That velvet ribbon trim really elevated the linen dress. Loved it!

Um, I feel like we need to bring these babies back into fashion. I’m dying to wear one. Elegant comfort at its finest!

Really lovely. I do prefer the linen, for its drape and flow. A few years back my partner and I made Emilie Flogë and Gustav Klimt garments for an Alphonse Mucha party. He dyed and sewed Klimt’s blue smock, and I copied one of Flogë’s black and white striped gowns. Most people had absolutely no idea what we were all about, but the one person who got it, really got it.

Looks wise, that silk is just fantastic. For wearing, the linen one has my vote. In fact, I think I need a linen asthetic dress in my regular wardrobe!

Those are both wicked cool, but I was dying for you to line the itchy catchy silk sleeves with a bright yellow or gold cotton. SUCH a great use of patterning with the directional fabric.

Its impossible to choose which I like best because they are both beautiful... I would wear both happily! You need to sit in a comfy chair with those wonderful roses & irises as a backdrop & read poetry.

Both gowns are gorgeous. For dresses that were radical in their day they certainly have echoes of the past in their design.

Here's to the glamorous sack! I love these, they both look so comfortable! With the neckline and the sleeves and the contrasting front panel, the black and gold one kind of gives me 18th century vibes 🤣 I probably would make one of these, but not sure which 🤔 great stash busting project for awkward yardage. You could even take two contrasting colors/patterns and put 'em together, some of those examples you showed were super fun and bold...oh dear god, I'm getting ideas.

The linen one is my favorite. It looks like the perfect reading under a tree on a blanket dress. I love the gold one too but no contest, I want the linen one in my wardrobe!

Ok. Can I say you look like a bohemian queen in both those dresses… absolutely stunning ! First time I watched your video.. will be binge watching your videos . Great job ! 👍🏼🙏🏻🍃🌺🍃

They are both beautiful dresses but I prefer the one made out of the linen fabric - and that is all because of the sleeves and the trim! That's the one I'd want to make! The reveal was absolutly fantastic! What a great place to stay for a couple of days!!!

So thrilled I found this video! The Aesthetic Movement is my favourite slice of Victorian/Edwardian and so few people delve into it! It really baffles me as there are so many folks doing history bounding and turn of the century clothing - and this period really is the embodiment of graceful shlump! The most beautiful comfies in all the land! More! More!

Love then both! The first one is so casual and fun the serving one is more formal. I love how fabric can completely change the look.

Absolutely perfect! The only thing they lack are pockets. 😉

Wow Taylor…both dresses are gorgeous and you look stunning in both…loved the reveal in the garden with the peonies…🥰🇦🇺

Both of these dresses are lovely. For winging it, you did great! Love your hair in the reveal. Am off to read the blog post you linked in the description. Am learning so much and loving it. Thank you for sharing this with us. Sending best wishes from Down Under 💖💕❤️🌺🌸💐🇦🇺😎

They are both so beautiful! The only thing they need to be perfect is nice big seam pockets.

I dont know if anyone has commented this but Im saying it anyways. When you were fitting the striped dress when it was still open and you were wearing the navy blue striped shirt, it looked so glamorous like it was a cape and I just love loose and relaxed fashions (which is probably why I have a few dressing gowns in my wardrobe) from a time that is known for its restrictions. If I didnt read the title in full, I would’ve thought it was a Renaissance smock style dress and I was just shook when I found out it was from the Edwardian era. Im probably gonna try and make one for myself but as a way to incorporate it into a tea gown since I have the nightgown like dress worn underneath and Im indecisive on the design for my over dress but this is definitely an inspiration for me and Im probably gonna use a brocade or upholstery for it for a lot of weight and since its gonna be loose, it’s probably gonna lend itself well in that aspect.

I love the blue stripe linen. I love the soft flowyness of it. The gold strip satin looks more formal which is just not me. Well done. Beautiful aesthetic dresses !!!!

I really like these! So much of what makes a garment work is in the fabric - the linen one had that great drape which works so well with boxy unstructured flowy garments. The silk one looks very dramatic but I agree, it's a bit on the stiff side. I actually think the linen was very flattering - more flattering than 1920s fashion in my opinion (I think the issue there is that rather than having a graceful fall of fabric right down from the bodice it's awkwardly cinched in/belted at hip level, which I'm not terribly into.) But this is so fun, such a great exploration of a less frequently explored era of fashion. I'm a bit worried about corsets because I don't like wearing super tight or constricting clothing (I'm small up top and don't even wear real bras because I find them too crunch-ing) so I feel like this era would be great if I wanted to do historical reenactment!

