Getting Dressed for a Ball, 1897 style

Another one to the getting dressed collection! and another gown made for the Victorian Dressmaker 3 book :-)
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[@michellecornum5856]

Having a petticoat with a draw string that only goes half way around is absolutely BRILLIANT!

[@UYTRELLO]

The late 1890s... they were the Gilded Age of women's fashion, I think. Your new ballgown is splendid!

[@mrscolonyrabble]

On my bucket list is having Izabella do a full wardrobe of undergarments for me. Couldn't care less about Victoria's Secret, I want those lace split pants with an obsession that is not normal. Gorgeous!

[@AW-uv3cb]

The princess cut is so flattering! And the coloured petticoat reminds me of Susan, the maid from the Anne of Green Gables series, whose dream it was to have a red petticoat (would have been a similar era too!) 🙂

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

In the period, your maid would’ve put a serious rat to your hair so the tiara could be put on. A real one has a rail at the bottom, which she’d wrap and whipstitch a velvet ribbon to match your hair color. This is so stitches could tie said ribbon to little bunches of hair at the scalp, if you’re going to dance with a quarter million in diamonds on your head it needs to be very secure! Also, the tattiness of one’s tiara falling off during a waltz… and it would break. Whispers about bad omens. So that poufy hair had a purpose.

[@marmadukescarlet7791]

I, for one, cannot abide an ounce of tattiness. The very idea, my dear!😂

[@dawnnewell237]

Pretty gown with all the accoutrements, but her hair needed a sprucing up. Too many stray bits popping out for attending a ball. Still, she looked lovely at the end. 👍🏻

[@pegrichard2820]

The shape of the dress is so beautiful. I love the sound the silk makes when you move.

[@ItsJustLisa]

Absolutely beautiful gown! I saw on a video, I think about the House of Worth, that princess seaming was designed for Alexandra, Princess of Wales. I wonder what she’d think about a design feature created for her now being a standard of many garments still today.

[@lisaharris6358]

that wonderful rustle noise that the silk makes.

[@sheriroberts2954]

We need to bring back ballgowns and tiaras.....utterly feminine and just elegant ❤️

[@gravyz2cute4u]

Yes! I just want to feel like an elegant, rich noble lady for once :D

[@blktauna]

That's a very flattering style. I like that it has 1890s excess while actually being wearable. Love the tea gown. Good stuff!

[@ChipTheBun]

It's the rustling that really makes it, isn't it!

[@skyrocketcoast219]

Fantastic! A decade ago I wore a 1890 gown from a on line Company of All decades for Women's clothes: the gown was a verson of A Worth ballgown 1898 ..emerald green & a bit of black.lace. Gorgeous! .had to wear a corset. Top piece of gown took 12 fittings to get to fit ..top was 10x too big! All that was worth it!

[@Lucy-zv4xc]

The introduction, with you lounging in your dressing gown and tea, saying "today we're back in the 1890s!" made me imagine you as a time traveller who uses her powers solely to try on fancy dresses and go to extravagant balls... I suppose I can't prove you aren't! ;)

[@priorattire]

I wish! Though perhaps not so much going to balls as going riding!

[@astrinymris9953]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks purple and pink can totally work as a color combination! 😍

[@T2Z]

Lovely style and silhouette. Very figure flattering.

[@jenniferstocker5462]

I’m currently making my first ever 1890’s ball gown so this was very inspiring for me….and confirmed my choice to make a silk petticoat for even more rustle!

[@lennies_mindful_life]

Gorgeous dress, I love the late 1890s

[@gravyz2cute4u]

Just beautiful! Also, those lace knickers look so scandalous, yet still very elegant!

[@nicoleadderley975]

So beautiful! Thank you for sharing not just the dress but the back ground and styles of the time.

[@mnels5214]

Natural form is so easy and flattering, what a lovely dress.

[@priorattire]

This is not natural firm eta gown- that was 1977-82:-)

[@mnels5214]

@@priorattire oh ha ha..my mistake

[@KLEShore]

Gorgeous dress. Lovely color combinations.

[@mirjam3553]

9:52 and 10:05 are great examples of the "look at how tiny their waists were, poor women that had to pull their corsets so so tight nad couldn't breathe at all in them etc etc". As in, one can clearly see what's really happening (contrast with shoulders and skirts, pose etc), but it really does look unreal!

[@SarahK86]

It was all about illusions and padding not really much tight lacing.

[@alancrane4693]

WOW love both gowns. Very very beautiful indeed. This viewer love's Harley Davidson motorcycles has tattoos and also heavy metal music and finding your video's very very interesting and educational. I do have a soft spot for Victorian times recently discovered a great grandparent was a artillery man in Crimea war he survived and became a Chelsea pensioner passed away in 1919 my nan born 1926.

[@type2280303]

This is again an amazing dress Izabella !! Absolutely love it and I like the way you explain things. Very nice pieces you have in your collection, thanks for showing us.

[@tiamatmichellehart6821]

It is nice to see these combination undergarments; I'm thinking of one day trying my hand at sewing a natural form era gown and wonder if my standard nightgown might serve as undergarment....

