On Modern Fashion Videos Like We Do Historical Fashion Videos

"I mean, it's pretty, but how did you even use the BATHROOM in that?! GROOOOOOSS!!!!"

"things to wear while coughing your lungs out from COVID and wildfire smoke and trying to avoid your fascist neighbor lol"

"yikes, think about how they all had to wear Spanx two sizes too small, though!"

[video shows reasonably nice everyday clothing] "but that's just what RICH PEOPLE wore! not REAL PEOPLE!!!"

[model is a woman of color] "um sweety only WHITE women wore that back then :/"

"did you know that [confidently incorrect, absolutely insane statement about the 2020s that the poster will then argue vehemently about in the replies]"

[chinesehanfu]

[Hanfu · 漢服]Chinese Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD)Traditional Clothing Hanfu Reference to Song Dynasty Murals

【Historical Reference Artifacts】:

Woman in the murals of the Song Dynasty tomb in Tangzhuang, Dengfeng, Henan,China.

【Histoty Note】Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD)·Woman Formal Garment

The large-sleeved shirts and skirts of the Northern Song Dynasty were based on the long blouses and skirts of the late Tang and Five Dynasties, and became more refined and gradually became more ritualized. At the same time, the trend of women wearing crowns became more and more popular, and a variety of crown styles and matching hairstyles were developed.

The restoration of this outfit refers to the image of a woman in the murals of the Song Dynasty tomb in Tangzhuang, Dengfeng, Henan: her head is combed in a bun, with clouds shape hair around her temples, and a crown, which is fixed with flower hairpins on the front and back, and pearl hairpins on the left and right; Wearing a sleeved blouse, a long skirt, and a silk scarf was the attire of the common people and women attending formal occasions at that time.

At that time, married women often wore crowns, long-sleeved shirts and skirts, and shoulder-wrapped scarf when attending formal occasions or when common women got married. It gradually developed into a classic paradigm, which had an impact on popular fashion and the system of public service. The "golden crown and xiapi金冠霞帔" that often appeared in literary works of the Song and Yuan Dynasties was developed from this classic ceremonial attire.

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