1969

Paco Rabanne

LFW 2023 February.

“Soon the knitter herself will visualize a thousand of other ways in which a motif can be used, and so fave at her disposal an exhaustible variety of fabrics. Thick fabrics or thin fabrics, patterned fabrics or plain fabrics, those blazing in colour or decorated with beads, she can make fabric imitated fur (Looped Knitting), Lace, Picot, Filet, or Crochet, and even cloque and woven fabric, by a mere change of technique. Every ornament known to dressmaking can be imitated, even hemstitching and buttons!”

When Mary Thomas wrote this in 1945 in Mary Thomas’s Book of Knitting Patterns when dressmaking was the most common craft women learned. Circular knitting, which she called seamless knitting, was viewed as peasant knitting, interesting historically, but not something most women likely to do. So, comparing knitting to dressmaking was a compliment. In fact, sewing pieces of knitted fabric was taken for granted and Thomas offered the same garment block or garment schematic that we see in dressmaking in the section explaining how to plan an entirely original sweater.

Similarly, Thomas urged her the reader to imagine new ways of patterning a knitted fabric through her choice of stitches. Every section of the book suggests how variations might be introduced to the stitches she explains. She valued the experimentation and imagination which created the stitches she taught and clearly saw yet more to be invented.

You can find this and other Thomas books at Dover Publications: https://store.doverpublications.com/0486228185.html

Stunning WWI era silver Buren trench watch with rare "telephone" shrapnel guard and mesmeric porcelain dial; fitted with a correctly re-created two-piece desert-tan cordovan strap and matching buckle. Circa 1918

Audrey Hepburn in Ondine, which opened in New York’s 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers Theatre) on 18 February 1954. It ran for 157 performances.

For her performance in Ondine, Audrey received glowing reviews. The New York Times called her “magical” and “rapturously beautiful.” She received Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway, more commonly known as the Tony Award, for Ondine in March 1954.

“When I brought Elvis in something that he really loved to eat, he was adorable, sitting up against the pillows, cross-legged in his men’s pajamas. He had this cute little dance he did in bed, where he rocked from side to side, sometimes with his eyes closed, with this beatific smile on his face, almost like Stevie Wonder. That’s how much he loved his favorite foods. It tasted so good to him and made him so supremely content. I can still see him rocking left to right in bliss, enjoying his food.” (Thompson, 2016: 86-87) * #elvispresley #presley #theking #graceland #elvis #smile #love #idol #music #iconic #vintage #style #classy #vintagefashion #kingofmusic #rockandroll #sideburns #blessedsoul #rip #elvisthepelvis #memphis #tupelo #soldier #elvislegacy #epe https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDrToQLkz1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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1975

Really been loving vintage sewing patterns lately… looking for lots of ruffly patterns to make beautifully eyelet dresses from! Gingham as well :-)

The construction of vintage clothes will always remain superior in my mind than to more modern garments. With exceptions always!

The Gored Skirt in the 1970s: Butterick 4139

This skirt pattern shows you how some basic cuts come back again and again, with slightly different emphasis, to serve current purposes. In the 1930s, gores--that is, pattern pieces widened from the waist to the hemline--only flared towards the lower-calf hemline. The gored look of the 1940s had more width as hemlines crept upwards and easy movement became a priority during World War II with gas rationing and more walking and talking public transit. The width of gored skirts grew enormously with the New Look in 1947, and hemlines dropped again as fabric was no longer rationed. The A-line silhouette of much of the 1960s meant that gores were not much used in mini-skirts, and simple cuts--skirts of 2 seams only-- were popular.

In contrast, this pattern from the 1970s makes the most of the 8 gores to give width and movement to the fabric of the skirt. It is fitted only at the waist and top of the hip line, then flares out from there, and ends around the knee, which reminds me of 1940s skirts. The idea of easy movement is implied by the slight sway of the pale orange skirt on the right. The style flexibility of the gored skirt is apparent in the range of blouses as much as in the lengths. The long, party skirt is for an evening out, shown here with a white gathered blouse trimmed with lace. But a bowed blouse and two collared blouses indicates that it could be worn as a shorter skirt for work or for spectator sports. In fact, the shorter blue skirt's is worn by a woman holding binoculars, as if she was at the races.

Gored skirts require two things for sewing success: fabric with drape in a solid color or a small, non-directional print. The first to allow a graceful sway as a woman moves. Think crepes or challis. The second to avoid matching a print and to allow a close placing of the pattern pieces. If you have to lay each piece with the hemline oriented at the same end, you end up need a lot of fabric. If you can nestle them close toe each alternating pieces hemline near waistline, you can use a lot less. The shorter versions only take about 1.5 yards and the long 3 yards for 36" hips.

The style is so versatile that when I saw this in a pile of vintage patterns, I moved it from the patterns I merely use for study, to the ones I will definitely be making.

Iconic British pop-model Twiggy declaring her love for haute horology, circa 1967.

Mel Ferrer directed the color film Green Mansions in 1958. Here, Audrey Hepburn played Rima, a jungle girl who is destroyed when she gets in touch with civilization.

Although Audrey headlined the movie alongside Anthony Perkins, it was considered unsuccessful. Mel was even accused of having used Green Mansions merely as an excuse to show his wife in a good light with endless wide-screen closeups.

Photography by Bob Willougby

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~ Jane Goodall #latina #pinup #latinacreators #bodypositive #confident #mondaymotivation #sundayvibes #vintagestyle #vintagefashion #plussizefashion #plussizemodel https://www.instagram.com/p/CkpLkLsrWGw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=