I (Re) Made a Historically Accurate 18th Century American Girl Felicity Dress for Me!

American Girl dolls were a huge influence on me as a girl growing up in the 90s, and I credit them with encouraging my love of history and leading me to my current profession. While I didn’t feel a connection with one character in particular, I did think Felicity had the best wardrobe of all the dolls. Her blue Christmas gown has been a dream dress of mine since I was little and I finally made my own historically accurate version in 2015 entirely by hand. I loved and wore that gown a lot over the past five years, but so much can change in that time. The gown no longer fit and it wasn’t a good representation of my skills and knowledge of 18th century mantua making (dressmaking). So I decided to give the gown a complete makeover and convert it from a sacque gown (robe a la francaise) to an English gown (robe a l’anglaise or en fourreau). I’m thrilled with how it turned out and I hope you enjoy seeing the process. I’ll also show you all the layers involved in wearing the gown, from shift, stays (corset), and hoops, to stomacher and cap. Plus I’ll do a little myth busting about the big historical inaccuracy in “Felicity’s Surprise.” Slavery and Felicity: Cait at Willoughby and Rose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-kyi_spUdo&ab_channel=Willoughby%26Rose American Girls Podcast: https://www.americangirlspod.com/ Not Your Momma’s History with Cheyney McKnight https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEVpwIpE7PpD2rt1SGtAkJw/featured Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Not-Your-Momm