Thanks for sharing--this is a lovely bibfront dress in a dark red silk.
In my admittedly un-scientific survey, it seems that prosperous matrons here
in the US favored dark silk gowns rather than muslin. There is quite a
selection of portraits where women are wearing such garments. Also,
I'm not certain whether this would help, but I made an apron front or bib front
Empire gown. You can see how it's put on here:
http://marjoriegilbert.net/album_33_033.htm. Information about the pattern,
from Janet Arnold's book Patterns of Fashion, is also available.
Marjorie
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Marjorie
Hi Marjorie
Not sure if this is aimed at me, thanks but I've done Bib fronted gowns, I
was just trying something else :)
Mel
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In my admittedly un-scientific survey, it seems that prosperous matrons
here
in the US favored dark silk gowns rather than muslin.
I was reading something the other day that stated that darker, sophisticated
colours were the dress of the more mature lady. Read so many over the last
frew days
