/r/fashionhistory
A place for historical garments, past patterns, illustrations, demonstrations, perukes, petticoats, hoops, codpieces, houppelandes, hennins, restorations and recreations from long ago.
Fashion historians, costumers and enthusiasts are welcome to celebrate some good-old-fashioned fashion.
A place for historical garments, past patterns, illustrations, demonstrations, perukes, petticoats, hoops, codpieces, houppelandes, hennins, restorations and recreations from long ago.
Fashion historians, costumers and enthusiasts are welcome to celebrate some good-old-fashioned fashion.
Like this? Check out /r/vintagefashion, /r/TheatricalCostuming and /r/HistoricalCostuming !
Interested in history, outside of the clothes? Check out The History Network on Reddit.
/r/fashionhistory
I'm writing a story set in 1834. A group of country women, who are poorer, are preparing to host and entertain a couple of richer, more fashionable ladies from the city. I thought that the country women might alter their old (mid 1820s) dresses to fit the fashions of the early 1830s, after seeing fashion plates in their Lady's Magazine.
Would it be feasible for one to "let out" the sleeves in the 1820s dress to approach the fullness of the 1830s sleeves? How else might one make-do as the fashions changed (but their pocket-book did not)?
Image credits:
Mid-1820s dress: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/107952
1832 dress: https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/98067