1840-ies fashion is BOOOOOORING!
Now, I said it out loud.
Here, in Hungary, it is a base-point of 19th century reenactment, both military and civilian, as 1848 March 15th is a pivotal point in Hungarian history, and the period leading up to it, is also very important.
However, I do have to agree with Frock Flick, who call it the "Death of fashion".
While I would not go that far, I have to agree that it is not the most exciting period fashion wise, especially, compared to what was before and what came after.
In the 1830-ies, when women got bored of the empire fashion, and the waist started to go back down to its anatomically proper place, and skirts widened, there were really fun pieces, giant sleeves, fun bodices, and cute hairstyles.
Afterwards (in the late 1850-ies-1860-ies) came the giant hoopskirts/crinolins, and the sewing machine, that meant sewing time was shortened, they could literally sew anything on the dresses, and they used that without any scruples.
And what was there in between??? Boredom.
I mean, understanding the cyclical nature of fashion, after the well decorated, fun, and sometimes exaggerated fashion of the 1830-ies, it is kind of natural, that things calm down, simplified, and fashion became demure, but for god sake, literally there are TWO style of dress, that existed.
The fan front:
and its variations,
and this other style:
Back, when I made my old 1840-ies dress I was really lucky to bump into and fell in love with an 1845 dress from the Moscau Historical Museum, with a foldover stye that I adapted.
Now, when I click on something that is a tiny bit different, or interesting, and I click on it, I inevitably find out that is a) earlier/1830-ies), b) later/1850-ies fashion.
I know, the fan front is so typical, it is worth to show to the visitors/audience, but you know me. I don't like to go where everybody goes.
(As I wrote in my yesterday post, by now, I do have an idea what to make, but you will see that when I actually get around to make that).
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