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Local time traveller secretly roasts her old wardrobe

I'm usually for historical accuracy, but I can't blame them for not putting the actresses on that

These dresses are giving ~dome shaped birthday cake with a barbie jammed in the centre of it~

The opening scene of season 2 where Eloise is self conscious about her court appearance would have been hilarious if she were wearing one of these

Definitely the most deranged dress silhouette ever. The feeties sticking out from the bottom kills me lmaooo

It is such a lost opportunity to not have the Featherington sisters in them.. Imagine these in those neon greens and yellows 😅

We need some kind of parade with these dresses, where each person's dress is themed and decorated like some kind of float, and/or bird dances are performed by squashing and expanding the hoops.

OMG. You aren't kidding. The high, empire waist with a full hoop skirt looks LUDICROUS.

The late 18th Century English court dress still lives on in the form of that little dolly that covers the spare toilet roll at your grandma’s house.

Justice for the British Regency court dress! It's so wonderfully ridiculous.

Okay, the dress is hilarious and you deserve massive recognition for powering through that, but my favorite part was seeing you interacting with others at the ball! They're all "Oooh, tea and crumpets, Regency cosplay!" and you were straight up coming to the ball after being presented to the Queen at court! Like many of your followers, I appreciate historical accuracy and actually seeing one of these dresses on an actual human was amazing!

My 5 year old nephew waked in while you were getting dressed. He asked if you were dressing like a princess, and when you finished dressing, he said you were a real princess now. High praise indeed.

There's such a huge difference between an illustration and seeing it on an actual person. Crazy comparison.

'I "still" can't get over it' makes you sound like a vampire who lived through that period lmao

Hi Karolina! I know a Regency romance novel that includes this gown! In Georgette Heyer's "A Civil Contract" the female main character is short and not slender. As she is contemplating her court presentation, she makes a comment about how broad she is going to look in hoops. I remember being confused at first because "what? hoops?" So hurray for Georgette Heyer, a romance novels with keen historical precision. In the said novel, the Napoleonic wars are a major plot element.

The Bridgerton costume department made the right call.

I can almost guarantee that early 19th century dressmakers were losing their minds trying to balance royal demands and the demands of their clients to be trendy. "How the hell are we supposed to combine hoops with a high waisted bodice? It will look ridiculous!" "I don't know, just try adding more lace and sparkly bits. Maybe they won't notice how stupid they look if we blind them with shiny things."

"This is centimetres, by the way - I'm not insane." ~ Every person outside of the US.

Omg it's the fashion equivalent of an upscale fusion restaurant where you set your expectations high only to get served a mexican sushi burger!

I’m cracking up at just HIGH up the hoops are actually sitting, this is WILD

its giving lord farquaad's miniature being pushed into a giant cake

I like to think that Queen Charlotte knew exactly what she was doing and just kept it up for the gag 😂

This reminds me of the way I would draw princess dresses as a kid in the best way

For when you're trying to sneak snacks into the movie

I mean, wearing your own snack table is a wild fashion development, lol.

As illustrations, I thought these dresses were a little weird but not that bad. I was wrong. I was so wrong! It looks like those cakes with dolls stuck in them.

Watching you put this on is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. That silhouette looks like it belongs in Alice and Wonderland.

I'm obsessed with the way it bounced when she did the little jump-dance

I think the fact that none of these dresses remain proves that they were loathed by the women who wore them. There are massive 18th century British court dresses surviving in museums, but no regency court dresses? I'm betting the court ladies had them dismantled with great glee as soon as they could.

Kind of ironic because Penelope asks the modiste for a dress that was popular in Paris during episode 1 of Season 3… basically what they are seen wearing since the start has been French-inspired 😅

As a Texas Debutante, I had to learn that specific curtsy they mentioned in the book. Texas debs are the only debs in the country that still perform it. My goodness, it took me 6 months to master it without holding onto anything.

Amazingly, I can relate to this. For Halloween one year, I came as a literal table. I used a large piece of cardboard which I cut a hole into to sort of slide into and to keep it up, attached some straps that ran down the inside of a vest to make sure it stayed up. Covered the whole thing with a tablecloth and other table decor. You dancing around in that dress is exactly what I did all night to the laughter of all my friends. There is nothing as ridiculous as trying to drop it low in a 5 foot table costume, or ascending down a grand staircase with your battery operated candles, or running down a hallway, tablecloth flying behind you. At least that insane dress had hoops that could compress. I didn't really factor getting through a doorway, so there was a lot of me walking sideways which, was of course, met with more laughter. I cannot believe this was any type of real style. The elimination of the waist is just a disaster. Anything where you can't see or put your arms down is just too far.

ngl the final dress reveal looks like a Disney princess costume, maybe like what Cinderella's step sisters would wear 😂😂

Ridiculous regency court dresses walked so that 1830s fashion could run

You were the best dressed lampshade at that ball! These dresses are super weird, but you did a great job!

