Based on a gown seen in Doctor Who years ago, this is my own somewhat better researched version of it - with sleeves which can be exchanged with an earlier style so that the same outfit would go with the 1590s Caravaggio doublet I made for a friend, and still fit into SCA period.

The whole skirt in this version is supported with layers of around five petticoats, the final one being black satin to allow for movement. This is probably one of the heaviest of my costumes to wear because of this, but the petticoats can be exchanged for the much lighter farthingale of the earlier period. It fastens with a gobsmacking 19 tiny, hand-covered buttons down the front...