How to make a victorian dress

Fashion through the 1800s

Do you want to make your own historical costumes on a budget? These are my 8 tips on how to get started in historical costuming!

Are a fan of historical clothing or attend cosplay events or elaborate balls, you can make your own dress using a Victorian dress patterns. I have included patterns for daily wear as well as formal wear.

An early holiday gift from three Swedish museums: The Royal Armoury, the castle of Skokloster and the Halwyl museum? Yes, please! Link These three museums now have an online database with a vast collection of objects from the middle ages and onwards so here is something for all tastes: The website is in Swedish only for the time being, but to make a simple search for garments, type "kläder" (clothes) in the search field on the front page and you'll get hundreds of results. Happy browsing!

Tally Sharples on Instagram: "Let’s turn a modern shirt to a vintage style blouse. I’m using my trusted blouse pattern for this (Etsy, VintagePatternsSewingBI: Vintage 1930’s vintage sewing pattern: WWII Women’s suit) with the sleeve coming from the Sophie Hatter costume pattern I like to use (Etsy, FashionPatternStudio: Victorian Inspired daily dress). I was able to reuse the button front and the sleeves, so this entire process took me less than two hours ✨"