The Concept
A late-1770s camisole à la polonaise ensemble based on an extant jacket from the Musée Galliera and a 1780 fashion plate from Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français.
The Fabric & Trim
White cotton lawn, windowpane cotton lawn for the trim.
The Pattern
Draped by me.
Useful Links
- Me: A Proper Polonaise c. 1780
- 18th Century Blog: 1770s Robe a la Polonaise
- Costumiere Hysterique: Polonaise; Polonaise Power Puff
- Diary of a Mantua Maker: Polonaise History; Robe a la Polonaise project overview
- A Most Beguiling Accomplishment: The Robe a la Polonaise, or Polonese
Bibliography
- Ribeiro, Aileen. Dress in Eighteenth-Century Europe, 1715-1789. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
- Van Cleave, Kendra & Brooke Welborn. “‘Very Much the Taste and Various Are the Makes’: Reconsidering the Late 18th Century Robe à la Polonaise.” Dress (forthcoming May 2013).
- Waugh, Norah. The Cut of Women’s Clothes 1600-1930. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1968.
GOOD GOLLY this is gorgeous – BRAVA!