18century fashion

Fasion of 1780's

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I have a lovely assortment of French fashion plates from the years 1780-1782 for today's post and a new digital scene depicting one of those beauties. I've stated before that I'm drawn to fashion plates that show the back of a garment. I especially liked this 1780 dress in the "Robe à l'Anglaise" style, so today's digital scene was created using that lovely fashion plate but in a new teal color I created. On a previous post, I created a digital scene using another fashion plate showing the…

1700's Women's Fashion.

If you're anything like us, you have probably been really into the moment the color pink is having in fashion this summer, thanks to a certain iconic doll. It's been really fun and inspiring to see people from all different aesthetic groups and fashion spaces

engraving from "Galerie des Modes et Costumes Francais", c.1778-1787, 18th Century. wide ruffle border extending to either end of the gown

Apparently it’s not a particularly modern practice for fashion designers to make yesterday’s clothing look dated and outmoded. Even though the time gap (from the 1770s – 1815) sho…