Making a transformation day bodice for a Victorian dress | the Daniel Deronda dress

I'm transforming a Victorian dress from a ball gown to a day dress by sewing a second Victorian dress bodice. Watch me make a Victorian dress bodice, and then head to https://squarespace.com/snappydragon to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code SNAPPYDRAGON. (Oh, and, my BRAND NEW website is LIVE at https://SnappyDragonStudios.com !) There's an ingenious trick for how to make a Victorian dress wearable as a day dress and ball gown : sew two bodices! Victorian dress styles were completely different for daytime and evening events, so many Victorian dresses had two tops to wear with the same skirt. Victorian dressmaking is full of clever techniques like this, and in Victorian costume making there is so much to learn from historical Victorian dressmaking techniques. A Victorian day dress with long sleeves and a higher neckline would get much more use than a ball gown, so it's much more useful for me to have a Victorian costume that works for both daytime and evening events. This dress will work for all my mid Victorian era events no matter how casual or formal they are. Learning how to sew a Victorian dress bodice is a process, but it's not too hard to make a DIY Victorian dress! There are so many good Victorian dress patterns thanks to Truly Victorian Patterns and other companies that make sewing patterns for Victorian era costumes. This Victorian bodice pattern makes a beautiful fan-front bodice suitable for the 1850s and early 1860s. With such go