Gown embellishment. Gowns started to be embellished around fourteen or fifteen years ago, with the same material that was cut and trimmed into strips that were narrower at the top than at the bottom. This embellishment was positioned and sewn on the collar, and descended down the parement of the gown to the waist. To position it, one gathers it in the middle by pleating it with thread. This manner of embellishing gowns is called bavaroise .

Since then, gowns have been fully embellished, that is to say from top to bottom and above the boots. Then several bows were added on the boots, in the same style of the embellishment, etc.; further cuts were made all around this embellishment, and some were placed on all seams on the sides of the gown. 

Petticoats are also garnished with a large piece of the same fabric, cut and positioned with scallops all around and at the bottom of the petticoat. Then several frills have been placed in tiers and layered on top of one another; but they only embellish the front; between these frills, more bows of the same material are placed, along with ribbon, pompoms, fringe, sequins, etc. 

In the past, instead of frills, long silk fringes of the same color were placed at the bottom skirts, then arranged in tiers like the frills of today.

Gowns are embellished with silk lace, gold or silver netting, gauze, fly fringe, ribbons, pompoms, and lace cut from the same fabric and sometimes muslin.

Thirty-five or forty years ago gowns were embellished with cording and buttons, lace, etc.