1745-60 traveling suit

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1745-1760 Jacket, petticoat and muff / hand-warmer

(_{Please excuse my sub-par photography, I just really wanted to show you guys a photo rightthisminute, but I'll be doing an official photo shoot really soon. Thanks for your patience.})

This outfit is made of a cream-coloured quilted cotton lined with a cotton broadcloth (in the jacket). I'm wearing a bumroll underneath because I don't have a hooped crinoline, but the effect I find is just as lovely and probably more convenient.

The muff is fairly high-tech; it's lined with polar fleece and Thinsulate©! Not to mention there's a little pocket inside for a mirror, lipstick, cell-phone, wallet... blunderbuss - whatever! I did not use a pattern for the construction of the muff, it was fairly straightforward. I might one day post a tutorial on how to make one though...

"The white ruffles of a chemise would have shown below the flounce at the end of the sleeve. This suit would probably have been worn for travelling... A handkerchief would have been worn at the neck. The skirt would have probably been supported by a dome-shaped hoop-petticoat."
-Janet Arnold.

Costume: Constructed by me
Pattern: Janet Arnold, "Patterns of Fashion"
Photo: my patient man-servant


Edit:
So then, *GeneralVyse made a ♥ ♥ ♥ hat ♥ ♥ ♥ that was SO PERFECT for my traveling suit, that he gave it to me. *wink wink*
jk. But, it's so perfect for my outfit... and you all know how I feel about HATS!!!