Amalia Jacket (1775-1795) Pattern || #2003

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Based on fashionable jackets styles worn in the last quarter of the 18^th century, the Amalia Jacket is the perfect mix-and-match addition to your costuming and reenactment wardrobe.

Both views have a fitted bodice designed to be pinned closed at the front, curved side and back seams which flare out in pleats on the jacket's skirt, slim two-piece sleeves, and the slightly higher neckline seen in extant garments of the 1780s.

View A features a longer skirt joined to the bodice at the waist with box pleats at the back and knife pleats at the sides, a smooth bodice front, and three-quarter length sleeves.

View B features a shorter 'pierrot' style skirt, a cutaway front, and full length sleeves.

Mix and match sleeves, skirt lengths, and front styles for a variety of looks.

Jackets with longer fuller skirts, like View A, are most common in fashion plates from 1775 to 1785, although there are examples into the 1790s. Jackets with cutaway fronts and shorter skirts, like View B, are more common in fashion plates from 1780-1795, although there are some earlier examples. Both styles were worn by poorer and less fashionable women( often as secondhand garments) up until the end of the 18^th century.

The Amalia Jacket is designed to be worn over a full set of 18th century undergarments, including stays, such as the Augusta Stays and a false rump. 

Based on fashionable jackets styles worn in the last quarter of the 18^th century, the Amalia Jacket is the perfect mix-and-match addition to your costuming and reenactment wardrobe.

Both views have a fitted bodice designed to be pinned closed at the front, curved side and back seams which flare out in pleats on the jacket's skirt, slim two-piece sleeves, and the slightly higher neckline seen in extant garments of the 1780s.

View A features a longer skirt joined to the bodice at the waist with box pleats at the back and knife pleats at the sides, a smooth bodice front, and three-quarter length sleeves.

View B features a shorter 'pierrot' style skirt, a cutaway front, and full length sleeves.

Mix and match sleeves, skirt lengths, and front styles for a variety of looks.

Jackets with longer fuller skirts, like View A, are most common in fashion plates from 1775 to 1785, although there are examples into the 1790s. Jackets with cutaway fronts and shorter skirts, like View B, are more common in fashion plates from 1780-1795, although there are some earlier examples. Both styles were worn by poorer and less fashionable women( often as secondhand garments) up until the end of the 18^th century.

The Amalia Jacket is designed to be worn over a full set of 18th century undergarments, including stays, such as the Augusta Stays and a false rump. 

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