Unless you are specifically making a 1560s court gown for Eleonora Di Toledo's household, you should probably use other valuable resources than the extensive documentation on the two Eleonora di Toledo household court gowns - like the third gown, paintings of women from a variety of social classes and locations, detailed estate inventories and books about them, woodblock prints, personal letters, sumptuary laws, and publications (even the satirical ones) on the fashion from the era in question
The style features a velvet tie belt, which allows you to draw in the waist and adjust the silhouettes length
If the case spills past your wrist bone, its drawing attention to itselfand thats the opposite of what a dress watch should do
Avoid wearing flip-flops, swimsuits, or tank tops in dining areas during dinner
Dresses that already have a defined waist are totally a great option, even if the the shape is already defined