White Flower Printed Victorian Dress

The victorian age is famous for its queen vicotia and the clothing fashion for women. And the fashion for women is known for the ball gown. Ball gown with fitted bodice design was extremely popular in the victorian era. They are indeed beautiful, but there are so many more to see! Attention that was paid to the smallest of details was the hallmark of an expert seamstress or dress-maker; often it took anywhere from 5 months to one year to complete a single evening gown. For its hard work to make the dress, only wealthy women could afford to have a ball gown in their wardrobes in the old times. Ball gowns are perfect to reveal the wearers’ full figure especially in the down part. And with the fitted bodice design, the dress sends both the slim and full figure. The slim figure is synonym to the femininity; and the full figure is the symbol of wealthiness. The clothes are one important element to see whether one live with a high status or not.
In a word, the ball gown design is the classic silhouette in the victorian style dresses. It can show the full figure and the high social status.

2013/01/22

Guide to Silhouettes During Victorian Period

The Victorian Era was the time from 1837 to 1901 which under reign of the Queen Victoria. During her 64 year reign women's dress styles changed to some degree. And the most representative feature lies in the difference is the silhouette. So here I would like to talk about the silhouettes of women’s dress during the victorian period.

Champagne Embroidered Steampunk Victorian Dress

There were mainly three kinds of silhouettes in the victorian period: the ball gown, the bustle skirt and the draped skirt. The ball gown is the most outstanding silhouette in the victorian period. The design of fitted upper bodice and the ball gown shows a very classic image of victorian women. Women love this silhouette because it reveals both the slim waist and the wealthy fullness of the wearer. The bustle skirt placed a much more emphasis on the back part of the dress. It was prevailing in the middle of the victorian age. And in this period of time, women worshiped the fullness in the bottom part to show a extremely curvy figure. The draped skirt was appeared in the late victorian age. Women begun to focus on the natural beauty and figure of themselves.
The tracing of silhouettes can be seen the changes in people’s idea on clothing. And all above pictures illustrate the differences in Victorian dress change, most notably the shape of the skirt.