tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post1570351411698003177..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Friday Video: Fashion 1949-1980Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-29915908780220860872015-12-05T21:30:32.038-05:002015-12-05T21:30:32.038-05:00Oh my, did that take me back, both the music and t...Oh my, did that take me back, both the music and the clothes. I remember seeing quite a few of them in the BIG pattern books, back in my mis-spent and ill-begotten youth. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06969915631976305597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-36875169621867418042015-11-23T02:32:26.852-05:002015-11-23T02:32:26.852-05:00I guess the link wasn't allowed. Anyone who i...I guess the link wasn't allowed. Anyone who is interested can look at Kathleen Fasanella's fashion-incubator website, and search for vanity sizing. I found the articles very interesting.<br /><br />DeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-40818090642564468432015-11-16T19:00:17.692-05:002015-11-16T19:00:17.692-05:00There were some great fashions in these two slide ...There were some great fashions in these two slide shows.<br /><br />I'd like to mention this series of articles from someone in the industry regarding vanity sizing.<br /><br />DeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-39374365784624218242015-11-14T08:05:25.575-05:002015-11-14T08:05:25.575-05:00I made a dress from one of the 1978 patterns. Stil...I made a dress from one of the 1978 patterns. Still have dress and pattern. These styles all look so normal.....guess my age is showingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-31118791583807917642015-11-13T15:12:27.592-05:002015-11-13T15:12:27.592-05:00A site that has done a remarkable job of dating pa...A site that has done a remarkable job of dating patterns -- over 50,000 of them! -- is the Commercial Pattern Archive, or CoPA. You can do a sample search of this site at http://copa.apps.uri.edu/sample.php<br />Select a year, or a range of years (e.g. 1964 to 1971) and the patterns will appear in chronological order ("archive number"). If you want, you can limit your search to one major pattern company, and to a specific kind of garment -- dress, coat, evening, etc. For research into a specific year (1934, 1928, etc.) it is an amazing resource, hosted by the University of Rhode Island, U.S.A.witness2fashionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385402107834695569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-4686708150890633082015-11-13T13:56:06.512-05:002015-11-13T13:56:06.512-05:00The patterns are not in chronological order. It...The patterns are not in chronological order. It's neat—or <i>neato</i>, if you wanna go back that far, and i imagine nobody else is gonna be as picky, or even picayune, as i am about this. But i can name those dates in one note, and these fly all over the map, from its beginning to its end. 1965 - 1975, i think it said? At least one, i think, was later. It's like a game i play in my head, sometimes, fetching up clothing dates from the 60s & 70s within six months or a year. i've spent a lot of ridiculous time doing this, so i'm about 99⁴⁴/₁₀₀% sure.ilovetrashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17789702672617697592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-24591550976847247692015-11-13T09:44:39.280-05:002015-11-13T09:44:39.280-05:00Those patterns do bring back memories. Back in the...Those patterns do bring back memories. Back in the days when I sewed, I always used Vogue patterns, which fit me best. The Very Easy Very Vogue ones really were easy, You could whip one up in a day, The designer patterns, however were really complicated. I had a real sense of accomplishment when I completed one of those. And I felt quite glamorous when I wore it!Lillian Marekhttp://lilmarek.indiemade.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-33897738225865959932015-11-13T07:21:59.926-05:002015-11-13T07:21:59.926-05:00One can see , even in this small sample, how fashi...One can see , even in this small sample, how fashions cycle back around and how it seems that emphasis is on hips, shoulders, legs, or bosoms. Also, having lived through that time and bought and worn dresses of the day, I know that few people ever achieved the look of those patterns. That is why I refuse to accept that at any period in history, every one was dressed exactly alike. <br /> I do remember that style of 1957- the dresses made like an inverted champagne glass. My one and only purchase of that style was my wedding dress with a crinoline to help the skirt keep its shape. It was a very fashionable mistake. I don't know how the ladies managed in the past with the larger hoops and crinolines but that short one was a pain.<br />Regencyresearcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828749339318882968noreply@blogger.com