making a hand beaded regency dress

In this video, I reproduce a bugle beaded regency dress from 1805. I also explain how and why white dresses were so popular in the regency era. The dress itself is a rather simple white regency dress with a back ribbon closure. It is fully hand beaded with bugle beads following techniques based on the originals. I explain both historical construction and the modern short cuts that you can take in sewing up a regency dress, regardless of beading.