Those dresses are lovely! I need an aesthetic dress now. 😁 I would like a hair tutorial too!

I love them both but I’m super casual and probably would wear the white one with the stripes. I would love to wear it actually.

I’ve always kind of wanted to make Klimt’S blue smock! Loving these aesthetic dresses….my favorite is the silk, think you were spot on with the graphic print!

I think you really nailed the Spirit of the movement. I have a vague plan for one in my sketch book, but now that I've seen the mauve -y purple one with the tabard, I think I need a couple like that. I love both dresses you made. They each convey a different day and a different mood. Lovely job. Bravo

They came out so well! If I had to choose between them for myself I would pick the linen one; I love the soft simplicity of it and the flow.

Both are nice. I think if I were to wear one , it would be the linen. It just looks so comfy. The silk is beautiful but just to stiff looking. More for structured and that dress screams flowy. I remember that style of lounge wear back in the 1970's. My mom loved them. I was a young hippy girl who wore jeans , tees and flannels and liked the victorian under garment looking clothing (i.e. dress blouse skirt type) now I'd wear one of those loungie thingys

Amazing dresses! My favorite is the linen one because it just floats! I love the width of the silk skirt (the one you weren’t thrilled about) because it adds a sort of triangular shape to what I perceive as a very geometric dress. Awesome job as always. I love your storytelling style… very relaxing!

I love both dresses and I learned a lot about this type of dresses that in fact I didn't even know had existed. My grandmother would often wear caftans that looked a lot like the silk dress which I like best (probably for that reason).

I love them both - if I had to choose just one, the black and gold silk is just so dramatic and very Klimt-esque. But for comfort and leisure, definitely the linen!

I have 6.6m of a hand blocked floral cotton fabric that someone suggested would make a great aesthetic dress and 3 of your images have definitely inspired me - saved to my Pinterest board! Mine will definitely be waisted and possibly the tabard look to bring in a plain fabric? I really can't choose between the 2 of yours.....you've created an aesthetic wardrobe with a day and an evening look! Perfect 💙

Lovely dresses! The black and gold silk is stunning fabric but it looks like the grey linen is much more wearable, and somehow, more delicate. Enjoy both of them!

Both are lovely, but I love the colour, style and ribbon trim of the linen version. Thanks so much for sharing.

Both of them are amazing. I like the front of the 1st one, but the back of the 2nd one.

I like the linen one best - more comfortable looking

You tube IS weird, but your videos are a balm to my weary soul.

I definitely want to make something like the linen one, but with the sleeve style of the second because those are just too cool.

These remind me very much for Spanish Surcot style overdresses. I always had 1 or 2 of those when I was doing re-enacting for mornings before I got into full kit.

Aesthetic Life (TM). Those are my kind of dresses!

The black and gold one is aesthetically (lol) beautiful, and the linen one looks both amazing and AMAZINGLY comfortable.

I love watching your videos because of your enthusiasm. And because of that, although I've never really felt a pull towards these shapeless, Edwardian gowns, you (and admittedly Altheish, as well) are making me want one in my wardrobe too. Your two gowns turned out beautifully. Thank you for sharing them with us.

The linen would get my vote 🙂

klimt would have loved the silk--he loved gold in textiles, so he'd definitely have loved to paint a portrait of you in it! i personally love the linen because i'd wear it all day every day. :)

Absolutely love this unique period of dress and so happy to see one tackled

if budget allowed, think the grey one in silk velvet with some ribbon embroidery on it... but both of these are fab.

Love it when a wearable mockup works out so well that it changes the entire plan of the garment it was supposed to be mocking up! 😆 I really love the sleeves of the silk gown, but I think my overall favorite is the linen one.

Im hoping for a future sleeve lining and hem facing on the silk dress.

The roses were pretty but all I can see was her and the dress, that’s a prove of how pretty she is in that dress. I love it! I can picture myself wearing the linen dress all day and night but maybe without the velvet, even though the velvet pulled it all together with the elegant feel of the dress.

Both are great, but the linen is awesome.

I can't choose between them - I love them both equally! Thanks for showing us the process... now I NEED one too!

I like both, but I think the linen one captures the Aesthetic drapey, flowy look better. I love the ribbon trim on the linen dress as well. The silk is nice too but maybe a bit formal (aka stiff) but you could dress it up fora fancy evening wear outfit. Congrats!

I love the linen one! Well, the silk is absolutely gorgeous but the drape and flow of the linen is perfection❤. You have inspired me. I have some linen that I haven’t been able to decide what to use it for …. I’m thinking a similar pattern in a tunic length would be super comfy, really cute, and unique. If it turns out ugly, that’s ok. I always need lounge around the house comfy clothes.

