A Janeite Sews | The History of Women's Fashion 1770s to 1800s with a Fashion Show @AJaneiteSews | Uploaded September 2020 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
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I originally gave this presentation as part of a fashion show in February at Locust Grove in Louisville (before COVID-related lockdowns). The title of my talk is a play on the title of a work by Jane Austen called "A History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced, and Ignorant Historian," part of her Juvenilia, which she wrote in 1791. My friends in the Indiana Historical Costuming Society kindly agreed to model their historical costumes while I talk about what I've learned in the past year since I began 18th century costuming.

INHCS on FaceBook: facebook.com/groups/277359459785045
Instagram: @in.historical.costume.society

Models' IG handles: @ajaneitesews, @gracies.fancy, @rosehippcosplay, @swellanora, @historyonabudget, @fabricnfiction, @claricemstarlings

Saint Louis Historical Sewing Society on FB: facebook.com/groups/307273439757841
IG: @stlgeorgians

Dames a la Mode video on Fashion History 1775-1785: youtube.com/watch?v=-bmOjuPdMMk

Secondary sources (books):
Costume Close-Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern, 1750-1790
by Linda Baumgarten, John Watson, Florine Carr

The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking: How to Hand Sew Georgian Gowns and Wear Them With Style
by Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox

The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Beauty: 40 Projects for Period-Accurate Hairstyles, Makeup and Accessories
by Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox

An Agreeable Tyrant Fashion After The Revolution
by Alden O'Brien

Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C. 1660-1860
by Janet Arnold

18th-Century Fashion in Detail
by Susan North