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1906-1907, America Afternoon dress by Anna Dunlevy Silk, cotton Cincinnati Art Museum

Red Wool Walking Dress, ca. 1899

Day dress, womens, silk brocade / faille / glass beads / sequins / metal, made by David Jones Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, owned by Mrs Amy Grimley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1895

1893-1895 evening dress. Love it!

In mid-Victorian (1860s) times there were strict rules about dressing. (See website for more info & several more photos.).)

Last week’s 1860s wrapper made us think of warm fires and good books: until we noticed the terrible un-matched front stripes. Unfortunately, mis-matched stripes could not be unseen, and could not be forgiven, and so the dress lost an average of two points for that flaw, whether your original rating was good, or bad. Still, 6.6 out of 10 isn’t too bad after all! Over the past year most of my Rate the Dress picks have been chosen to fit the Historical Sew Fortnightly themes, but sometimes I…

“Evening dress, 1885-90. Kerry Taylor Auctions.”

Whether you liked last week’s Rate the Dress depended entirely on whether you are OK with ultra-perky, ultra-feminine 18th c shepherdess looks, and whether you found that the non-matchy (in a 21st century sense – a lot of our ideas of coordination and matching are pretty modern) trim clashed with the dress, or gave it the right amount of interest (though, if you look closely, the trim was exactly the same colour as the flowers in the floral pattern of the dress), and whether it reminded you…

Terri Garber ball dress from North and South Book 2 1986

This week's ca. 1895 dinner dress covers from chin to toe, but there's still something rather sexy about the dress, despite all the fabric. Â

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1882 from the McCord Museum

Caroline Harrison's (Benjamin Harrison's first wife, president from 1889-1893) evening gown. Burgundy velvet and grey satin embroidered in a floral design with grey pearls and steel beads.