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Looking for dress pattern 40's style
LDT2011 Advanced Beginner UNITED KINGDOM Member since 11/18/11 Posts: 451	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/5/12 10:38 AM I'm looking for a pattern for a dress like the one above rita hayworth wears in a dance scene from a film. Can anyone suggest a pattern? -- Edited on 3/5/12 10:39 AM -- ------ 'The purpose of most fashion is to be ostentatiously non-functional.'
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7401	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/5/12 1:24 PM I think it's the same outfit she's wearing here and here. If so, it's a two-piece costume: A blouse knotted under her bust to show off her midriff, and then a skirt fitted at the hip. You can see the outfit in action and the dance routine from 'You Never Were Lovelier' here. She certainly had beautiful legs. -- Edited on 3/5/12 1:45 PM --
LDT2011 Advanced Beginner UNITED KINGDOM Member since 11/18/11 Posts: 451	Login to reply to this post In reply to Elona Like this post Date: 3/7/12 4:13 AM Quote: Elona I think it's the same outfit she's wearing here and here. If so, it's a two-piece costume: A blouse knotted under her bust to show off her midriff, and then a skirt fitted at the hip. You can see the outfit in action and the dance routine from 'You Never Were Lovelier' here. She certainly had beautiful legs. -- Edited on 3/5/12 1:45 PM -- Thanks. Its been suggested if I get a RTW 'skater dress' and 'Tie up front shirt' I could recreate the 'look' on another forum. I can't find a sewing pattern for one so RTW is my route at the moment. ------ 'The purpose of most fashion is to be ostentatiously non-functional.'
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7401	Login to reply to this post In reply to LDT2011 Like this post Date: 3/7/12 1:36 PM This sort of thing turns up from time to time on ebay or etsy, if you search for words like "1940s pattern midriff". Here's one. The words 1940s and midriff are key for the search. Here's another.
auntie bellums Intermediate CA USA Member since 5/1/05 Posts: 187	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/7/12 1:57 PM If people are using the 40's term, they are listed as a playsuit or play suit. The show up regularly on ebay and some of the vintage pattern sites. If you find a cheap buy it now, spring on it. They usually go for quite a bit of $$$. Also check on Rita Hayworth pattern on ebay. You might find a pattern for that exact outfit. Hollywood patterns had dresses that were worn by the stars and sometimes you get lucky. Advance pattern company had some really nice ones. If you haven't worked with older patterns you might want to check with the seller to be sure that they have accounted for all the pieces. It's common for the smaller ones to be missing. ------ It's not your mamma's sewing.....It's your great grandmamma's
NancyZL   Intermediate NJ USA Member since 6/18/08 Posts: 261	Login to reply to this post In reply to Elona Like this post Date: 3/7/12 8:07 PM Thanks for the link ! Had never seen her dancing .. wow!
LDT2011 Advanced Beginner UNITED KINGDOM Member since 11/18/11 Posts: 451	Login to reply to this post In reply to NancyZL Like this post Date: 3/8/12 4:32 AM Quote: NancyZL Thanks for the link ! Had never seen her dancing .. wow! I think she's a nicer dancer than ginger rogers IMO. She has a lightness and an attitude to her dance. I found this pattern which is nearly there. ------ 'The purpose of most fashion is to be ostentatiously non-functional.'
Member since 12/31/69	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/8/12 5:14 AM I can send you along a copy of a pattern layout for something like it if you feel inclined to draft it, although I don't have the actual pattern. I am also pretty sure one of my Lutterloh books has a play suit as well, if not one in a similar style, a skirt and blouse certainly would be.
LDT2011 Advanced Beginner UNITED KINGDOM Member since 11/18/11 Posts: 451	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/9/12 4:56 AM Quote: Sew Ducky I can send you along a copy of a pattern layout for something like it if you feel inclined to draft it, although I don't have the actual pattern. I am also pretty sure one of my Lutterloh books has a play suit as well, if not one in a similar style, a skirt and blouse certainly would be. Thanks for the offer. :) Don't think I'm quite up to drafting my own pattern yet though. lol! My last attempt at drafting a pattern, other than a hat pattern ended in a bit of a wonky mess. ------ 'The purpose of most fashion is to be ostentatiously non-functional.'
mastdenman   Intermediate CA USA Member since 1/12/04 Posts: 5843	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/10/12 2:11 AM Here's one from the vintage pattern lending library. This isn't a two piece outfit, but does look like your drawing. Sense and Sensibility pattern. ------ Marilyn January 2009 to January 2010 81 yards out and 71yards in January 2010 to the present 106.7 yards out and 146.5 yards in. January 2011 to the present: 47 yards out and 69 yards in.

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