Introduction Dressmaking Past & Present is a new feature at Pour Moi. Fashion History provides us with inspirations for our personal style. Understanding and learning about techniques used in the past and the present helps us find a variety of methods for possible use in our own projects. This week, I put up some scansContinue reading “Dressmaking Past & Present: Tailoring a dressmaker’s suit-Tips from Coats & Clark in the 1940s”
Category Archives: 1940s inspired dressmaking
Free 1949 flat patternmaking book available!
Thanks to the Internet Archive, vintage sewing and fashion enthusiasts can download a PDF version of How to design beautiful clothes, by Esther Pivnick. The book was published in 1949. The patternmaking system used is the same as what was taught at the Traphagen School of Design in New York City. This book offers aContinue reading “Free 1949 flat patternmaking book available!”
Pattern Diagram: 1940s inspired skirt and blouse
Introduction Front, back and 3/4 view of the Linda 1940s inspired skirt and blouse. First sketch, photo of me in the finished outfit. This pattern is released into the commons for you to copy and size in your graphics program. It is based on 1940s vintage pattern envelope illustrations. Construction highlights are provided in thisContinue reading “Pattern Diagram: 1940s inspired skirt and blouse”
The Linda Walking Skirt and Short Dolman Sleeve Blouse, 1940s style
Introduction Last Spring I began development of a walking skirt and short dolman sleeve blouse based on two vintage pattern illustrations. I studied the wardrobe basics of 1940s everyday women’s wear. Clothing in the early to mid-1940s had to be functional. Fabrics, threads and notions were not easily available due to rationing. All resources, includingContinue reading “The Linda Walking Skirt and Short Dolman Sleeve Blouse, 1940s style”
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