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Set 14:
"Definitely Not the Dauphine"
And now for some teen dresses. These are simple gowns started off the idea of the caraco jacket- of which there are lovely museum pieces in embroidered patterns, but for today we get our simple 32 block colors. Yet in the end the style mimicked the peplum skirt jacket, so think it a vaguely period mix of everything. Fantasy rococo. I did spice up the variety a bit by alternating two skirt options- one is a simple white petticoat skirt with a double layer of ruffled ribbons, the second a coordinating plain skirt open in the front to show a plain white underskirt. I categorized it for both everyday and formal, because for our less affluent girls this would be their fanciest gown.
Then, because I hadn't made any dresses with aprons yet and the default for cashiers is a teen, I made a version with an apron for each color using the opposite skirt option. Young ladies would often go into service as a maid before returning to their smaller villages or families to marry. Even the fanciest version of this outfit is remarkably plain for nobility. And the apron versions are everyday, only.
I made two aprons- one long and plain, the other short and fancy. Unfortunately my previews only show the fancy apron, but the next set down borrows the plain apron texture. Plus- it's a plain apron. So you get two outfits (apron is just for everyday): a possibly of one of two styles for non-apron, and two styles each for the alternate. (If you're following your math, there are six styles and four combinations. But for each of the 32 colors only one per set.)
Mesh is by Lidiqnata.
Download Set 14 without Aprons
Set 15:
"Letters from Braintree"
So here's some proper fancy embroidered or patterned fabric jackets paired with a solid petticoat. I added a sheer white undershirt to cover the rest of the arms and a gauzy fichu or neckerchief for warmth and modesty. Therefore these outfits are for everyday and outerwear. Most gowns also have a pair of ribbon bows. They, in my personal taste, work well for the lower middle-class. Especially the half or so with aprons- either a full length apron pinned to the top of the stomacher piece or just a bit of white apron to protect the skirt. Bourgeoisie ladies can feel lovely as they run their stores, tend their town homes, or toil in their family farms.
Name alludes to the long and charming correspondence between one Mr. Adams and his Dearest Friend, a.k.a. the real-life 'you-two-are-just-too-adorable' married couple of early United States history. One can only imagine what any hypothetical British officer intercepting the letters back and forth between future President Dos and Mrs. Vice President thought of all the pet names...
Teen version as well. Both meshes by me.
Download Set 15 Adult
Download Set 15 Teen
Set 16:
"Petit Trianon"
Fun fashion item: chemise a la reine! Marie Antoinette, poor dear, had some culture shock when suddenly removed from the informal Austrian court where little was demanded of her to the highly rigid, controlling, and frankly surreal French court. Attempting to escape the madness she had a 'country farm' built away from Versailles where she could unwind. Which annoyed a court that already despised her as the 'frivolous' Austrian 'dog'. Among the outrages she inadvertently provided was posing in pictures wearing the new court fashion that was a rejection of the massive, overblown court styles with the rococo's giant wigs and over-decorated silk gowns. But this simple white muslin gown looked too much like just a petticoat to ordinary Frenchmen (The Queen had her portrait taken in her underwear! Scandalous!) Plus the material was English, not from French silk, so unpatriotic too! So the moniker for this style became chemise a la reine (the queen's chemise).
Whatever. I agree with Marie and Georgiana; it's a pretty look. And I wish I had adult chemises a la reine for my goddess of healing who spends the daylight hours sleeping in the center of a garden. Update: My Secret Santa G-Knee did just that. Now Este is dressed for her peaceful gardens. :)
An older teen mesh had the perfect shape for these gowns- but the mapping and other foibles of the alpha layers meant I barely got the few recolors I did made and that the colors for various sections still match up as reasonably well as they do. Nightmarish.
Five white chemise gowns with different colored sashes and three more versions in some warmer off-whites with slightly varied sashes. In all there are six dresses that fix the description of fluffy white flouncy gown.
Categorized for everyday, formal, and activewear.