1872 seaside dress

Inspired by a seaside costume in the V&A '19th Century Fashion in Detail' book. There is a photograph of the cuff and back pocket detail and a line drawing of the ensemble.

Using this information and Janet Arnolds patterning I have created this seaside outfit using fabrics supplied by my client using period construction methods. The original was a deeper blue with narrower white stripes and trimmed with navy blue...