Aqua Striped Dress
A late 1790s cotton gathered-front round gown.
Inspiration & Resources
Useful Books & Links
An Agreeable Tyrant: Fashion after the Revolution. DAR Museum, 2016.
Bradfield, Nancy. Costume In Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930. Plays, Inc., 1985
Barreto, Cristina, and Martin Lancaster. Napoleon and the Empire of Fashion: 1795-1815. Skira Editore, 2011.
Pattern
The pattern is based on my existing drawstring dress patterns and my 1790s base patterns, but I used the “Taffeta Round Gown, 1795-1800” pattern on page 172 of An Agreeable Tyrant as a a major reference.
Related Blog Posts
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07/24/2017
I’m home from a wonderful weekend attending the Jane Austen Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. I recently wrote about my experiences last year, and what a great event it is, but I must say this year was even better.
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08/23/2017
And now for what I wore!
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09/11/2017
My obsession with the 1790s and transitional drawstring dresses continues! It’s my go-to style when I need something comfortable, quick to make, and easy to wear, so of course it’s what I made this summer for the Louisville Jane Austen Festival. I shared photos of the finished dress in my early post on the 2017 Jane Austen Festival, but I wanted to talk more about the actual construction process.
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