1810s ball gown

1817, France Evening dress Off-white silk and wool gauze with pale pink silk satin, iron floral pailettes, silk embroidery, silk-wrapped paper, cording of silk around metal core, and glass beads Philadelphia Museum of Art

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1817-1821 Ball Gown. Made of taffeta and net. Museum at Bath, UK.

I had some extra time today, so I decided to start on my taffeta 1810s gown. The question is, what to do with it? I purchased this silk taffeta a couple of months ago from Burnley & Trowbridge with a general idea of what I wanted. A gown circa 1812-15 with a decent amount of trimmings, for some reason vandyking came to mind. It's a pale aqua with a small white pinstripe. After a few days of searching, I came across this image. The gown on the left not only has a very similar fabric, but has…

1810s Evening Dress. Made of figured silk gauze (with reproduction under-slip), wool shoes with silk ribbon rosette. Private collection. Daughters of the American Revolution Museum.

Since we help to host three Civil War balls in the South Carolina Upstate, we often get questions about what a Civil War ball dress looks like. Some folks think all you need is a Big Skirt and presto - an 1860s ball gown! Um, sorry folks - not quite! :) Think of how fashion works today. Can you immediately tell the different between a 1981 wedding dress and a 2011 wedding dress? Of course! But let's a say a Time Traveler from AD 2200 looks at a photo of Princess Diana and Princess Kate side…

Custom Order Only...Edwardian Directoire 1790s Style Open Robe Gown Dress, with Embroidered Lace

regency bal gown