Victorian Mourning Gown

Victorian Mourning Gown
Originally uploaded by janetscostume.

I miss this costume. I finally outgrew it so I had to adopt it out to a slimmer person than me.

This was made in 1991 using the Past Patterns reform 1880's dress. I liked it alot because you could bone it a bit and it looked like you were corseted, but you weren't. The dress celebrates the dress reform movement where a doctor of the time decided that yes, all this corseting and heavy clothing may not be good for a woman's body.