tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post2381459163381362804..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: A real dress for c 1885Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-30719529652315753122014-09-09T19:38:35.053-04:002014-09-09T19:38:35.053-04:00How stunning! I would love to have a dress like th...How stunning! I would love to have a dress like that.Elinor Aspenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152705956194114055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-11617708319728892652014-09-09T15:36:46.856-04:002014-09-09T15:36:46.856-04:00Actually, we do have fashion illustrations, and ve...Actually, we do have fashion illustrations, and very merciless ones. Thanks to Photoshop, the pictures in magazines are just as fantastical as anything in Godey's.<br />Gorgeous dress, thanks so much for the post!<br />Nancy NAuntieNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202319448791012747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-61407185012877796362014-09-09T10:59:08.123-04:002014-09-09T10:59:08.123-04:00As you say, a great job with the stripes. Fashion ...As you say, a great job with the stripes. Fashion sketches usually show stripes as vertical throughout a garment, but the reality is that pattern pieces and bodies have curves. <br />sewingdragonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-11963586643959325632014-09-09T08:59:59.249-04:002014-09-09T08:59:59.249-04:00Beautiful dress! I know fashions were merciless on...Beautiful dress! I know fashions were merciless on women and probably a misery to wear in the Victorian Era, but they did look lovely. I'd be interested to know exactly where one would wear a dress like this? A "walking suit"? "day dress?" I'll look forward to answers from those who know more than I do. :-)Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.com