I like the linen one best. Though, if it was me, I would add a belt to it made out of the velvet. I think they both turned out really cool though!

Hi,I'm loving the blue strip linen dress, but I'm a lover of kaftans.💖

Very lovely dresses, they make me want grapes... and a row boat...

I always find it easier to sew hems by hand.

I think the linen one looked so comfy and surprisingly elegant. My top priority is keeping cool, and that gown would do it!

They both turned out beautiful Taylor! I do find the linen one lovely b/c you look so comfortable in it. Now I want one, too. I most enjoyed your talk about how a garment moves depending on the fabric type and the cut. Learned so much. Thank you!

I would make interesting undersleeves for the silk one. they will save you the sweaties and add all kinds of options. It seems to hang fine from my view but I think it looks wonderful on you. Both do. They look very medieval to me (as a scadian they look very Italian ren )

These are soooo beautiful wish there was a readied made pattern!

Aesthetic 'n friends gowns are starting to become my favourites out of Victorian/Edwardian looks, they have an air of playfullness and experimentation that I really vibe with. "Glamorous sacks" is also gonna be the theme for my summer wardrobe, I wanna be both comfy and glam while I'm enjoying the riverside and drinking sangria.

What a fun and interesting process! Each dress has details I just love. The linen dress looks incredibly comfortable. Your hair at the reveal was just gorgeous. I image the talented Ms. La Fleur had a hand in that. Thank you for taking us along on this aesthetically pleasing journey.

Wow I love those sleeves. Can you show how you made the pattern or do you have a video showing how you did it?

YES these are fabulous and I love them both

I make clothes like that all the time I am about 30 years older than you so I don't usually worry about things being flattering but they are very comfortable

Linen is always my favorite!

thank you for putting in words what I was thinking about the silk gown. the potential is there. If you do make the alterations I would love to see it. That is not to say it is an ugly dress or a failure. I just think it would look better with the alterations.

LOVE this!

Stunning ! 😻

Love it ! Wished I had an exact copy of it 🤩

Both are beautiful! Thanks for making me really wanting to start sew again!

Beautiful!

I love this video, these dresses, and that you’re highlighting this fascinating, funky, terribly cool movement in fashion! You’re inspiring me to finally make the artistic reform gown I’ve been thinking about for far too long!

This was so fun! I've always wondered about these gowns. Love how they turned out. Now I need two myself!

What fun projects and lovely dresses!

They both look great for different seasons. Thank you for uploading this. I love it

oh so beautiful!

Coming to yhis rather late, obviously, butwould it help make the silk one softer and flowyer, if you washed it to take some of the finish out of the silk and soften it up? For shape/style I prefer the linen one, but the colour is too close to grey for me to really like it (I have an unreasonable bias agaionst grey). This one also wins in terms of how it flows around the body when you move. It's really flattering. The fabric of the silk one is fabulous, but I'm not as keen on the style. I'd have been tempted to add a belt at rib-level just from the sides of the front panel going around the back, and made from one of the gold stripes of the fabric.... possibly just gong as far as the side seams then going inside through a gap in the seam to leave the back pleats hanging free).

I was intrigued by how you took a concept and ran with it and created it from scratch. It was fascinating to watch your creative process. Thanks for sharing that. Both of the dresses are great in their own way. The linen is more casual and has a cozy feel to it, while the silk is very dramatic and has an "at home but entertaining" feel about it (I'm not describing this very well). I can't make up my mind about which one I like better. Huhmm....I might have to do something similar because I suspect I'd love lounging around in something like that!

Lovely!

So lovely!! The linen looks so comfy and the other is so posh ❤❤ Also, what was the music when you were cutting the linen fabric? It was so nice. Can't wait for your other upcoming projects!

I found this at just the moment when I decided to make what I call my “ Emily Flogge” gown. I think you could have flat lined the front yoke on the silk to stabilize the silk?

loving both dresses -- my only question is do they HAVE to drag on the ground? i personally dislike that effect -- i truly wish you had a pattern for both. am not able to draft the way you do, cause i would wear both styles

P.S. I love your hair

silk

YAY! I've been missing your videos! Just started (about 2 mins in so far) but I have a question: Would you consider Art Nouveau part of Aestheticism, or more of an off-shoot of it?

Having done no research on this style… are these at home gowns or were they worn out in public?

I vote for the silk. Extremely dramatic. Yet, the silk speaks High Tea elegance not casual comfort. The linen scream’s practicality and security of one’s own personality. Hmmmm? Difficult choice.