Research

  1801

(High neck, long sleves, panneled fulll length skirt,high waist.

    1807
(Floral pattened fabric,empire waistline,trains square necklines)

      1814
(slightly higher skirt length more frills and pleats)

    1820
(Bell like shape, lowering waistline,more emphasised bust.)

      1833

(very small waist,long puffed out sleeves,high neckline.)

1839

(low v shaped neckline large skirt, lower waistline.)

1845

(More structured boddice,full length skirt,narrow waist.)

1852

(The start of fitted female jackets, the skirt less flared.)

1854

(high neckline, lots of frills and embelishment,full skirt.)

1868

(the start of the exageratted bussel,narrow waist high neck line long sleeves, ankel length skirt.)

1879

(Long skirt train tight fitting arround the waist and hips layered skirts.)

1886

(Female jackets,high neck narrow waist long sleeves flared skirt.)

1893
(Very large puffed sleeves flared skirt train.) 

1899

(very fitted tight to kness flared skirt from below knee, layered skirt long sleeves high neck.)

This is a selection of my sketches based on images from 19th century books. This set of images shows the development of the dress and the different styles that came in and out of fashion in the 19th century.

The Regency period-This is where my first  dress comes from a time of empire waistlines and long skirts. The main change in the regency period was the length of sleeves they went from cap sleeves to wrist length. The length of skirt also changed slightly from floor length to ankel length

                                                            The Victorian period changed quite a bit over the years from the frilly

                                                              bell like shape skirt and big sleeves to the straight jacket and polonaise skirt.