Day Wear... |
This dress, my first try at the era, was made from a pink double georgette and therefor needs to be worn with a simple slip. A modern style found readily in stores today will do. I followed the direction given in the "One hour dress" booklet. The skirt is basially 2 large rectangles, with are set onto the bodice, which has kimono sleeves. The skirt is gathered at the side of the hip, but can be gathered all around, too. The seam between the blouse and the skirt is about 2 inches below the natural waist and I covered it with satin and embroidery belt. Necklines could have been round, square orV-shaped. I added large pleats to the skirt hem to take up excess material and to add pizazz. |
roll over effects in action! |
NEW ADDITION!!!!! I finally had time to model my second try of the " One hour dress" . This time I used a burnt orange, hey, this is not a pumkin dress, rayon, a matching plaid for some details and I hand beaded some, too. I really liked the color even though it's somewhat intense and unusual, but I saw it in some of the sketches of the 1920's fashion mags I have. |
I don't think this is true 1920's, it looks more like WW1 to me, late 1910's, but I made the blouse from the left overs of the fabric I used on the next 20's dress, so why not, let's stick it on here. The skirt buttons in the back instead of zippering, a nifty little detail. The loop where the "tie" runs trough is beaded. Slip over. |
Here's the blue Flapper dress. Still working with the "One Hour dress" design. But not for long, as I fixated on a reproduced Wenton's pattern from 1925 for the next adventure.... |
Yeah! Something new! Improved! Huh? My mother, visiting for a few weeks adores this dress on me, I really like the color matching check and my husband thinks it makes me look pregnant. No, I'm not expecting.........Let's just say that the fashions from the 20's looked a lot more graceful on the girls in those stylized drawings from the time. This outfit, both the dress and Coat where made following an excellent repro of a 1925 pattern by Wenton's. I used an inexpensive rose colored rayon for my first try and the dress is, as instructed, unlined. It's slip over the head. The coat is lined, just because it wears and fits better that way, the pattern itself used a facing for the front. |
This pattern is available for sale at the Vintage Pattern Lending Library. |
