I had made this one for a musem event in Sepetmber 2005. I was in a hurry, that's why it has this ugly wrinkles in the bodice. Right now I am working on that, but they just won't disappear. Meh.

The funny thing is: At this event were many people with more or less cheap polyester dresses with unauthentic patterns, and of course, with sparkling plastic diamonds in their hair (I cannot deny that they looked gorgeous, no matter how much they had bent the rules), while I had tried my best to use period correct accessoires or none at all, but in the end all the visitors thought I was portraying some kind of peasant... "Umm... that is fine silk", was everything I could say, dumbstruck.
...Well. I guess they couldn't imagine to say "18th century" and "simple" or "chaste" in the same sentence - there are too many stereotypes out there. How should they know? Well, the character I'd like to portray in this era doesn't want too much attention anyway. I'm thinking of a considerate, modest, slightly naive middle-class girl.

So, I better continue to improve it's fit and sew on some small rouches, I guess.