1720s fashion

What is remarkable is that Lady Onslow is wearing this simple dress and coiffure when ornate mantuas and Fontanges were in style. The full skirt,...

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Women's lower class clothing: 1720s

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Spitalfields silk, 1720s 

This week on Rate the Dress we look at a 1720s mantua in a luxurious silk brocade that's very typical of its time.

1720s Fashion

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I have a house full of people here for The Wedding, so forgive me for being quite absent. It's all a bit mad here! So in honor of the Historical Sew Fortnightly Challenge #21, and my light green wedding gown, here are some gorgeous 18th century

This dress is known as the Valdemar Slot Gown. The fabric is moss green silk brocade with real gold threads, dating from 1695-1700

The Mantua style appeared between the last years of the 17th century and the early part of the 18th century and was used by noble ladies as a formal day wear. At first it was considered a loose gown in comparison to the tightly laced gowns normally used at Louis XIV's court. Originally, this style was only worn as a casual robe under the name of a robe de chambre which was considered informal but still decent enough to receive guests in. At this point it was more a robe than an actual dress…

Court wear, 1720

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1720s Fashion