Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Ode to the 50's wrap dress

Well I have to say I am a big fan of the house dress and well the best house dresses in the 1950's was the wrap dress.  I have a few originals and I have some patterns that I would really like to make up one of these days when I can spare some time.  Thinking of sewing a few got me looking at the vintage pattern wiki.  These are some of the patterns I found.

 Well I hear everyone and their mother has made the Butterick walk way dress.  I have not attempted one yet but Dress Dame told me that you need to line the skirt for this one to work well.  I have both an original copy and the reproduction copy of this pattern. 

 And here is the Advance version of the walk away dress.

The Anne Adams version.

 Speaking of mail order patterns how I love the buttons on the front of this one.
 Another mail order I believe I have this Marianne Martin in my collection.


 Is bigger better?
I love big pockets I need to make a gigantic pocket wrap dress!!!!
I think the pattern companies were having a big pocket wrap dress show down to see who could make the biggest ones!!!


 Ok this butterick doesn't have the biggest pockets but it could still eat crackers in my bed.
 Well yes not a wrap dress but it sure give that feel I really like a good wrap blouse so I couldn't resist putting this one in the mix even though its not technically a wrap dress.

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