What did Victorian Women wear to Afternoon Tea? // Examining an Antique Victorian Tea Gown c. 1880

💻Check out https://www.squarespace.com/abbycox to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code "abbycox"! Thanks again to Squarespace for sponsoring this video! Dr. Anne Bissonnette's article on tea gowns is available online to read for free for members of Costume Society of America. https://csoa.memberclicks.net/ More information on Aesthetic and Artistic Dress can be found at Dr. Robyne Calvert's website: https://robynecalvert.com/ Most Images used in this video were sourced from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and also Museum of Fine Art, Boston, The Hermitage, and some via WikiCommons. The Eleventh Doctor wearing a Tea Gown is a construct of my own weird imagination and terrible photoshop skills. Man, making thumbnails for antique clothing videos is hard. 😂 Today, we're looking at a bright, bold, gorgeous and fashion forward Victorian Tea gown (c. 1880s) in my antique clothing collection. Tea gowns were worn by fashionable Victorian hostesses when they would entertain at their home for afternoon tea. It was this weird blend of public social gatherings but also intimate private affairs, thus giving space to the tea gown to have a unique sartorial place within Victorian fashion. The particular gown that we're looking at, has excellent aesthetic influences - with the watteau back, puffed and smocked sleeves, the easy fit, and the lightweight orange silk fabric. Clearly, the woman who wore this dress kept up with the trends, and seems to have fanc