Rate the Dress: 1890s Big Sleeves & Bias Stripes
This early 1890s reception dress has a high neck and long sleeves of a daytime outfit, but the light coloured silk the train are firmly in the ‘formal indoor wear only’ category.
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Rate the Dress: Pink stripes at the end of the Crinoline Era
This week’s 1869 Rate the Dress is a great example of the crinoline era transition to the first bustle era, not only in its silhouette, but also in its cut and trim.
Rate the Dress: a tea gown for the teens
Tea gowns are fascinating garments. As personal items for an intimate setting, they didn’t have to fit any rules of convention. As luxury garments they weren’t bound by practicality. These two mean they are often particularly unique and distinctive examples of their era.