A 1790s Alteration Project
A 1790-94 gown, refashioned from an existing mid 1780s gown.
Inspiration & Resources
Useful Books & Links
Waugh, Norah.
The Cut of Women's Clothes. New York: Routledge, 1968.
Bradfield, Nancy.
Costume In Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930. Plays, Inc., 1985
My Pinterest Project Board
Pattern
I updated an existing 18
th century gown to reflect the new fashionable 1790s silhouette, copying specific alterations I’ve seen on extant gowns. In this case, I took
my mid 1780s blue stripe gown which no longer fit, and altered it to a 1790-4 shape.
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12/30/2018
I’m no stranger to altering my costumes. Often after a first wearing there are fitting tweaks I want to make, but I’ve also retrimmed gowns, or completely remade them in the past, or even cut up old dresses to reuse the fabric for an entirely different project. However, with this project I tried something I’ve been thinking about for years. I updated an existing 18th century gown to reflect the new fashionable 1790s silhouette, copying specific alterations I’ve seen on extant gowns. In this case, I took my mid-1780s blue stripe gown which no longer fit, and altered it to a 1790–4 shape.
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