This dress is an reproduction of an original 1827-29 wedding dress held in Gloucester Museum and studied by Janet Arnold in the Patterns of Fashion book 2. The top images show the original dress and the drawing of it by Janet Arnold in the book. My reproduction is as close to the original as it possible, being completely hand sewn and being made only from materials which were used in the original garment, including silk thread treated with beeswax and natural wool for the padding. It is being entered into the Costume Society's Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion competition to be judged in July. The lace is hand made bobbin lace replicating the same design as the original dress, made jointly between myself and lace maker, Louise Wilson.
