Talbot Hughes drew and measured the real garments: what people actually wore, century by century, with the cut, the trimmings and the dimensions an artist or dressmaker would need to reproduce them.

Eighteenth Century. George I. Female

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Eighteenth Century. George I. Female

The hair was very simply gathered from the forehead and taken up to a knot of curls at the back. Occasionally a group of curls was allowed…

Eighteenth Century. George I. Female: Sleeves

The sack-back dress was very full, and started right across the shoulders in two double box-pleats, which were kept trim by being sewn flat…

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