Here be oranges- and striped 1750s English gown! I took my new linen English gown down to the seashore for a spin, and accessorized it with a basket of oranges and my new Good Wives Linens lappet cap.
Oranges make a great photo prop – they don’t shatter, crumple, wilt, bend or break – and you can take them home afterwards and make orange juice.
Short summary (because costuming takes a village):
Lappet Cap pattern by Good Wives Linens
Basket woven locally and oranges sourced in the Terminal Agropecuario de Iquique.
Striped linen 1750s English gown draped on me by Brooke Welborn and sewn from linen purchased from Burnley and Trowbridge.
Yes, I need to take the cuffs off and re-stitch them an inch lower on my elbow, but that is for another day. Today is for orange juice.
