Robe à l’anglaise (retrousée dans les poches)
French | 1780
Silk | Kyoto Costume Institute
Round gown
1795-1805
Source Unknown - do let me know if you know it.
Banyan
Britain | 1780-1820
Silk | V&A
Sometime in the 18th century some lucky girl wore this.
Gorgeous color, no?
Looks like a round gown, though I can’t tell for sure. But I’d bet on it - you can’t see a line of separate skirts.
Source: whattheywore
Gown
Britain (gown) & India (fabric) | 1795-1800
Hand-painted cotton | V&A
I am such a sucker for chintzes. Isn’t this lovely?
Open robe
England | 1795-1800
Printed cotton | V&A
Gown
Britain | 1735
Spitalfields silk | The Met
Gorgeous. The notes say that Janet Arnold (what are you doing, not owning her books?) said this shows no signs of later alteration - fascinating.
Dress | c. 1780-85
“The hoop has changed from the square shape of earlier decades to a round profile…”
Well, not really. Pocket hoops show up pretty consistently in the 1780s, and eventually it transitions into a bumroll, but we’re by no means outside of the pannier-type silhouette quite yet. Just not as wide.
Also, please cite your sources! This helps enable folks to do research and helps make the field better.
Source: defunctfashion
This was worn at court probably between 1775 and 1789.
Source: whattheywore
Jacket (pet-en-l’air) and petticoat, late 1760s
Kyoto Costume Institute
Source: whattheywore
Stays
Europe | 18th c.
Baleen, silk, leather, cotton | the Met
Source: whattheywore
extant fashion from the 18th century.