As soon as the HSF 10: Art, was annonced I knew I wanted to recreate this beautiful gown.
Later when browsing the internet for other similarly striped gowns, I noticed they were very popular in costuming circles but not that comon in museums.
Some lovely costumes.
When it comes to the paintings the examples where even fewer. Except for my original inspiration picture I only found two paintings, and one sporting somewhat striped gowns.
Well, at least the shawl are striped… And the dress are a zone front with a white underdress and skirt.
Not even sure this one is 18th century (It don’t look like other period paintings).
Then I turned to fashion plates.
And found one looking almost ecaxtly like my inspiration. Perfect!