Sewing The 1920s Famous One Hour Dress - part 1 

Let's delve into the fascinating world of historical fashion! In today's episode, I embark on a sewing adventure to recreate a 1920s day dress - not the glamorous flapper style, but a simple and practical house dress. Join me as I take you through the journey of sewing and finishing this unshapely, yet intriguing piece of 1920s fashion history.
🧵 1920s Sewing: A Unique Challenge 🧵
The 1920s marked a significant departure from previous fashion eras, with corsets being cast aside and new fashion lines emerging. Sewing during this time was unlike any other, characterized by a lack of patterns and unique design choices. Today, we often interpret 1920s dresses through a modern lens, but my goal is historical accuracy.
👗 The Ugly Duckling of Fashion? 👗
It's important to note that 1920s clothing doesn't conform to our modern beauty standards. Many may find these dresses unusual or unflattering. In my quest for authenticity, I've yet to find an accurate 1920s day dress for purchase, so it's time to sew one! House dresses, while simple, were practical and comfortable for everyday wear. Why wear lipstick while cleaning the house, you ask? Because we should wear what we love without hesitation.
✂️ Vintage Patterns and Unique Closet Transformations ✂️
Sewing with vintage patterns that stay true to the era has transformed my closet into a one-of-a-kind collection. I'm not a fan of commercial patterns, so I often draft my own based on Haslam designs, a dress cutting system from Great Britain between 1920 and 1960.
🕰️ Part 1: The One Hour Dress - A Historical Sewing Adventure 🕰️
Today's video is Part 1 of sewing and finishing the famous 1920s One Hour Dress. Contrary to popular belief, it's not a flapper dress but a practical house dress, an unshapely tube that has left me utterly perplexed. Stay tuned for Part 2, where research and creativity will transform this dress into something I'm genuinely thrilled with. I adore historical sewing and the fashion research that comes with it!
I don my creations proudly, complete with wet set pin curls, aprons, and lipstick. My passion lies in sewing garments worn between 1920 and 1965, and I love sharing this journey with you.
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Today I start the confusing ugly tube of a 1920s day dress. The famous 1920s one hour dress can be sewn in one hour, however the finishing of the dress absolutely takes more than one hour. After the confusing results of this DIY sew project, I purchased a few pdf files of old 1920s fashion magazines and have determined what I personally liked from this era. Episode 4 is the 2nd part of this video where I finish this dress as if I had actually lived during this time period. All of my sewing is dedicated to historically accurate clothing that should a time portal accidentally send me back in time, I might actually be able to "pass".
1920s sewing is wildly different from every other time period. It's an outgrowth of the 1910s and is the time period that corsets went into the trash bin. The general fashion lines, emphasis, and lack of patterns makes this a very interesting time period to sew. Everything that is created today to be a 1920s dress, is flapper based AND is modern interpretation.
There is nothing about the 1920s clothing that makes sense to us today with our modern concept of beauty, so this dress is likely to be something that most think of as ugly or unflattering.
I have yet to see an accurate 1920s day dress for purchase. So it's time to sew one! I love house dresses because they were simple, practical, and comfortable. Sewing a housedress that has a custom fit ensures that I am not miserable while wearing lipstick and cleaning the house. Why wear lipstick while doing chores? Because why not?! I'll wear what I like, thank you very much. Please do the same. You deserve to wear what you love without question.
Sewing vintage patterns that are true to the era and not a history bounding effort has transformed my closet into something unique and impossible to purchase. I am a hardened, seasoned, pilot's wife, SAHM, wanna be writer, and I am a vintage seamstress. I am not a huge fan of commercial patterns, so I draft my own sewing patterns mainly based upon Haslam designs. Haslam is a dress cutting system that came out of Great Britain between 1920 and 1960.
Today is Part 1 of sewing and finishing the famous 1920s One Hour Dress. It's not a flapper dress. It's a house dress, and it is a unshapely, uninteresting tube that completely confuses me on every level. Research will been done and the dress will be pulled from horrible to something I'm rather thrilled with in the next episode. This was a fantastic sew because I love historical sewing and the fashion perusal and research that comes with it.