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Couture Historical Bridal Gowns Restoration Wedding Dress

gold-blue silk brocade corset and pale blue skirt close-up of seventeenth century restoration-style wedding corset and skirt in blue-gold brocade

This 1660's gown was lengthy in construction! The bodice was cut and the slashed sleeves were constructed around 2000. There followed a brief interval (of around eight years!) where "real work" got in the way: brides, dancers...). Only recently (maybe inspired by Channel Four's wonderful "The Devil's Whore") I found I just had to finish the gown and two weeks later it is here!

pale blue hand-pleated skirt antique lace sleeve cuffs blue-gold brocade silk seventeenth century dress with slashed sleeves

pale blue hand-pleated skirt typical restoration ribbon decoration blue-gold brocade silk seventeenth century dress with slashed sleeves

side profile of blue-gold 17th century dress with lace cuffs and ribbon detail detail of bodice piping in pale blue satin restoration style 1660's wedding dress in blue/ gold brocade

Typical of Restoration Court dress, the gown is made in a beautiful blue and gold silk brocade (other colour combinations available) with matching plain blue silks and satins and adornments of silk taffeta ribbon - very popular in the seventeenth century. An element of artistic licence was used with the representative shift sleeves (the undersleeve part), by using a silk rather than lawn or linen, but this seems appropriate to a wedding / court gown.

slashed sleeves with piped edging and blue-gold ribbon decoration lace cuffs with shot taffeta ribbon detail of shoulder slashed and piped sleeves

blue-gold seventeenth century style wedding gown blue-gold seventeenth century period gown with lace sleeve cuffs

Authentic antique lace was used for the cuffs shown - availability will depend on stocks at the time of an order; alternatively, suitable modern versions can easily be sourced.

See Lucy and Wendy's Pre-Raphaelite "Raffaella" gown for alternative colour variations of the brocade shown here.
Available colours are shown below.


blue-gold seventeenth century style wedding gown blue-gold seventeenth century period gown with lace sleeve cuffs


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