18th century working womens clothing, 2007

Just a simple outfit consisting of a linen petticoat and a wool petticoat, a cotton damask jacket worn over stays and shift. Accessories include a linen apron, linen kerchief and linen mitts. The "dirt" on the apron and jacket is actually tea stains, for I didn't want the outfit to look too new. I have worn it during several camping events and a lovely but freezing November event that I have a few pictures of below. The first pictures are taken while I was getting dressed so the kerchief and mitts are yet missing.

The page for the November event:

Nya Sverige 2007

The pictures below were borrowed from there.

A simple robe à la Française for a Lumieres Ball, 2007

The idea to go to the ball came very late, so I had only a few nights to make the dress from stash fabric, so the dress had to be very simple and undecorated. But it was very nice to have at least something appropriate to wear so I could go to the ball. And I liked how the white silk glowed in the dark summer night. The pictures were taken very early in the next morning while I was on my way home and stopped by a local church yard. The dress had been stepped on numerous times ripping some of the stitches holding the back close to the body and the hem was little soiled, but these are the only pictures I have.