1800s ball gown

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Before the Automobile: natural form era ball gown Victorian Evening Dress, Auguste Toulmouche, 19th Century Clothing, 1800s Fashion, Period Dress, Old Fashion Dresses, Old Dresses, Natural Form, Century Clothing

This project was inspired by the beautiful paintings Auguste Toulmouche painted in the late 1870's and early 1880's. The idea was to make a ball gown after The Love Letter and Le Billet to be worn at Costume College gala and change the bodice later in to a corset cover and short jacket combination, like the artistic boudoir ensembles seen in Réflexion de la Beauté or Watering the Flowers later in the evening. The dress is made from duchess silk satin. The bodice is flat lined with soft…

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