Thank you!

It's gorgeous fabric! 🥰

Stomachers were really the focus of decoration in the 1750s and into the 1760s. I suppose in a sense, the compère stomacher was the last successful innovation and there was nowhere really to go after that!

2/2 Sometimes the buttons were purely decorative (like mine). And sometimes, but not always, one side or both sides of the stomacher were secured to the edges of the gown more or less permanently. But this usually did not happen til the garments were adapted for fancy dress in late 19th c.

Yes, the original's stomacher has functional buttons down the centre. This look was a particular fashion in France and England in the 1760s - I don't know precisely when the Dutch followed suit. 1/2

Please do!

Correct. Can you give me an idea when the gaps between terms typically fall for your university, and which city it's in? Thanks!

It's too challenging for newbies to make a gown in just one weekend or only evenings. I ran two in Scotland last year and found it's definitely more effective to run it over the course of 1 work week. Of course that runs up against work/school/childcare demands, but the demand is there.

I'm thinking 4-5 days, Central Belt or Borders, October-November.

The completed gown was modelled by Cait Burk, who is not only a professional costume maker for stage and screen but has some modelling experience as well!

Good questions! You're right about the pelisse being a longer garment, at least during the Regency period. I've no idea if it encompassed shorter garments like the one in Carolyn's post. Regency is outside my wheelhouse, though I really ought to learn more about it!