L'Année littéraire, 1783, on the switch between Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun's original portrait of Marie Antoinette in a muslin dress to a portrait with a more traditional court dress:
"It was noticed that the [portrait] of the queen, first exhibited at the Salon, was weak in tone and color. Madame le Brun has substituted another which has more effect; the graces and reputation of this august Princess are very well preserved."
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In July I had a day out with friends dressed in another 18th century look. You can read about it and see more photos on my blog here~
p.s. I'll be posting those photos to my personal blog at a later date
Cynical Neo Princessism
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took my chemise a la reine out to the lavender field yesterday. still needs more upgrades but I’m very pleased with what I managed to get done in a day!! (re stitched the bodice and added the neck ruffle)
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I still have to attach the sleeves, but I hemmed and ironed the neck ruffle and my chemise is looking so good!
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Portrait of the Comtesse de Provence. She appears to be dressed in a “Chemise a la Reine” style of dress, popularized by her sister in law, Marie Antoinette.
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I made a dress out of trash (a discarded camping tent), and did a photoshoot in it.
I hope you enjoy looking at it. If want to see more stuff I make, please follow me on instagram.
"A Simple Life"
Salvaged tent, textile. 2022.
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The Chemise á la Reine was a controversial gown in its time. Popularised by Marie Antoinette, it resembled undergarments whilst also being made of expensive fine cotton muslin. Antoinette famously loved the small farm she had built in order to experience what she thought was the simple, everyday life of the average peasant - picking flowers, collecting chicken eggs and enjoying nature. She often had gowns made that were shockingly casual for royalty, borrowing ideas from those who could not afford to wear anything else. To some, she elevated the mundane. To others, she belittled the ongoing struggles of the lower class.
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YouTube GIFs || Crows’ Eye Productions: Getting Dressed in the 18th Century — Chemise Gown
It was made from a costly, delicate Dhaka muslin; a textile made from a rare cotton grown only on the banks of the Meghna River in India. The muslin industry was thousands of years old and involved an extremely skilled sixteen step process with specialisations being passed down through families, and entire villages involved in its production. The thread count was up to an extraordinary 1,200, but it was as light as air and as soft as the wind. The fabulously gauzy fabric was substantially more valuable than silk.
... Dhaka muslin was considered one of the treasures of the age, but it cannot be found today except in museums. Exploitation by the British East India Company meant that, by the early 20th century, the techniques for making Dhaka muslin had been forgotten, and the plant, Phuti karpas, was extinct.
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All I want in life is to lounge in a chemise dress while making vague metaphors for Something Saucy But I Don't Know Exactly What.
Image: An engraving, presumably after Lavreince, 18th century.
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Chemise a la Padmé
Historybounding + Star Wars = chemise a la Padmé.
Historybounding + Star Wars = chemise a la Padmé.
I had extra lake dress fabric (no I didn’t dye it myself) and wanted something light I could wear to Star Wars Celebration, but also around life. Something that was easy to just throw over something.
Looking at the chemise a la Reine diagrams, it seems like adding ribbon channels to a dress was a perfect way to easily make what I had into…
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isabella de bloemenfee brengt ons bloemen waar wij ze zoeken en ook waar wij ze niet zoeken.
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