I love this dress (McCall 3588). I actually think the dress looks better with a suit jacket. But I do love the dress details on their own as well (the yoke is cut in one with the front panel).
Then there is McCall 3592---A-DOR-ABLE! I love the short nipped in jacket with the dress:
And the suit of the bunch is McCall 3557. I must say this is probably my favorite. I love that the lapel of the jacket can match the skirt. I also love the lines of the jacket!
And just look at all the different hats! I love it!!
Pretty! I could totally see you in the last hat with the saucy feather detail :)
ReplyDeleteI love the silhouette of the 1940s. Thanks for sharing!
I agree with you. That last one is so cute!
ReplyDeleteHe, he, almost at the same time we are connected to post. I love the last too. You've got that I like the fashion of the 40s.
ReplyDeleteYes, those little tilt hats are great. I'm loving the one that looks like rabbit ears.
ReplyDeleteI love the plaid dress on the top right, the shoulders are fab!
ReplyDeleteI'm attracted to the top dress -- on the one hand, it 'looks' as if it's got princess seaming until I realized that the seams don't go over the bustline. I'm going to assume that this is just another 'ring the changes' on a princess seam but it's definitely different. And I have a photograph of my aunt's wedding day from the early 40s in Edinburgh (totally a war time photo; my uncle is in uniform and my aunt and my mum are wearing their best coats, hats, gloves, etc.)and she is wearing a hat just like that, only with a veil in the front and no feather.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your blog!!! I like the background of your pictures, You not only shows us your creation but the beautiful town where you live.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame that I don't sew, my mom is a very good seamstres, she even made my wedding dress!!!!, but I am on the look out for a sewing machines, I am inspired by all the creative ladies out there. ')
I love the lines on that plaid dress - and I'll take all the hats. :-)
ReplyDeleteI was paging through a 1940 Sears catalog and the snood was big news that year. I love snoods! I wonder how long that fad lasted.
The jackets in picture too are adorable! They instantly make me think of Edwardian riding habits, updated! The things I like most about the 30s/40s jacket (besides the nipped waist) is the height of the sleeve cap and the gathering giving it a puffed look (really exagerated in some 30s patterns I've noted). That style seems to have crept into RTW this year, cue modern replicas from the pattern companies one hopes?
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