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OUTLANDER: CLAIRE'S WHITE SHIFT DRESS II

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CLAIRE'S WHITE SHIFT DRESS CLAIRE'S SHIFT II (You can see 'Claire's Shift I' HERE .) The character of Claire Randall Fraser from 'Outlander' wears a white shift dress in Season 1 , Episode 1 : Sassenach . Pictured to the left is the dress as it appeared after passing through the standing stones and falling down the hill just outside of Craigh Na Dun . Now in Scotland of the 1700's, Claire's shift dress won't seem as out-of-place as her 1940's style keyhole-button dress and brown 'skinny' belt might have. Her watch also seems to be missing after the fall - definitely even more out of place for the time! The dresses below capture the look of Claire's more casual and timeless shift dress. As we later learn, this type of garment also makes a perfect first layer for a Scottish style dress ensemble . Just click on one of the photos below for a larger image, or to see how to get one of these very comfy and
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OUTLANDER: CLAIRE'S WHITE 1940's KEYHOLE BUTTON SHIFT DRESS

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CLAIRE'S WHITE SHIFT DRESS CLAIRE'S SHIFT 1 At the start of Season 1 in the very First episode of Outlander, Claire wears a white shift dress with a notched keyhole button V-neckline. (Click photo above, or HERE for an almost exact replica of Claire's white shift dress! This reproduction dress is also shown in the first photo below.) This is the dress she is wearing when she passes through the stones at Craigh Na Dun while looking for the forget-me-not flowers she had seen there the day before. This V-neck dress conveniently turns into more of a 'shift' look when she loses her brown belt when running down the hill from the 'redcoats' who have been chasing the highlanders that she later meets during this 'misadventure'. Thankfully she ' s wearing a good pair of leather shoes that stay on her feet well during her run through the woods and brambles on the muddy turf. The longer 3/4 length sleeves of her shift help to
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