The Idea and Inspiration:
A collaboration with the divine Mrs C to create Lady Maude Warrender’s 1909-1910 laurel themed evening gown from Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion 1860-1940. The gown fit perfectly into my Pompeii to Paris project, and with Mrs C doing the detailed embellishment, tackling the gown was feasible.
Fabric and Materials:
Ivory silk charmeuse lined with cream cotton voile, with linen bodice lining for the underdress. Bodice boned with featherweight boning. Overdress of cotton/rayon net in gold and dyed black. Laurel embellishments of gold organza and embroidery floss. Sash and trim of silk and rayon blend velvet.
Research and Resources:
Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion 1860-1940
Jordan Bently’s research on the original dress
The Dress Diary:
The under-bodice and sleeve toile
A photoshoot at the old Museum building
The full photoshoot:
Hi! My sister told me about your site. It’s gorgeous!
I love this era! How beautiful!
Genevieve
Awww, thank you Genevive!
The link to the original research is broken.
It links to MrsC’s old blog and the page is empty. As she shared this recently, I became curious again. 
Hi there!
I bought this book ages ago and I’m trying to adapt this exact dress for my current project, but I’m having some issues trying to assemble the pieces – especially with the shoulders and bodice! Do you have any advice??
Cheers,
Ella
Unfortunately I can’t really help. I made this dress a decade ago, and no longer remember the exact details of how I put the pattern together. Best of luck.