[@ksbrook1430]

Beautiful. I do enjoy the getting dressed for the era type episodes. I have not visited your channel for a while. You have become much more comfortable in front of the camera.

[@MixolydianMode]

Your videos are superb. Like a little time travel.

[@Linnet09]

That's a particularly elegant dress.

[@rmcfete]

Love the colorful corset

[@niseplank4527]

That looks absolutely smashing on you!

[@alienore23]

fabulous 🤩🤩🤩

[@elinahuhtala253]

I wish we could see more of the gentleman fashions as well. I know they seem a little boring to a modern eye during the 19th century, but they did change a lot even then.

[@Muck006]

One important little "detail" for example is that the bowler hat was the first version of a hard hat for workers (or generally the poor people who used to be in dangerous spaces). Today a bowler hat is "high class" ... if worn at all, but then the clothes of regular workers were more in line with todays suits rather than being "no rules" kind of fashion like today.

[@oriettamaltoni7000]

Che meraviglia ❤

[@girlofdifferentera2922]

I love the 1890s!!! What a lovely Ballgown!!!

[@maggiedean5691]

It's settled if I ever get my vows renewed I'm doing this style, but in lilac. I adore this period of dress and the fabric you used.

[@dot8605]

Beautiful and elegant gown! This style strikes me as comfortable too. Thank you for sharing!

[@andromaha6468]

It is one of the most beautiful dresses I've seen.

[@karenwright9123]

What a dreamy gown!!! I love your corset,too,gorgeous!!! You looked lovely!!💜💜💜

[@bhavens9149]

might one make that front closing by hiding the hooks in that princess seem in front between the rose colored material and the print? seems like lace would cover it? just thinking about those of us without a handy maid or husband. :) Lovely gown.

[@gilliandrysdale5306]

beautiful ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Branwhin]

I've always adored Princess-line dresses. That one is particularly stunning! I love watching these, thank you very much!

[@katyakoala6636]

This is what I call dressing up!!❤❤❤

[@jilliansmaniotto2326]

you are just cranking out the content!! love this!

[@bryan22008]

Ti adoroooooooo

[@jujubee9422]

gorgeous!!

[@billiejomcmillan7632]

Very beautiful!💙💙💙

[@johnb7499]

Thats an absolutely stunning 1890's style ballgown. You look amazing.

[@cherylspear1633]

Lovely and so informative, as always!

[@mariana400]

Oho, it's so wonderful and elegant!

[@katstelzer4194]

Just beautiful!! Thank you so much!

[@tomworks8004]

so very, very lovely!

[@margaretfry3043]

Love the music of the dress. So luxurious!

[@janecroughan9858]

The year my Nan was born.

[@basraabdulle3526]

Is 1890th was when grandma 👵moved from good 👍place to another good place she lived with her all loved families and friends and they are all moving along with the process lived over there t

[@j.wa.1061]

so that's what the 1980s Victorian revival was reviving... It's a gorgeous gown but really gives me 1980s prom/bridesmaids vibes ;) lol

[@madisonrose1010]

it's giving me "the princess's hot mom" energy

[@kirabowie]

Very pretty gown! 😍

[@cynthiarussell3115]

Very beautiful as always ..you are the vision of what my dreams are made of..you always choose the best colors and designs..love the jewelry..I would like to see more bustle and I love the train

[@TheDivasoprano]

Lovely.

[@MiracleBaby1987]

Wonderful costumes and like your videos

[@ushere5791]

stunning gown!!

[@sallawaronen3277]

Lovely dress❤

[@bushranger51]

Just watched the video on the 1866 Ball Gown, and then this one, and I must say the influences of 30 odd years were a stark contrast in styles, especially getting rid of the crinoline making a more simplistic style that didn't lose out on elegance.

[@mrsgbee8246]

Beautiful dress and model. A shame that on my screen the top of your head was out of the picture for some reason?

[@vandilore]

you can pinch to the screen to zoom in so ‘unpinch’ to zoom out. i’m not sure exactly how to phrase it but that’s the gist

[@susanpolastaples9688]

Beautiful

[@Btrotter01]

Where did you get the pattern for the dress. It's gorgeous and I want to make one!!!

[@priorattire]

I pattern my own dresses. The pattern for this one will be in the Victorian Dressmaker volume 3 book!

[@celtichorsegurl13]

If it’s just worn at home and around friends, I’d think it’s likely that a woman might keep an older style gown just because she likes the way they look better than newer ones. And she knows her friends won’t care.

[@The_Bronze_Baroness]

So pretty!

[@CateJackson]

Looooove the 1890's!

[@crystalfabulous]

Wonderful video ❤

[@heden1460]

That's a very pretty dress.

[@amycastor2872]

Gorgeous. Clothes today are so dreary and boring in comparison.

[@raebrooks5317]

❤️❤️!!

[@heidrunberg5461]

Die Kleider sind wunderschön . Nur Schade , dass es keine deutsche Übersetzung gibt .

[@shannon9993]

Oh man. That teagown is historical? .... Is there any chance of a pattern...?

