1880s ball gown

By the mid 1890s, the gigot sleeve trend was in full bloom and while perhaps not as extreme as the sleeves found on day dresses, it did exert an influence on evening dresses. The above are just som…

Evening dress with presentation train, United Kingdom, ca. 1880s. Plain and brocaded pink silk faille. Photo: Anne Bissonnette. Univ. of Alberta

A decade-by-decade visual guide to the gowns in the 19th century.

Ball gown | British | The Met

Lena

Portrait de Mademoiselle X, Marquise Anforti

House of Worth | Ball gown | French | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This project was inspired by the beautiful paintings Auguste Toulmouche painted in the late 1870's and early 1880's. The idea was to make a ...

This project was inspired by the beautiful paintings Auguste Toulmouche painted in the late 1870's and early 1880's. The idea was to make a ball gown after The Love Letter and Le Billet to be worn at Costume College gala and change the bodice later in to a corset cover and short jacket combination, like the artistic boudoir ensembles seen in Réflexion de la Beauté or Watering the Flowers later in the evening. The dress is made from duchess silk satin. The bodice is flat lined with soft…