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Ladies Gilded Age Bustle DressesVictorian Dresses for the 1880s |
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Although this dress, is a two piece, it's designed to be worn with the large bustle, or padded bird cage style, which we also make. See bustle or call on this item. The picture on the left shows it to be a bodice, separate from the skirt. It's pointed in front with a little ruffle look in back. Buttons down front. Long full 3/4 length sleeves that tie above elbow, yet can be made straight and wrist length if you like. There's lace/ ruffle around collar. Bodice has that sort of a jacket look, that they wore then. At waist there's a tie, that goes around and ties in back. The top shorter skirt will have material or lace ruffle on the end, along with the lower skirt. Suggest walking length. This dress can be made to fit a variety of images, from the everyday woman up through a wealthy upper class woman, depending on material and trim. Prices vary according to the materials chosen and the amount of work that goes into making each dress. We do have the have the slip with the train that goes with this dress, although we haven't had the time to add it, along with the large padded bustle, which is cotton shell with poly fill, instead of horse hair. Just inquire at azrahist@aol.com Materials: can range from cotton, drapery, and taffeta. See general information above. Call or e-mail Frances to discuss your needs and desires. Trim and Style (Use): The amount of trim varies with the intended use and social status of the owner. It can vary from no trim for a simple work/day dress to very fancy for a fancy tea or evening dress. The shopping cart offers five (6) levels for this dress: Plain Day Dress, Day Dress (simple trim), Day/Tea Dress (moderate trim), Tea Dress (fancy), Evening Dress (fancy or very fancy). We will add more pictures to show samples of the different levels as we can. For other variations or amounts of trim, please call or email us and talk about your needs/desires. Period: This dress can be made for the 1870s or 1880s period. Train: The train can be made as a Straight (Walking) Train, a Short Train or a Long Train. Measurements needed:
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Custom made item, please allow 4 - 8 weeks
for delivery. Custom Clothing and Uniforms are not returnable. Starting price is for
cotton material and style shown, other materials, modifications, additional trim or other changes
will affect the price. Rush orders MAY be available for an additional price, call us about this. A
rush order reduces the manufacturing time but DOES NOT include faster shipping, for faster shipping
use the shipping option on the "View Cart" page.
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The top is a long bodice as you can tell. It can be lined or unlined depending upon material used. There is a tucked point on each side and a the long hanging section in back gathers due to the tucks on the side. The sleeves are 3/4 long sleeves with ruffles. The bodice / top around the neck can be filled with material for a high neck or cut out for an evening look or a blouse/dickie (under blouse/dickie sold separately) could be used to change it back and forth (open and covered). Buttons up the front. Ruffles, fringe or lace outline the bodice edge. The under skirt is rows (10 to 11) of ruffles, as shown. It is not boned. Suggestions: A quarter moon bustle is normally not required nor suggested. A very stiff slip to make the skirt stand out and/or a 2 bone hoop. Suggest in material, (bodice or skirt) one being print and the other one being solid. Material (cotton: print and solid okay), color, neck cut. The addition for a gathered under slip, or hoop. Price for this dress starts at $459.25 for brocade special occasion or light weight drapery material. It can also be made from silk or other more expensive custom fabrics for addition cost. The dress, shown at the above, is the prototype with heavy brocade drapery material, unlined, square neckline bodice (under blouse sold separately), with front button closure. The skirt is of a cotton lining with a woven fabric for the ruffles, hook closure and placket is in center back. Embellishments are of skirt ruffles, black fringe, black buttons, black ribbon bows, and an under-sleeve ruffle made of black lace and fabric. With the heavy drapery it sells for about $940.00 and weighs about 10 pounds. Note: The Polonaise is a coat-like dress, originally worn by Polish women and was extremely popular in the 1770s and 1780s in Western Europe and North America. It consisted of a fitted bodice with a full skirt, draped in front from the waist and caught up on either side at the back, so that it fell in three large loops. This fashion was derived from the Polish Milk-maids, who would tuck their skirts into the waistband or tie up their skirt tails, in order to keep the hems out of the mud and mire. This Polonaise style dress came back in fashion during the Victorian Era, giving it a more formal look, adding embellishments to the tunic bodice and walking skirt. Fabrics used were light weight linen, cottons, muslin, broadcloth or batiste.
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Custom made item, please allow 4 - 8 weeks
for delivery. Custom Clothing and Uniforms are not returnable. Starting price is for
cotton material and style shown, other materials, modifications, additional trim or other changes
will affect the price. Rush orders MAY be available for an additional price, call us about this. A
rush order reduces the manufacturing time but DOES NOT include faster shipping, for faster shipping
use the shipping option on the "View Cart" page.
