Originals: The Great Sleeve Collapse, 1837

Dinner Dress, c.1837 from The Met

This dress caught my eye for the tight shaping of the upper sleeve above the large puff. It captures an interesting moment right as the large sleeves of the early 1830s start to collapse into the tighter gothic lines. The subtle moire pattern on this silk is definitely worth looking at the close-up. There's also some very intricate self-fabric details: vandykes along the wrist and neckline, dense vertical tucks on the upper sleeve and horizontal ones over the bust.