I don't have enough 18th century gowns. I have jackets and things, and I do love jackets, but when it comes to full gowns, I have, like, one (soon to be two).
So time for a new one! I found some lavender taffeta online and thought it would make a great 1790s roundgown, paired with a huge black silk sash, and giant black Gainsborough hat. I'm not settled on the style, but here are my initial sketches:
This gown will be "Robe Royaliste," if we were in France in 1790. Both the purple and the black were royalist colors, and add in a little green or yellow and the statement would be obvious!
I've been perusing fashion plates from Dames a la Mode, to find some inspo. All of these would also be Royalist gowns, in France, and will help decide a final design for my Robe Royaliste:
Other inspiration....
So time for a new one! I found some lavender taffeta online and thought it would make a great 1790s roundgown, paired with a huge black silk sash, and giant black Gainsborough hat. I'm not settled on the style, but here are my initial sketches:
This gown will be "Robe Royaliste," if we were in France in 1790. Both the purple and the black were royalist colors, and add in a little green or yellow and the statement would be obvious!
I've been perusing fashion plates from Dames a la Mode, to find some inspo. All of these would also be Royalist gowns, in France, and will help decide a final design for my Robe Royaliste:
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| Journal des Luxus, April 1792. I adore this, the gown, the hat, the belt. I like the interesting combo of redingote and gathered front, like a gaulle. |
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| Journal des Luxus, 1791 |
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| Undated (but probably 1792) by Ann Frankland Lewis |
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| From Kyoto Costume Institute - not a fashion plate, but one of my favorite 1790s gowns, and would be a savvy design for what I'm thinking. |
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| George Romney Unknown lady, ca. 1786. - with the redingote collar and button cuffs. The front looks gathered...? A little earlier than my target dates. |
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| From LACMA, the back of their stunning 1790s redingote. I adore the huge mannish collar(s) on this one. |
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| Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. Marie-Louise of Bourbon-Sicily. 1790 . I like the idea of redingote details, but I want the skirt to be closed. The gathered-bust and long sleeve gaulle styles are also enticing, if the taffeta I bought will work that way. |
