Ellen Gowan is an enigma. Why is she such a young widow? Where does she come from? And how did she learn to make such exquisite gowns?
Orphaned at thirteen, pregnant at fifteen, Ellen endures loss, loneliness, and betrayal to become society’s most talented and sought after dressmaker to the aristocracy of Victorian England.
Ellen Gowan’s story is a powerful testament to one woman’s indomitable spirit as she fights tenaciously or the survival of her family.
Posie Graeme-Evans The Dressmaker is the passionate tale of a woman ahead of her time.