The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking: How to Hand Sew Georgian Gowns and Wear Them With Style by Lauren Stowell (Author), Abby Cox (Author).
Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox of American Duchess have endeavored to make the impossible possible by bringing historically accurate dressmaking techniques into your sewing room. Learn how to make four of the most iconic 18th century silhouettes―the English Gown, Sacque Gown, Italian Gown and Round Gown―using the same hand sewing techniques done by historic dressmakers.
German fashion in the 18th century.
Romanticism.
Top row left to right: women’s fashion in 1793. Chur Saxon field postmaster. Princely Hessian postilion. Right: Costumes in 1788. Bottom row left to right: Fashion of 1791 and 1792. Right: Costumes of 1789 and 1790. (The fashion of women based on the Dutch Spanish baroque period with a high hat, and Bonnets in the French style of Charlotte Corday – at upper row. The men wear the tricorne and Rhinegraves pants for mid-length jacket)
Source: On the history of costumes. Münchener Bilderbogen. Edited by Braun and Schneider 1860.
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