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Earthly Delights create quality custom Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, Celtic, Medieval, 18th century, Baroque, Regency, Empire and Victorian dresses, garb, bridal gowns and groom's wedding attire.

 

regency gown, regency dress, pride & prejudice, Jane Austen dressregency dress, regency gown Welcome to our historical garment section for all those people seeking information on period accurate garments to suit their chosen era and social status. At the moment we are taking orders for Regency garments - please do visit us at Regency Reproductions to place an order.

The first section of our costuming section offers a brief historical overview of some of the main characteristics of clothing in different periods. The second section lets you know all about the garments we have custom sewn for weddings, dances, re-enacting etc in the past. Please don't hesitate to contact us directly either by email to discuss any particular need or matter. Would you like to join our historical dance troupe?

Whereas most other pages on this site have been presented by dancer, musician and historian John Garden, the sewing pages have been presented by seamstress, dancer and web designer Aylwen Garden. For more on the two of us and our children, garden and home see The Gardens page or our blog. All dressed up and no place to go? Find some fun events for displaying your beautiful gowns on our upcoming page. For devotees of historical fashion prints see our special prints pages.

18th century, baroque gownsThree Musketeeers - Earthly Delights create quality custom Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, Celtic, Medieval, 18th century, Baroque, Regency, Empire and Victorian dresses, garb, bridal gowns and groom's wedding attire.You may hire Aylwen, the dance troupe and musicians to give a talk or demonstration to your group, to advise you on your next historic clothing project, to custom fit a garment for you, to help you develop a historical program for school children, to research correct clothing for your historic event, teach period dances to historical program participants or children, or to design costumes for plays or theatrical productions. Please feel free to contact us by email if you'd like to discuss how we can be of service to you or your organization!

 

Thank you for your interest in our historic garments.
Your obedient servant,
Aylwen O. Gardiner-Garden

Earthly Delights create quality custom Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, Celtic, Medieval, 18th century, Baroque, Regency, Empire and Victorian dresses, garb, bridal gowns and groom's wedding attire. Earthly Delights create quality custom Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, Celtic, Medieval, 18th century, Baroque, Regency, Empire and Victorian dresses, garb, bridal gowns and groom's wedding attire.

Earthly Delights create quality custom Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, Celtic, Medieval, 18th century, Baroque, Regency, Empire and Victorian dresses, garb, bridal gowns and groom's wedding attire.

Earthly Delights create quality custom Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, Celtic, Medieval, 18th century, Baroque, Regency, Empire and Victorian dresses, garb, bridal gowns and groom's wedding attire. Earthly Delights create quality custom Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, Celtic, Medieval, 18th century, Baroque, Regency, Empire and Victorian dresses, garb, bridal gowns and groom's wedding attire.

 

Costume Books For Sale

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We are very pleased to recommend the following books from Amazon on our web site.
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What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century   Ancient European Costume and Fashion   Medieval Costume and Fashion   Medieval Costume in England and France   Tudor Costume and Fashion   Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance: All 154 Color Plates from the 'Trachtenbuch'
The Art of Dress: Clothes & Society 1500 to 1914   Fashion in Detail: From the 17th and 18th Centuries   Costume in Detail 1730-1930   Costume Close Up: Clothing Construction & Pattern 1750 to 1790   The Art of Dress: Fashion in England & France 1750 to 1820   Everyday Dress of Rural America 1783 to 1800   Textiles for Colonial Clothing
18th-Century French Fashion Plates   Dress in France in the 18th Century   Ackermann's Costume Plates: Women's Fashions in England 1818 to 1828   French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era 1830 to 1834   Fashions and Costumes from Godey's Lady's Book   80 Godey's Full-Color Fashion Plates 1838 to 1880
The Way They Wore: Doll Costumes & Accessories, 1850-1935   Who Wore What? Women's Wear 1861 to 1865   Paris Fashions of the 1890s   Full-Colored Victorian Fashions   Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazaar, 1867 to 1898   American Dress Pattern Catalog 1873 to 1909   Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from La Mode Illustree   La Mode Illustree Fashion Plates in Full Color   Women's Fashions of the Early 1900s   Victorian to Vamp: Women's Clothing 1900 to 1929   Men's Fashion Illustrations from the Turn of the Century   The Home Pattern Company 1914 Fashions Catalog
Everyday Fashions 1909 to 1920 as Pictured in Sears Catalog   Everyday Fashions of the Twenties as Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs   Everyday Fasions of the Thirties as Pictured in Sears Catalog   Everyday Fashions of the Forties as Pictured in Sears Catalog
The History of Underclothes   Corsets and Crinolines

59 Authentic Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Patterns   Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns: Complete Lady's Wardrobe   Turn-Of-The-Century Fashion Patterns and Tailoring Techniques   The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-Of-The Century Patterns With Instructions and Fashion Plates   The Cut of Women's Clothes: 1600-1930   The Edwardian Modiste: 85 Authentic Patterns With Instructions, Fashion Plates, and Period Sewing Techniques
Patterns for Theatrical Costumes : Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915   Pattern of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction: c.1660-1860   Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction c.1860-1940   Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women: c.1560-1620


Victorian Fashions 1880-1890   The Paris Collection   Sewing Victorian Doll Clothes  
Sewing for 20th Century Dolls   Knitting & Crocheting for Antique Dolls   The Dolls' Dressmaker   A Closetful of Doll Clothes   Two-Hour Dolls' Clothes  
Authentic Shirley Temple Patters   Fabulous Fashion Doll Clothing   Knits for Barbie   Period & Contemporary: Patterns for Fashion Dolls  
Making & Dressing Dolls' House Dolls   The Wish Booklet: Fashions 1831-1835   The Wish Booklet: Fashions 1871-1875   The Wish Booklet: Fashions 1900   The Wish Booklet: Fashioning Miniatures  
The Essential Wardrobe for 18-inch Dolls   Sew the International Wardrobe for 18-inch Dolls   Sew the Contemporary Wardrobe for 18-inch Dolls   Sew the Storybook Wardrobe for 18-inch Dolls   Best Doll Clothes Book  
Hats in Miniature   Creating Heavenly Hats for Discriminating Dolls  Make Doll Shoes!
  
Creating Fabulous Footwear for Fantastic Dolls

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