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After looking at the corsets from the Victorian and Edwardian era we then looked in more detail at the dresses that would have been worn over the top of the corsets. This dress pictured above and below is from about 1858-1859 and would have been worn as a day dress. When I first saw this dress my initial thought was that the pattern quite unusual and not a design that I have seen before on a dress; I feel that this is because the colours and design on this dress are not popular today and would be considered busy on a television screen and so it wouldn't be used very often on replicated costumes.
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One thing that I find so surprising about this dress is that the fabric that it is made out of is so thin and the threads are quite far apart. This makes the dress look very delicate and cool suggesting that it would have been a summer dress. I believe that the reason it is made from such a thin material is to keep the wearer cool even when wearing all the petticoats and corset layers. Hidden under the first layer of the tiered skirt was a pocket that had been stitched into the side seam of the skirt.
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Down the front of this dress were sewn on some very nice, neat looking buttons that were added just for decoration. Underneath the front panel by the buttons are several hook and eyes that would hold the dress closed and keep the finish of the dress looking smart.
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