Venetian gown

1550s Venetian Gown – Historical Alterations

Is there anything better than a Venetian gown? I don’t think so. This is the most comfortable 16th century gown I’ve made to date. And the construction is relatively simple. It started with this amazing fabric:

I wore it the past two evenings at the Twelfth Night events-- pics of being at the event to follow-- and it was really a great dress to wear. Driving in it was a beast, though. I have never been more uncomfortable in all my life, and you are talking to a woman who wore 4 inch heels to…

Masquerade costume in the style of the Venetian Renaissance, made by the workshop of A. T. Ivanova, St. Petersburg, 1890. Worn by Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova. Velvet, gold cord, passementerie. Collection of the State Hermitage Museum.

Red and gold Renaissance dress made according to mid 16th century Italian fashion. The pattern and designs of the dress are inspired by Eleonora of Toledo red gown, stored in Pisa museum. The dress bodice is boned and works like a corset. Fashionable slashed sleeves are worn separately and are to be laced up according to 1500s female fashion. The chemise and other undergarnments (like bumroll or petticoat) are to be purchased separately according to your needs

I’ve wanted a pretty Italian Renaissance dress probably since I was about 12- this is the period that got me interested in historical fashion, and is still the time and place I’m most i…

THIS GOWN IS NOW ON RESERVE/LAYAWAY FOR A SPECIFIC BUYER Often called a Venetian gown, this style is based on portraits of women in Venice in the mid-1500s. It features a deep, v-shaped front opening bodice, which laces in a historically-accurate ladder lacing style, instead of Xs. It is made

Italian Renaissance royalty

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Elizabethan inspired ensemble

I’ve cut and am hemming a partlet. Partlets are lots more than just a scarf at the neck. Going through paintings I found three or four cut variations and about four collar variations as well,…

Silver & Pearl Venetian Renaissance Gown

I recently became highly obsessed with the TV show The Borgias, so when it came time for me to make my monthly Thrifty Thursday purchase all I could think about were Italian Renaissance dresses. Just look at these dresses! They may not be 100% historically accurate, but it is impossible to deny that they are pieces of art. Can you see why I was inspired? I got one white sheet, a pillow case that I stole the trim from, an opulent bed skirt, four pieces of light brown fabric, and a pearl…

16th century costume, black Venetian Renaissance gown

I am so glad to be done with these sleeves. They took forever! Not because they were hard, but because I have a cold and everything I do feels like Im doing it in molasses. Ugh, slow slow slow every stitch was an effort. Plus, that whole Christmastime thingamajig. Im…