One of my favorite things to do is look up "real life" 1920s fashion photos, because you can find a lot of photos of curvier women in the 1920s styles and it's encouraging! Not everyone was just straight up and down in any era, so it's nice to find examples of that! I love your humor, the sweatpants thing is still making me giggle!
I had to watch this again. I love the contrasting fabric and how you transformed this into something so special. The hat is the perfect finish along with those adorable sashes. Just love this and your presentation.
Thank you so much! Since this video, I can confirm that this dress is incredibly comfortable and a delight to wear. I have never worn anything with such interesting aesthetics.
I only came across your channel in the last day or so. I love all things vintage and have quite the collection of cloche hats but not the clothes to go with them. So, finding this channel has been a such a find. I am obsessing over a 1940s house dress and need to know how to make a cloche hat (yep, I have seen that come up in the playlist). I also have a copy of the the art of dressmaking from 1927 (same green hardcover and all!).I am definitely going to work my way through your content and start making some gorgeous dresses. I am thrilled to have discovered your channel. PS I follow a number of you tubers who focus on historical dress/history/conservation etc. On elf this is Nicole Rudolph. She has a video on how flappers got their shape. I thought I would put a link to it here. I found this so fascinating. Like you I have curves and always thought I would never have survived in the 20s...UNTIL I watched this. When I watched I I thought "So that HOW's how they did it!"She also specialises in historical shoe machining etc. PS apologies in advance for any typos!
OMG! This is what I have been looking for! My father in love rally races, (time, speed and distance) a 1929 Model A. The race is about two weeks and covers about 2000 miles. This year it is going through my home state and I wanted to make a late 20's outfit for the occasion. I loved your finished garment, even the cloche hat!
The tater sack totally became stunning. Thank you for sharing your thought and design process! It really helped me. Without realizing it, i had blindly been thinking only of reproducing x garment. So fun to look at 5 garnents and design with bits of all.
I like the changes in the dress! I imagine there were many more women past their 20's wanting a practical but cute day dress instead of a "flapper" style dress. I still prefer the midcentury style lines. I'm going to be sewing up some Swirl inspired wrap dresses for my summer wardrobe in pretty cottons. I can't wait to see your next make!
The late 1980's went through a brief phase of dropped waist with full skirt reminiscent of the 1920s. A contrasting or matching modesty panel at the neckline is period-correct. A woman would have worn a cap of some sort to protect her hair while working around the house. Love your embellishments!
WOW__what an improvement! If you did not attach the hip sash, I feel it would look better moving the tie about 2-3 inches toward the front to fool the eye regarding the width of the hip area, elongating the look further. Just my opinion, though. No matter, the look is so much more wearable__especially, with that adorable cloche hat! New to your channel__love your style! BTW, love the dress you're wearing in the beginning of your video__may I ask, what pattern is that? 💖🙌🙌🙌😺
I learned so much from this sew! I have been looking at the 1920s again this month and there are so many things I would do different with this dress now, elongating the front being the first thing. The blue dress is from: 1953 Haslam Book of Draftings No. 30, page 16.
The belt is not sewn to the dress. The entire outfit is…. Not my favorite at this point in my life. BUT, I feel that this was a great learning project.
The purpose of this dress is to recreate and understand the aesthetic of the 20s, rather than a history bounding attempt to give current aesthetics a 20s feel. Of Course this goes against what we currently think of as pretty or flattering!
