Dressing up in 1780s robe a l'anglaise 

You should

And '80s parties too.

I think it depended on an individual. I don’t do rituals, so I dress as fast as I can, and with minimum fuss, irrespective of the era I am dressed in. Others make it into and art- I am just too oragmaticB

I can see how you can think that. There’s a definite rhythm to getting dressed if you were able to have good clothing. Those of a lesser stature do what many of us do when we are running late. We dress in comfortable clothing in a hurry. For those having to dress “corporate”. There’s a bit more involved of course, including a makeup routine. But I digress. I enjoy watching films where clothing is an important part of setting the scene. The dressing scene in Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” said everything about the atmosphere of the stifling French Court in the 1770’s and ‘80’s. The series I particularly like is done by CrowsEyeView on RU-vid. Ig gives historical context to the clothing and the era in which they were worn. The vids of Prior Attire are fascinating as well. They show what goes into getting dressed in the given era, and how it changed from one generation to the next. Very informative and fun to watch.

Maria 03 She has the red petticoat she’s already wearing at the beginning as well as the silk underskirt.

@@ragnkja I believe that's what she was referring to. You can see the red sort of blushing under the cream of the skirt. :)

Yes it's quite daring.

well, technically it was the 80s... just the 1780s lol

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Preußen yes!

definitely!!

pregnancy and ursery corsets were in use, and stays were simply unlaced. I ma not interested in children or pregnancy, so i think i will leave it to the people who are. at least for the time being :-)

@@priorattire ah I see, I understand completely. thank you for the enlightening information =^-^=

One already here, and an earlier style will be on in a month or so!

Me too

Badonkadonks have always been fashionable. J-Lo wasn't new to the party!

False. Some eras placed fullness at the hips hoping to achieve a perfecty flat backside, or had draped fabric from the shoulders to hide the booty. A tiny waist has been in fashion since Roman times ended but the booty comes in and out of favor.

I do appreciate all the work and the research that how's into your costumes. Just as a side issue did you see tv series, Gentlemen Jack if you did what was your opinion on the costumes? Love to hear but understand if not as you are a busy lady

I believe you mean the 18th century if you are talking about the 1700s

That was her best costume, hands down. I think the movie took place during the latter decades of the 1700s because Georgiana died in 1806. I loved that dress though and her hair just made it a thousand times better.

I think stiff red petticoats were always in fashion as long as women wore them! They are very lovely I think, like a sassy secret.

AFAIK red skirts were worn because the colour was believed to be good for your health? Interestingly the same belief was held in medieval Japan where women wore red pants against cramps.

This is anglaise not francaise. England had less layers because france was much more rich in fabric and styles at the time

Cori this was indeed a shift in toward the lighter, looser empire style dresses of the late 1790’s.

Most women wore their own hair with the occasional help of extensions, powdered and teased into the fashionable shape and could hold for months at a time with minimal daily maintenance if a cap is worn to bed. On the other hand, men were far more likely to wear wigs :-)

yes

Stays is an older term but they mean the same thing, different eras used different terminology for this garment, but the purpose remains the same, a way to mold the body into the fashionable or desirable silhouette at the time.

@@lamoinette23 Thanks :-)

Dorit Bergen a further difference is the shape they create. If you want a small waist, wear a corset, if you want to be pulled in and up, wear stays.

@@theghostinthemirror8158 Thanks. That accords with what I know about the pulling up and in being a more popular shape earlier and the small waist coming into favor later, from the mid -1800's onward. I hear more about stays when earlier fashions are being discussed and more about corsets in the later periods.

@@d14551 another difference is that stays have straps and are straight while corsets are strapless and are hourglass.

human hair. cheaper ones were. made of animal hair.

1780- Georgian in England. Rococo otherwise

She addressed that in a previous video. I think it was her wedding video. She is VERY full figured and appreciates the structure of the corset and stays.

Corsets were tailored to the wearer, so they fit regardless of how busty the wearer.

No

No, they are my personal clothing. We do however have a selection of ready made historical garments for sale in our online ahop

Why don't you dress like that yourself if you like it so much?

@@viking-astronaut it's very expensive and very impractical for our way of life

Well, the noble lady's main duty was to provide her husband with a heir. So, unless she has managed to do it with the first-second pregnancy, she could spend half of her life being pregnant: 5-10 daughters, no sons yet, still keep trying.... So,- that was her job.

For Christmas umm - sounds awful said that way, but, i guess, you’re right. i don’t remember though, in my remembrance of the upper classes that they had so many kids - except the royal families - they sure did! i’ll have to check this out. thanks. :)

@@feralbluee Well, if I understand correct, the main idea was to have at least two sons,- a heir and "a spare heir" - reserve, so to say. Because if father passes away and leaves no sons, both the title and big part of the estate, bound to the title, would go to the next male relative, and widow and possible daughters would have to leave their home and survive somewhere on the small allowance. So it was in interests of lady's herself to get a son. But, you know, genetics... In some families only daughters were born year after year after year.

These are very light an airy silks- so not hot at all

a question o f taste. i love the curly styles!

As someone whose hair just does any and all of these things when I get out of bed in the morning, that and the long torsos and wide square shoulders that keep recurring are the reasons the eighties are consistent,y my favourite decade of any given century- back to the 1180s.