Seventeenth century fashion

While I’m finishing up accessories for my Napoleonic project, let’s talk about the 17th century! I’m interested in 1660s and 1670s baroque fashion, which broadly speaking consists…

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Category:Costumes of All Nations (1882) - Wikimedia Commons

Fashion isn’t just about looking great. It has profound associations with social, financial and moral issues identified with the specific time period. History of fashion helps us connect and …

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I have always had a fondness for Dutch paintings from the 1650's and the 1660's. My favorite is Ter Borch, but Gabriël Metsu has painted my favorite dress and that became the dress my project was mainly based on. I also found the 1660's bodice pattern and construction notes on the book Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 2 extremely useful. The dress is completely hand sewn from duchess silk satin, linen canvas, mid weight linen and a finer white linen using linen and silk…

William Scrots Catherine Parr,c.1545 Edward VI of England,1546 Edward VI of England,1546,after Scrots Edward VI of England,c.1546 Lady Margaret Douglas,1546 Elizabeth I as a Princess,1546 Henry Howard Earl of Surrey,1546 Edward VI with flowers,c.1550 Another version of Edward VI with flowers,c.1550 Hans Eworth Portrait of an Unknown man,1546 Mary I of England,1554 Possibly Lady Jane Dormer,1555 Lady Mary Dudley,1550-1555 Mary Tudor,Queen of England Henry Stuart Lord Darnley,1555 Unknown…

This is a dress from 1660. It looks like the silver cloth dress from the Costume Museum at Bath ...

c. 1660

Les femmes du Carillon 💕 I love that we have a mixture of garments here to represent what French Canadian women were wearing in the mid eighteenth century. From left to right, a jacket, a manteau de lit, and a corset! . . . #fortticonderoga #fortcarillon #nouvellefrance #histoiredefrance #canada #18thcentury #18iemesiecle #18thcenturycanada #canadiennes #18thcenturyfashion #dresshistory #livinghistory #frenchandindianwar #sevenyearswar #laguerredelaconquête #handsewn #historicalcostuming…