For all whom greatly love artifacts and aesthetics from the past.This is a place where all things "retro" are discussed; be it fashion, music, art or politics. Pretty much anything goes.
So many of us out there love and adore the 40's victory rolls. Well a little birdy sent me this video a while back and I thought I would share it! Enjoy
If I had one piece of advice to aspiring costume makers, it would be BUY PATTERNS!! Doesn't matter if you think you will use it anytime soon or not. If you like it and can afford it buy it. My compulsion to buy patterns is really working in my favor right now. I am a self taught seamstress and have had no formal sewing, draping or pattern making lessons. This being the case I depend on my patterns. This has allowed me to piece things together, alter existing patterns and just some just for their general shape. This is what I have been doing the last couple of days. I found my perfect Dicken's fair inspiration dress. http://www.antique-frock.com/earlyvictorian/products/dress102.html I am in love this dress. It is an acutal 1860 gown and being such, there is no specific pattern for this dress. So, this is where my pattern collection comes in to play. I am using 2 different patterns to piece together and create this dress. I am using the jacket of this pa
So my wedding planning had been delayed for a bit, but I'm back at it. Haven't really decided on a place yet. I do have a list of places to check out. What I have been looking at recently was dress patterns for my bride's maids. I want something different, not just your typical David's Bridal generic bride's maid's dresses. I have actually found a really cute site with some great patterns. She has a bunch of awesome patterns that I want to try out. I think I might buy a few and just make some dresses for myself. Here are the ones I was thinking could be potential bride's maids dresses http://www.colettepatterns.com I want to have a summer wedding, so I don't want any big heavy dresses for my girls I love #2. It is cute, simplistic and classic. I can definitely see my girls waking down the isle with me wearing that dress and little fasinators such as this. Has anyone tried these patterns? If you have let m
Hello All, I couldn't wait till a decent hour to post my latest almost finished object (FO). Tonight my time has been consumed by my 1947 dress I started last week. I had cut out the pieces and but had been procrastinating on actually starting the sewing. I am glad I did because it only took me one night to sew! I have to say this was one of the easier dresses I have made in a while and it fits PERFECTLY. Below are some pictures of it on my dress form. I still need to hem the bottom, but you can see what it looks like still. The pattern I used was Butterick's Retro 1947 dress pattern B5209 It is a great pattern. It is wonderful for both those of us with more chest than necessary, and those who wish they had a bit more. The whole pattern consists of about 10 or 11 pieces total! The construction is pretty self explanatory. Just pay attention to the order you sew them together. I have a habit of getting ahead of myself and messing up steps. On this dre
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