I made a big floofy dress. Friends tell me that this is remarkably structured for an 18th century gown, but I worked very very hard to make it even this fluffy. 😂my true talents lay in the overwrought and the severe.

Luckily, my talented friend Lauren over at Wearing History is a master of the floof, and she coached me through the process and then even decorated my stomacher for me. And then she shot these portraits of me. Not bad for a gray hotel hallway!

I used The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking and companion patterns Simplicity 8578 and 8579. Maybe? I’ll do some dress diary posts sometime about making the thing.

All photos by Lauren Maringola