3/29/2023 0 Comments Tumblr fashion art![]() Both have ties at at shoulders to hold the dress up and both can be worn with the the little bolero jacket with cut-on ¾ sleeves, with a small, rounded collar.īut the green version offers the slightest bit more coverage. Both use princess seams to shape the fitted bodice and waistline and then flare to a long and wide hemline, over 2 yards in diameter. Both create the hour-glass silhouette which was so popular during the decade. Variations on the Date Dress in the 1950s: Simplicity 9738Īt first glance, the green and the red-orange versions of this dress from the 1950s seem identical. You can find it at your local bookstore or online here: And all of these patterns, in multiple sizes need be traced from the pattern sheets which offer each model and size. Top 127 is a easy to make look with extensions at both sides which works best in a sheer to avoid any heavinessĪs you can see from the sketches, there are also a variety of jackets running from the very sporty to the most formal of tuxedo styles, several pairs of trousers and some skirts, plus sleeved tops and dresses.Īll of these patterns come with written instructions, a glossary helps sketches of some more difficult sewing techniques. The same could be said of the peplum Top 121 which zips up the back and which you see here in pale pink. With its straight neckline it would be easy to wear under a jacket for office work, and then out to dinner without the jacket. Greeting the spring, there is another sleeveless Dress 117 which they show in white. Clearly, a pattern that lends itself to a wide range of uses. In this fabric and with trim, it makes for a party dress, but they also show it in a print which makes the v-neck bands practically disappear. You see here in silver with sparkly trim Dress 101 for which there is a full sewing lesson with illustrations. Although the size range ends at 42, 44 or 48 depending on the particular pattern. It offers a range of patterns in a range of sizes, such a wide range of sizes that it does not distinguish between misses sizes and plus sizes. This issue is already for spring as you can see from the sleeveless dress in pink stripes on the cover. Her books are reprinted by Virago Books which you can find here: I am currently reading my way through them. Many of her novels are set in the English countryside, and the characters of one novel may show up in another. This quotation comes from Angela Thirkell in her novel August Folly from 1936. Old, altered, faded it may have been at the time, but it clearly made an impression on the man who fell in love with her. Yet years later, admiring his wife in another altogether different blue dress, he remembered that first one. She wore it on the trip when she met him for the first time, many years ago, when she was still Miss Ross. Tebben who have been married long enough to have grown children. Miss Ross did not think that Mr Tebben, that nice young Civil Servant had noticed it."Īh, the power of a dress. It was the blue muslin with white sports, five years old, on its last legs, altered, washed out, but good enough for picnics on the fiords. Tebben did remember Winifred Ross’s blue dress. Below, I've rounded up eight trends that dominated during the 2014 Tumblr era, and what I think are their 2022 updates."‘Do you remember the blue dress you were wearing on the Norwegian cruise?’ That being said, the angsty teenage girl will forever live within me. I'm not convinced that the exact 2014 Tumblr-girl aesthetic will fully make a return (The time did come with a few large cons, like promoting unhealthy body image), but I think parts of the era have carried over into modern times with slight tweaks. I don't think I ever stopped listening to my 2014 playlist, and I still hop on Tumblr every now and then when I need an aesthetic refresh. My goal in life was to be as cool as Alexa Chung, I wore my leather jacket and combat boots religiously, and thick winged eyeliner was my best friend. I was in high school at the time and the top majority of my fashion taste, music picks, and go-to pop-culture references were curated by whatever I reblogged on my Tumblr page. However, mentions of the '2010s have also been slowly trickling onto the scene, starting with the social media site that reigned the time period-Tumblr. Nostalgia continues to take a lead in the sartorial world, made evident by the '90s and '2000s revival that rose to popular heights in the past few years. It may be 2022, but upon hearing all that, it may as well be 2014. Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood is on Spotify's Top 50, Marina Diamandis is on tour, and Arctic Monkeys announced that they're going to be coming out with new music this year.
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