Making A Historically Accurate Bridgerton Ballgown

Dearest Reader, I must tell you, when the Bridgerton Costumes first debuted, I was not sure what to think. They were beautiful, but not historically accurate by any means, and they were not trying to be. As I watched the series, I appreciated more and more the regency inspired fantasy costume design of the show, but I began to wonder, what would a historically accurate Bridgerton ballgown look like? I began researching regency era fashion plates on Pinterest that had a Bridgeton aesthetic. I was mainly looking for fashion plates in the later 1810’s as Bridgerton starts in 1813 and season two takes place in 1814. I was looking for ballgowns that had a lot of floral detail and embellishments as that is what I think of when I think for Bridgerton and floral detail appeared to be very popular in the later 1810’s as was the use of a new fabric called tulle or net. And then I found it- the perfect fashion plate! It is a ballgown from 1814 and I decided that I was going to recreate this dress, but with a few changes. Instead of pink, I was going to make it in blue, because like all of Daphne’s ballgowns in season 1 were blue, and blue is the most common color associated with the Bridgerton family even though they do sometime wear other pastels. I hope you enjoy my take on a historically accurate Bridgerton ballgown. A lot of the information that I used in this video comes from The Fashion History Timeline. It is a great free online recourse that gives a great overview of an er