 Reading a 1920s National Cloak and Suit Style Book while wearing my 1921 Vionnet dress at Costume College. The dress is made of a lightweight, crepe-like silk. It's from the pattern in Patterns of Fashion, but the same dress appears in Vionnet by Betty Kirke. The dress is a combination of hand and machine sewing, which was done on my 1917 hand crank Singer 99k. |
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The front and back views. The skirt is made of 8 petals cut in four sections. There are hand sewn seams at the edges of the petals, which makes them stand out. The skirt was
meant to have ten, but I made a cutting mistake in the points on the bodice resulting in a narrower skirt. Fortuntately, it was still full enough and was much easier to hem!
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 A detail of the points on the bodice and skirt. I hand sewed these into place, as it was easier than machine sewing. |
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| The slip that goes under the dress. I used the Past Patterns Flapper Combination Underwear which was extremely simple. |
My Costumes
Edwardian through the 1920s
