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Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians

Pallas and Stola (2010)

Medieval (12th-14th centuries)

1350s-80s gown thedreamstress.com1
ca  1369 gown (2015)

Renaissance (15th-16th centuries)

Red Velvet Elizabethan thedreamstress.com1 Elizabethan ruff thedreamstress.com
1540s Flemish (2002) 1570s Elizabethan (2015-) 1570s Ruff (2015)
Amazon Queen 1590s bodies https://thedreamstress.com/2014/12/a-very-fancy-farthingale/
1590s Pair of Bodies (2014) 1570-1600 Farthingale (2014)

 Baroque: 17th Century

1660s dress for Ninon (2011)

18th Century

1770s cotton stays (2009) Various 18th c Panniers 1770 linen stays (2011)
Alexis Simon Belle (1674—1734) Portrait of Louis XIVs fiancee the Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain, circa 1723 1760s Frou-Frou Française thedreamstress.com
1720s Robe de Cour (2014-) 1760s Française (2013-2020) 1770’s Man’s suit (2011)
1780s Chemise a la Reine
1780s Robe a l’Francaise (09-10) 1780s chintz pet-en-l’aire 1780s Chemise a la Reine (2010)

Regency

1813 Kashmiri gown
1800 Recamier Gown (2009) 1813 Kashmiri Dress (2013)

19th Century

Rowena's 1840s evening gown thedreamstress.com
1850s Muslin Gown (2009-) Rowena’s 1840s dress (2013)
1860s elliptical hoopskirt
1860 Greek Key outfit (08-10) 1860s elliptical hoopskirt (2013) 1866 crinoline (2010)
1871 day ensemble (2007-08) 1878 Renoir Evening Dress (2007) 1879-82 Suson outfit (2008)
Pleated plaid 1883 skirt
1882 Aline’s outfit (2008) 1883 pleated skirt (2011-12) 1870s-80s ‘Nougat’ corset (2009)
Ca. 1880 'Nana' inspired corset thedreamstress.com 1880s Terry Pratchett inspired Polly Oliver ensemble thedreamstress.com 1890s Midnight in the Garden corset thedreamstress.com
1880s Nana corset (2012-13) 1886 Polly Oliver ensemble (2008-13) 1887-97 Black satin corset (2013)
1890s Black Corded Corset
1880s Japonisme ensemble (2008-) 1889 Juno evening gown (2010) 1890s corded corset (2011)

20th Century

1900 Wild Rose ribbon corset (2010) 1901 Briar Rose corset (2011)
1900s Greek Key Afternoon dress thedreamstress.com
1903 B&W ribbon corset (2011) 1903 Evening dress (2011-) 1905-07 afternoon dress (1990s-2013)
1903 Chinoiserie skirt thedreamstress.com 1900s Time Lady blouse & Faille Skirt of Fail thedreamstress.com
1903 Chinoiserie Ensemble (2013-2014) ca 1905 blouse outfit (2013)
1910 Luna Moth frock
1909 Laurel dress (2009-2010) 1910 ‘Luna Moth’ frock (09-13) 1911 Longline corset (2009)
Miss Muffet Fete dress thedreamstress.com 1916 Wearing History skirt & blouse
1911-13 Linen dress (2016) 1913 Poiret gown (2009) 1916 Skirt & Blouse (2015)
1920 Yes it's fringe dress thedreamstress.com Summer of 1921 export thedreamstress.com
 1920 Fringe dress (2016) 1920 Vionnet dress (2010) 1921 Garden Party dress (2016)
1924 Hula Goddess gown thedreamstress.com
 1924 Goddess gown (2013)   1931 Wedding dress (2005)

Commissions

White Zombie medieval shroud
Carolyn’s Art-Deco Bridal Gown (2011) Polly’s Wedding Dress (2011) 1932 White Zombie gown (2011)
Shell's New Zealand wood-pigeon wedding dress
Shell’s Wedding Dress (2011) Emily’s Va-Va-Voom Corset (2010) Kerry’s Steampunk Bustle (2010)
Maggies outfit
Maggie’s 1910s ensemble (2012) Johnny’s WWI Uniform (2012) Green 1890s corded corset (2011)
Rowena's 1840s evening gown thedreamstress.com
Rowena’s 1840s dress (2013)

 Vintage

The 'Joy Gives Us Wings' 1940s Decades of Style Dorothy Lara dress thedreamstress.com The Ngaio blouse thedreamstress.com
“Joy Gives Us Wings” 1940s Dress (2014) Hepburn Trousers (2014) Ngaio “Queen of Crime” blouse (2014)
1920s inspired bathing suit thedreamstress.com Butterick 6485 for a ballerina inspired dress thedreamstress.com A dress for Mansfield's 'When I was a bird' thedreamstress.com
1920s Jantzen bathers (2014) Ballerina Moment 1950s   (2014) Vionnet Chiton dress 2 in black (2014)

 Modern and Fantasy

Pin-up Dorothy Gale (2007) 1920s-esque Tango dress (2001) Pachyderm skirt (2010)
 

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