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[professorpski]

The Sweeping Ball Gown, Vogue 1963 

This glamorous strapless evening gown dates to 1948 that has been re-issued by Vogue Patterns in modern sizes. It shows all of the luxury of post-war prosperity that one hoped for from post-war prosperity. Just a year earlier, Christian Dior had shown the New Look which offered up day dresses with enormous width at the low hemlines, cinched waists, and soft shoulders. It was a break from the more practical looks of the war years, with hemlines around the knee and padded shoulders, and narrower skirts. This was a silhouette which would live on into the 1950s.

Evening gowns followed suit with even wider hemlines, and here you have one that is more than 7 feet around . To create the mass of the skirt, hold it away from the body, and  make the waist look even tinier, crinoline net is used underneath as interfacing, some 3 plus yards of it. An overskirt cascades down the sides, a feature that will ripple with the wearer's movement. Such an abundance of skirts means that the dress takes around 8 yards of fabric at 60” width. Yes, that is a lot of fabric.

The bodice, which is boned on the inside, is also cuffed on the outside, with a clever shaping so that the front points inward and upwards towards the face. A graceful line and a dynamic one that indicates movement and energy. 

They recommend faille, satin, dupioni, and taffeta, plus brocade, but brocade will probably weigh too much. Satin is beautiful but you can mar it so easily, or at least I can, so I would recommend silk dupioni or shantung whose texture will wear better and catch the light in interesting ways too. And there are soooo many gorgeous colors to choose from. They do suggest that overskirt may be made of a different fabric and the illustration of the back of the dress done in white hints at that. If you look closely, you will see a more textured fabric at the lower left, a lace perhaps? But a harmonizing color might work too. So many possibilities. 

This bodice will need a close fit, so you may want to muslin it in a test fabric. Although it may be possible to use the fitting of the lining to ensure the fit of the fashion fabric. Obviously, with so much fabric on the line, you want to make sure it is something you love. If you have to buy fabric online, I would indulge and buy more fabric than a tiny swatches to make sure. 

You can find this at your local fabric store or online here: https://simplicity.com/vogue-patterns/v1963

[goldenatelier]

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[voguevintageclothing]

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[thewildcalla]

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[wildcatvintagetbay]

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[le-petit-tom]

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[cowgirlsuntamed]

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[dominiquenash]

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[magdalenallure]

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[shoval24]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: ML MONIQUE LHUILLIER Midnight Lace Strapless Gown US 6.

[professorpski]

Wrapped Versus Wrap: Simplicity 8876

A wrap or stole is both versatile and in need of some looking after. The Dress Doctors recommended it only for the sophisticated woman of thirty or more years, and not the overly energetic even older than that. A kind of draped dressing, a wrap can be hugged closely around the neck and shoulders for warmth or allowed to flow off the shoulders in a more romantic look. But it must be handled to work well.

Attached wraps, as you see here, and shaped wraps showed up especially in the 1950s, although they clearly started in the late 1940s when the romantic New Look of Christian Dior with nipped waist, soft shoulders, large hiplines, and long skirts triumphed in 1947. The attached wrap takes away some of the complications of handling a stole as its movement is controlled via the garment itself. Here the wrap is attached at the front, goes around the shoulder and is then tucked under itself. It creates a flexible draping, which is easier to make than a draped feature that must be fitted to the shoulders. You could leave it loose, for example.

On the other hand, like any strapless dress, the bodice must be fitted carefully as you are trying to defy gravity. The wrap-less version in the print fabric dress has the same structure. Both dress bodices are interfaced, then boned, and lined, with an inner ribbon waist stay; in short, a structure is built up from the waistline to the neckline.  While the asymmetrical balance from side to side signals that this is a party look, the big, shaped hip pockets seem to need the attached wrap to balance the dress from top to bottom, and since this one is not that hard to handle, why not add it?

They suggest everything from crisp taffeta to crepe, but realize the softer fabrics may need a bit more support--perhaps a crispy underlining?--in order to keep the bodice well-structured.

You can find it at your local fabric store or online here: https://simplicity.com/simplicity/s8876

[luxelabelsboutique]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Betsey Johnson Strapless Silk Chiffon Mini Dress.

[nat-crys]

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[le-petit-tom]

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[ariststyles]

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