You could take the track of being an 1830s person doing a fancy dress costume, the lines of your gown could give the impression of a restoration era "costume." You could add appropriate to the period trims to your current gown to make it look restoraion-esque.
Here's an 1890s example from the MFA in Boston: it is: Woman's Evening Dress in 2 parts French, about 1895 Maker: House of Worth Silk and machine-made cotton lace A dress in two parts, of gold colored satin, designed in the style of the mid-17th century Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gift of Mrs. J. D. Cameron Bradley, 1950 Accession number: 50.3142a http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=65576&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=dress&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=silk&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=2&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=241 I have more detailed pictures of it form an exhibition but not sure I can find them. Katy On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Aylwen Garden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am attending a Restoration Ball and do not have a costume. However, > I do have one I made a few weeks ago, an 1830 daydress. I know these > are completely different eras, but I'm desperate. I was wondering if > anyone thought I might be able to add something/do something to this > gown (without ruining it) to make it wearable for this ball, English > late 17th Century. > I am not looking for historical accuracy, just to look close to > period, so it is truly 'dress-up'. One day I will make the proper > outfit, I do have a pattern, but right now I do not have the time. > The picture of my gown is at > http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v252/251/81/533339547/n533339547_417939_7562.jpg > > Many thanks, > Aylwen > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
