This week’s Rate the Dress is chosen from one of my favourite historical eras of all time – at least where fabric is concerned! Will it be as popular as last week’s smash-hit Pingat? Last week: A very large Pingat ballgown The very large Pingat ballgown received an equally large and enthusiastic response. The only things it was marked down for were the overly-enthusiastic berthe (as an underly endowed woman, I cannot sympathise, as I need all the help I can get from berthe in 1860s dresses!), and the ‘bookmarks’ on the skirt (another thing I can’t sympathise with. Secret book geek dress sounds like pretty much the best thing ever. Even the colours were book themed!) The Total: 9.6 out of 10 Undercover nerd dress ftw! Would wear blue silk stockings with any day of the week! This week: An unknown young lady of ca. 1740 We don’t know the identity of this young lady, or when exactly Bartholemew Dandridge painted her portrait, but we can tell a bit about her from the …