[@priorattire]

The te gown pattern in in my first book, the Victorian Dressmaker. 1891 style

[@patriziopaccione3757]

Bautiful and interesting woman!!

[@tammydriver5759]

What part of England is your accent from? I can't place it.

[@kimhaas7586]

Poland, if I’m not mistaken.

[@tammydriver5759]

@@evasanz3466 No wonder I couldn't place her accent! Thanks.

[@tammydriver5759]

@@kimhaas7586 Thanks.

[@richellmcknight446]

That's just gorgeous! I desperately want to know if your husband has fun helping you play dress up!😁😍

[@msmltvcktl]

He dresses up, too; it's a group effort 😉

[@glorybell9507]

Que belleza

[@gothmamasylvia462]

Lovely dress, but I don't care for the pink and purple combination. Instead, I think I would go for a lilac instead of pink.

[@alliekingsley7919]

The great thing is that with the pattern available, we can make it in whichever colors we love for ourselves! I quite like the pink, but I think lilac would be lovely too!

[@RedDogMamaHD]

I asked my 12-y-o granddaughter and she didn't appreciate the beauty of this dress. I am sure, if she had been born in the 1880's, her opinion would be much different! 😉

[@donnastevens5515]

What a beautiful ball gown so feminine and wearing these gowns you need help doing them up glad you had your husband to lend a helping hand love the style just gorgeous

[@eltigreriver3108]

интересное платье, не так давно видел такое же по фасону в магазине, но с лифом из паеток и из атласа. и оно современное но стоило всего то 40 долларов.

[@Bexinmo]

I adore that dress. Is it blue or purple in real life?

[@rmcfete]

Wouldn’t it be easier to fasten the necklace in the front using a mirror. You look lovely

[@AnniCarlsson]

How does a mirror help find the hook in the back of your neck in a mirror? You don't see it

[@kirabowie]

@@AnniCarlsson you put the hook in the front & you can easily see what you're doing in the mirror. When it's hooked, you just move it around your neck so the hook is in the back. It'll work as long as the necklace isn't "tight" around your neck so that it barely moves. I have a choker that I need someone to hook in the back as it just fits my neck. 😆

[@AnniCarlsson]

@@kirabowie or just use your fingertips feeling what you doing.

[@kirabowie]

@@AnniCarlsson Not everyone has that level of coordination. I know I struggle at times, depending on the clasp. It really isn't bad to ask for help when you need it, nor is it bad to help others. 🙂

[@AnniCarlsson]

@@kirabowie but cleary she has that so why should she do it diffrent just becouse you can't? She is dressing herself not show how you dressing you

[@MiljaHahto]

Were the gloves always white, no matter the colour of the dress?

[@thetillerwiller4696]

Gloves usually could coordinate with the dress colors, as seen from many fashion plates during the era. White was standard since it matched with everything and could also meet certain dress code requirements for the occasion if required (such as court presentations etc.)

[@asterismos5451]

Would long gloves have been worn at this time? I thought they died out after the Regency.

[@priorattire]

They had a dip in the first decades of the Victorian era but then come back with vengeance!

[@karinbaird2499]

You look stukning 💐

[@Patrick3183]

I feel it could be a bit more fitted in the waist otherwise amazing

[@priorattire]

I did mention it is a bit too big now. Made it before our ball in May and have lost weight since then

[@fabiosulpino2997]

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[@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen]

I died in 1897

[@CataclysmicStar]

Okay, but.. What about an OF for seeing what the Victorian drawers actually look like on somebody?

[@culbycove4963]

Bernadette Banner made one for saucy Victorian ankles for a social experiment 😂

[@XxAmirahdaCringeyrand0mxX]

FIRST AHAHAHHAHAHAHA

[@amandawelker7633]

Suddenly I am really interested in a 19th century OnlyFans.

[@myladycasagrande863]

Do you watch Bernadette Banner? She did "spicy victorian ankle content" for OnlyFans, then posted a video all about it.

[@v0kiki]

sew curvy no longer sells fabrics etc.

[@priorattire]

They did when I made this corset and vide back in june

[@v0kiki]

@@priorattire I looked last week and unfortunately she is closed and the focus for her now is on teaching. The website is still there so all information about supplies and some methods for sewing and construction is still available.

[@fan2jnrc]

The cut and the line of the dress are perfect, but if I may say so, the fabric is not a very good choice.

[@jessiepfeiffer210]

Why not? 🤔

[@lenkamaresova4116]

@@jessiepfeiffer210 The salmon pink seems too wishy-washy for the bold blue/purple brocade, at least on my monitor.

[@fan2jnrc]

@@lenkamaresova4116 These salmon pink and purple blue indeed do not go very well together, the association is a bit kitsch, and on the other hand the printed patterns of the purple fabric are too small, too tight, and too aligned, it does not give the refined result that we see for example on the original dress, with these light flowery ramages embroidered here and there. (Obviously the price of these fabrics is an explanation, of course.)

[@mastersnet18]

That’s your opinion. I love it.

[@kellysouter4381]

I dislike trains. I think they are a bit dangerous, a tripping hazard, and a bit annoying. Otherwise I like your dress very much.