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Hand Made 1756 Belle Ball Gown (of Beauty and the Beast)

When a very good friend of mine was a little girl, she always wanted the gold Belle ball gown, but she never got one.  Now that we’re older, well, they don’t make Belle gowns for adults.  So I decided to go about creating one for her in secret.  But being the perfectionist researcher I am, of course, it had to be perfect.  I researched Beauty and the Beast and discovered that it was written in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont.  I’ve had some experience with 18th century French gowns, so I decided to do it up in the style of the times.

I knew that we were pretty much the same size, so I used my own measurements.  I was nervous about making a full corseted ball gown with no fittings or real measurements, but went for it anyway.  Traditional 18th century gowns were worn with stays (a corset), but I knew that she didn’t own a set of stays so I decided to build them into the gown.

I made a set of half-boned strapless stays and sandwiched with them between the inner and outer layers of the bodice and stitched all the layers together. I rouched the ball gown skirt and attached it to the bodice. I gave the bodice organza capped sleeves like Belle has in the movie and made matching gold fabric buttons for the middle of the sweetheart neckline.  I laced the gown up the back and gave the gown a matching ruffled petticoat.

She was definitely surprised and loved it.  It was worth the many hours and dollars that I put into the gown for her.  She even made me waltz with her! hahaha!!

Hand Made 1756 Belle Ball Gown (of Beauty and the Beast)

Hand Made 1756 Belle Ball Gown (of Beauty and the Beast)

Hand Made 1756 Belle Ball Gown (of Beauty and the Beast)

Hand Made 1756 Belle Ball Gown (of Beauty and the Beast)

Hand Made 1756 Belle Ball Gown (of Beauty and the Beast)

Hand Made 1756 Belle Ball Gown (of Beauty and the Beast)

Hand Made 1756 Belle Ball Gown (of Beauty and the Beast)



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