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The dress pictured on the left is one that is already made up and ready to ship, it does not count as a "Custom Item". It is a "One of a Kind", as all of our dresses are. Click here for more information on this dress. Please Call, Write or E-Mail with your specifications for having a custom dress made. Prices vary depending upon the amount of work and materials used.
Custom made item, please allow 4 - 8 weeks for delivery. Custom Clothing and Uniforms are not returnable. Starting price is for cotton material and style shown, other materials, modifications, additional trim or other changes will affect the price. Rush orders MAY be available for an additional price, call us about this. A rush order reduces the manufacturing time but DOES NOT include faster shipping, for faster shipping use the shipping option on the "View Cart" page. |
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Split Riding Skirt, Style FL-231: Time period ranges from late 1880's to Turn of the Century. The length of the skirt goes from floor length, to mid calf, to just below knee cap. Looks like the picture. Sizes run from 8 to 18. Measurements: Fill out Measurement Chart. Material; Good in medium to heavy linen or cotton, corduroy, velvet or wool. E-Mail us with color/fabric design interests.
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Custom made item, please allow 5 - 6 weeks
for delivery. Custom Clothing and Uniforms are not returnable. Starting price is for
cotton material and style shown, other materials, modifications, additional trim or other changes
will affect the price. Rush orders MAY be available for an additional price, call us about this. A
rush order reduces the manufacturing time but DOES NOT include faster shipping, for faster shipping
use the shipping option on the "View Cart" page.
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Not everything we have available is on our web site. We are adding items as time
allows. In the future we will be adding more outfits. Some will be for periods that already have dresses
up on the web site and others will be for periods not currently on the our site. We currently have done
dresses not shown on our web site, some of these have been done from original pictures and/or drawings.
We also have patterns for many more dresses and periods than we show.
Call, Write or E-Mail with your interests and we will try to accommodate your needs.
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1880s-1890s Riding Habit Bodice #902 Riding Habit Bodice is the traditional form fitting, fully darted and high collared style worn with tailored skirts. The pattern is multi-sized 10 through 20. All sizes require 1-1/2 Yds. of 60 inch wide fabric or 2 Yds. of 45 inch wide fabric.
1880s-1890s Riding Habit Skirt #900 The Riding Habit Skirt is the classic full riding skirt with darts at the knees and longer on the left side and front to hide the feet. When walking the extra length is draped around the right hip and fastened at the center back waist with a button and ribbon loop. Multi-sized 10-20. All sizes require 3-1/4 Yds. of preferably 60" wide fabric to prevent piecing.
1880s-1890s Riding Habit Trousers #901 The Trowsers are worn instead of a petticoat. The trowsers are not worn without the skirt. The lady is pictured with the silk knit undervest she would have worn under the bodice. The pattern is multi-sized 10 through 20. All sizes require 1-5/8 Yds. of 60 wide fabric.
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that are modified to be historical not only in look, but construction; or patterns that we have made from drawings, pictures or paintings. Many of our items have
been purchased by museums (well known and not so well known) for display and/or for use by docents and historical interpreters.
Clothing and Uniforms Most of our men's replica clothing and uniforms are made for us by the Quartermaster Shop, although some items are manufactured by us or elsewhere. The ladies and childrens attire is mostly made by us. Almost any style of clothing that was worn in the United States during the 19th Century (1800s) (starting from the 1820's on, including Victorian, Edwardian, American Civil War, Indian Wars. Old West and Spanish American War (Span-Am)) is available. Other Items (accessories, accouterments, camp equipment, leathergoods, tents, tinware, etc.) are mostly purchased from other makers, although some are made by us. In many cases we have mutiple suppliers of items, to assure the we can always have them available. We currently offer Clothing and Military Uniforms from the 1830s through 1900; which includes the Federal Era, Jacksonian Era, Dickens, the (Victorian Era (Mexican War, Antebellum, American Civil War (Confederate / CS / CSA & Union / US / USA), Indian Wars, Old West and Spanish American War (Span-Am War)). |
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All Officer Uniforms (Coats, Pants, Vests, Kepis and Forage Caps), all Indian War Uniforms (Coats, Pants, Wool Shirts & Vests) and All Civilian Clothing (Coats, Pants & Vests) as well as Many Large and Tall size items take 9 to 11 weeks for delivery; UNLESS the item has a delivery time listed, then that is the delivery time. Most other clothing (WHITE Cotton Shirts, Cravats, Suspenders, Felt Hats, etc.) take 2 - 4 weeks for delivery. For more information on ordering, see Order Information Page. Click Here. For Clothing and Uniform measurement chart: Click Here. |
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