Who else needs a new (historically inspired) summer dress?

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MATERIAL SOURCES:
Fabric: Liberty of London
Lining: From my stash, originally somewhere on 39th St. (Probably H&M Fabrics)
Ribbon: M&J Trimming
Cotton thread: John Lewis
Linen thread: Burnley & Trowbridge
Hat base from Penny River Custom Costumes and Historical Clothing on Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/PennyRiver), decorated with M&J ribbon, dried flowers and berries.

USEFUL SOURCES
*Arnold, Janet. Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen’s Dresses and Their Construction C. 1660 1860: https://www.amazon.com/PatternsFashi...
17th Century Women’s Dress Patterns Book 1: https://www.amazon.com/SeventeenthCe...
17th Century Women’s Dress Patterns Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/SeventeenthCe...
17th Century Men’s Dress Patterns: https://www.amazon.com/17thCenturyD...
A useful guide to setting 18th century sleeves: http://yourwardrobeunlockd.com/freebi...

IMAGE CREDITS
“19101913, Plate 002” The Libraries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, c. 1910. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/...
“Portrait of Princess Sybille of Cleve”, Lucas Cranach the Elder. Wikimedia Commons, 1526. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
“Fashion Plate (Walking Dress)”, Rudolph Ackermann. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1814. https://collections.lacma.org/node/24...
“SelfPortrait with a Harp”, Rose Adélaïde Ducreux. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1791. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
“Robe à l’Anglaise”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 178587. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
“Robe à l’Anglaise”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1785 1795. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
“Liberty Frock Rendering” © Bernadette Banner, 2018.
All photography of the finished dress courtesy of Hana DeHart

MUSIC
‘English Country Garden’ by Aaron Kenny, YouTube Audio Library

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