I had a reader, Pat, send me an email yesterday regarding the pink Vogue Couturier #167 dress I made about a year and a half ago. [Note to SueB: This is probably the *only* time you'll see me wearing pink!] Here's the pattern:
Now, Pat's point was this: take a look at Mrs. Bush in the photo below, taken at her daughter Jenna's wedding this past weekend:
Notice anything similar? Pat noticed the similarities between the pink Vogue and Mrs. Bush's dress, but I also knew I had seen a similar pattern recently and went hunting on eBay for it. I found it, Vogue 4244 from the early 1960's, currently on auction on eBay. Please follow the link to see the pattern, I don't have permission to use the seller's photograph, but go take a look. Interesting how fashion seems to have cycles and everything comes around again, isn't it?
Thanks Pat, I probably wouldn't have known unless I saw pictures of the Bush wedding in the newspapers at school!
Parting Shot: 1930's Vintage. Suzanne sent me this pattern. She received some patterns when buying some fabric at an estate sale, and this is one of them! Thank you, Suzanne! Check out those sleeves - they've got pointed insets very much like the yoke on the skirt.
Thanks Pat, I probably wouldn't have known unless I saw pictures of the Bush wedding in the newspapers at school!
Parting Shot: 1930's Vintage. Suzanne sent me this pattern. She received some patterns when buying some fabric at an estate sale, and this is one of them! Thank you, Suzanne! Check out those sleeves - they've got pointed insets very much like the yoke on the skirt.
9 comments:
It looks pretty close to the pattern you used for your pink Vogue! And the pattern that you pointed out on sale on Ebay is an exact match! Funny how these things happen...
Yours look much better on you, btw!
I like the new look of the blog.
I love that you've already made the dress...and it's remarkable how closely this resembles the vintage pattern!
I don't know if I had anything to do with the colour scheme change, but either way - Thanks!
AJ
Mrs Bush reads your blog, saw your dress and remembered for an occasion like this. Don't you think?
When you made the pink dress, I had not yet found blogosphere, so this is the first time I saw it. It's beautiful.
Summerset .- if I remember her pink dress, which happened ..... Ahhh. congratulations to the new Scarlett O'Hara. greetings. Paco
Que sorpresa! vemos como de verdad la moda son ciclos continuos, aunque con algunos cambios, siguen existiendo esos clásicos de jemás pasarán de moda, prueba de ello este traje de la Sra. Bush vigente aún después de haber transcurrido más de 40 años de la impresión de este patrón Vogue. Summerset muy bello tu vestido rosa.
Un abrazo
I love the remake of daughters outfit...they grow so fast. I'm glad you like the pattern....enjoy!
Suzanne
Wow, that's an amazing coincidence.
And an amazing memory on the part of Pat.
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