Summer Outfit (aka Summer Gown & Lace Cap) (RETIRED)

Although the 18th century is not my area of expertise...I am quite knowledgable about Elizabethan fashions...and I am assuming they are similar.
In the previous centuries all underclothing was white. You may think "why would someone wear wear white when its just going to get stained" That was the beauty of it...they actually bleached the white in the sun. Therefore since it was such a simple process I would assume less then 2 centuries later, a wealthy merchant's family can afford the common white clothing. The only thing I really have to contest is that it should have been linen (though not sure when the cotton gin was invented)

Now I want to make this outfit for my doll...out of linen of course