sew_through_time | Making 1882 evening gowns, dinner and ball gown @sewthroughtime | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
In this video, I go through the different types of evening gowns in the Victorian era, when they would have been worn. I make an evening gown capsule wardrobe by making a ball gown, a dinner dress bodice, and an overskirt drapery that works with both.

For further information and the patterns I used:
amazon.com/Fashions-Gilded-Age-Accessories-Dressmaking/dp/0963651765

The ball gown bodice can be found on pages 64-66
The dinner dress or reception dress bodice and overskirt drapery pages 82-85

The fashion plates and original mourning dress are from the met.

metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/watson-digital-collections/costume-institute-collections/costume-institute-fashion-plates
metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/80097040?rpp=60&pg=1&ao=on&ft=ensemble&when=A.D.+1800-1900&pos=14

And for further reading on etiquette and fashion and sources for my information:
catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010316329
catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008696348
catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000050287