I have always had a fondness for Dutch paintings from the 1650's and the 1660's. My favorite is Ter Borch, but Gabriël Metsu has painted my favorite dress and that became the dress my project was mainly based on. I also found the 1660's bodice pattern and construction notes on the book Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 2 extremely useful. The dress is completely hand sewn from duchess silk satin, linen canvas, mid weight linen and a finer white linen using linen and silk…

The Silver Tissue Dress—paired with a dress worn by Oscar-winning actress Audrey Hepburn during the film "Roman Holiday"—will appear at the Crown to Couture fashion exhibition at London's Kensington Palace between April and October 2023.

Lady Jane Dormer's bodice has a laced stomacher section while the rest of her dress has a typical scoop neckline and puffed sleeves in this 1659 Wright portrait.

This is the dress seen in the last image with a new chemise and the skirt extended outwards. The dress has a tabbed bodice.

Bespoke costumes and corsets inspired by 17th century fashions

"Woman Reading A Letter" by Gerard ter Borch II,1660-62