I saw you in this dress first in Bernadette Banner’s video and thought, “Wow! Karolina is going to have a great video explaining that dress choice”.

There is something so ridiculously hilarious about a silhouette so large moving so swiftly. I can’t stop laughing at the walking and dancing like you don’t take the space of a whole 3 seater sofa 😂😂

Imagine all the scenes where they're whispering but they have to smoosh their dresses together unsubtly to do it!! The sight gag!! 😂 Imagine the boorish man of the season attempting to get too close and everyone turning to look when his advance is extremely obvious due to the hoops fending him off!! Imagine!!

Putting that on by yourself was most impressive!

Oh 😂 wow. The comedy aspect of putting the Featherington sisters into that style of dress. Imagine trying to get through a door or into a carriage.

If they used these dresses in the show, it could still be called Bridgerton, because the dresses look like a bridge and weigh a ton.

This is one of my favorite ugly fashion trends, so I really appreciate your going for it. When you collapsed the hoops to use the revolving door, I was *dead*. Such a satisfying moment.

When I was younger, some people used to make tacky dolls with huge wide skirts that were crocheted and made to hide a spare roll of toilet paper. These dresses remind me of these dolls.

Hollywood producers: give us the proper regency English court dress you cowards!

Looking like the very literal bell of the ball. BING BONG

"If you ever plan on doing that, keep that in mind" Me with absolutely no plans to do this: 📝

“I want to put my hands in my pockets so I can look like a plasma tv..” 😂😂😂

This silhouette is by far the silliest thing I have ever seen. I need to make one IMMEDIATELY.

Idk why I laughed so hard at the squishing of the hoops to get through the door 🤣🤣🤣

Honestly I would LOVE a drama set in the 1800-1820 English court with accurate court wear. It would bring me so much joy. The contrast between regular fashion and court fashion would be incredible.

*sees an absurd dress silhouette* "This better not awaken anything in me" But for real, excellent video, thank you so much for all the work you put into these

Let me tell you I nearly passed out when I first saw your instagram pic in the dress, I recognised it instantly but barely believed I was right because SOMEONE FINALLY DID IT!!

Looking at the plates, I couldn't help but think "Barbie doll in a Bundt cake"😂

When you look at the ridiculousness of the met gala, this dress makes total sense. 😂😂😂

Hampton Court has a white silk Georgian court mantua. Embroidered with flowers from this period in their collection. & a pair of panniers that are in *EXTREMELY* fragile condition. Kensington Palace has a beautiful silver court mantua in their collection. But because it is *SO* fragile, they don't bring it out onto display.

To quote Tim Gun, “that’s a lot of ‘look’!”

Man if they had flat screen TV's back then those dresses would have been perfect for smuggling the royal television out of the palace lol

You're perfectly within fashion with the black lace draperies! It wasn't as common as white or blonde, but it was definitely worn. Especially to the Queen's Birthday which was celebrated in January (despite the fact she was born in May) where darker colors and jewel tones (scarlet, purples, blues, etc.) were more common than for the Drawing Room (usually in Spring) and the King's Birthday (in June) where white and pastels (lilac and yellow were especially popular) were the most prominent colors. The pocket holes were quite the prominent fashion feature and often very creatively embellished. In addition to lace they could be trimmed with diamonds, pearls, bows, flowers, tassels, and on one occasion Queen Charlotte had hers ornamented with "plumes of ostrich feathers and wheat ears". The embellishment of court gowns could get even more ridiculous than shown in fashion plates. Metallic embroidery, along with colored metal foil and sequins were especially popular in certain periods. And I've come across records of everything from embroidered seaweed, to rhinestone pineapples, to a petticoat featuring a rainbow split by a gold sequined bolt of lightning.

I laughed so hard at the plasma tv line, I had to pause the video

In the interest of historical accuracy: The portrait you showed of Queen Charlotte was sold at auction not too long ago. If you find an image of that portrait at the Lyon & Turnbull auction site, and compare it to the version you posted in your video, you will see that the version you showed has been photoshopped to change her ethnicity.

