le costume historique

http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/BOOKS/racinet/racinet1.htm

victorian gown 1867

http://vintagetextile.com

fashion prints

From Fancy Dresses Described, or What to Wear at Fancy Balls by Ardern Holt. When 19th century ladies were to attend costume balls, the necessity for unique and extravagant fancy dress was of the highest priority. http://www.wollmansclassicprints.com

steam punk

Steampunk Airship Pirate

If you love Steampunk outfits you have to look at Alisa's website!!!!. She makes really beautifull costumes!!! http://www.freewebs.com/dragonflydesignsbyalisa/
Steampunk Black&White

Steampunk Saloon

Steampunk Geisha

georgian fashion

janet arnold riding habit

Im getting verry frustrated!!!..aaaahh..
My sewing and patterndrawing skills are not that good that i can make from an janet arnold 1/8 scale pattern (inches) a full women pattern for my body only in cm.
Im taking sewing lessons and next year learn to draw a pattern so i have to be patient.

I bought some cm grid paper..and copied the riding habit pattern. 1 1/8 inch grid(janet arnold)=1 cm grid (copy)
Its going te be small..maybe my daughters BabyBorn doll can wear it hihihi.
But i think its going to help me understand the pattern..and how to sew it together..!

contouche

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Contouche

Also known as robe à la française, robe battante, robe volante, sack dress. The name is said to be derived from kontush, an Hungarian gown with a pleated back.

The contouche can be seen as having developed from the manteau by letting the folds in back fly loose instead of tacking them down. It started out as neglige in the late 17th century and developed into the robe battante or robe volante ("flying gown") during the Régence (1715-1723).

The robe volante had pleats in back, starting below the shoulders, and a circular skirt which was lifted up in front to reveal the jupe. It was closed in front and pulled over the head. During the Régence, ladies started to wear it outside the house as well, and it could be seen draped over the huge domes of early paniers.

During the 30s, the garment changed its name to robe à la française and was worn open in front, but still much resembled a wrapping gown. While it found its way into formal and court wear, it gradually developed a waist as the front panels and sides were cut and pleated to shape. The front opened over a stomacher or the corset and the jupe.

During the second half of the century, the pleats in back became narrower, so that in fact they were only an addition on an otherwise fitted gown. The extreme was reached with the robe à la piemontaise, where the pleats had degenerated into an appendix fixed to the back of the shoulders. In that shape, the contouche continued as court fashion until the French Revolution, after which it faded into oblivion.

http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/glossar/contouche.html