I shit on some Fashion History eras hard, I do- but the Regency Era court dress tops it- when I complain that Regency Era doesn’t have enough to it THIS IS NOT WHAT I’M ASKING FOR, CHARLOTTE.

Historic accuracy on crack

okay but actually, this dress looks so fun to wear

That silhouette is so intense it's giving 17th century court of Spain

"I felt like a fridge" fresh new halloween costume idea honestly, though, I kind of love it? It's so absurd. At some point I heard the goal of the "Kawaii" dress silhouette is to look as close to a cupcake as possible - with THIS silhouette you can look like the whole cake! and honestly, I'm kind of obsessed.

A dress like this would have been so handy right now, people keeping their distance would be made so much easier

Ohhh! There’s one on display in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh!

You know who should definitely be wearing the court dress? Cressida Cowper

The hoop skirt just kept me playing Hips Don't Lie on loop in my brain

100% this was designed to smuggle things. Hams for midnight snacks, important documents and espionage stuff, shy lovers... hideous but so utilitarian. Plus lace. 😉

Love this video. I always have such a hard time translating fashion plates into an image of what a real person would look like wearing an outfit. And it's great that you had such fun with it.

I love the little 'watch me whip, watch me nae nae' while she was getting dressed 😂

These gowns really are fashion history shitposts and I’ve been obsessed with them for a while thank you for spotlighting them in a video 🙏

I come from a very long line of short and plump people and the thought of some of my ancestors wearing these outfits in absolutely hilarious.

I've come back to this era so many times just to relive the emotions but you definitely picked the craziest illustration to emulate for your costume. I was waiting for it and you surely delivered.

100% certain Queen Charlotte did it for a laugh . I mean.. if they are going to fall over themselves to adore her and please her, might as well be in hysterically ugly dress. Its like she was testing them "how much are you willing to do for money and title?"

this dress makes you look like you are stealing something . like a birdcage. no my hoops are not chirping youre imagining things

those strawberries are ADORABLE

I have appreciated your videos for a while now, but I have a new appreciation and admiration for your commitment to the craft in making this hideous dress. Thank you.

It looked so fun to wear though! You definitely made an impression, like a large sculpture. I did enjoy the aesthetics of the folds of cloth, and how everything seemed to billow like you were floating on a cloud. A large, cumbersome cloud, lol

When the historical inaccuracies are a step UP. What a time to be alive.

This is what I, as a short waisted person, imagine I would look like in 18th century ballgowns

Okay by the black mesh over the blue with the gold trim is sooo pretty

It always looks like you are having so much fun!! Thanks for another great video!

'I want to acces my pockets so I can look like a plasma tv" sjfhgdhjgh

It’s giving “hiding a roll of toilet paper under this skirt”

Fantastic video! I loved watching you put on all the layers at the end. Super cool!

I just love the fact that I'm not the only one who gets into a project, gets overwhelmed, and just gives up and puts a project away for years! I have one of these hanging out in my closet right now!

Honestly, the final product looked nowhere near as ridiculous as the fashion plates. You rocked this! 💙

Those court dresses remind me of the toilet paper holder dolls from 50-60 years ago. Barbie doll torso, wearing a crotched dress which was put over a roll of toilet paper. The roll filled out the skirt of the dress (where the hoops would be on a human)

I must say, you looked lovely in the gown, i sort of thought your shoes would not be showing. You have such a beautiful complexion 🌺 Keep doing you ❤️

I have been WAITING, HOPING, PRAYYYYYINNNNNGGG that someone would finally recreate this look. That it was Karolina that did it is just the most serendipidous thing. You have blessed me this day.

In miniature it could be Grandma's toaster cover!

Now I know why heroines in regency romance novels never get laid after they get presented at court. It's like, sideways pregnant

I think you did a wonderful job on your dress! You still look beautiful and i really enjoyed this video. Thank you!😊

Thank you! This was very enjoyable to watch. What a project!!! And you trying on pieces and scampering around like a crab etc. was fun :) I hope this ends up in a museum!! Amazing!

The squish hoop in the door is material for a meme. I had rewind a couple time just to laugth at it.

Polyester is a lot heavier than silk. I imagine it would have been much lighter in the shoulders of made from period textiles.

I love your dedication to re-creating this fashion as authentically as is realistic. I can't imagine having to wear it for real. Thanks for your video!