· 1950s Green Dress ·

· I'm down in Texas this week visiting a friend, so this post might be a bit shorter than my usual. :-) ·

This was one of my very first 1950s dresses- from my first year of wearing exclusively vintage clothes.

It has gone through a minor re-fashion, since the first bias tape I used ended up fading drastically and wearing out.  The main dress fabric looked like it still had a few years left, so I went to the work of ripping off all the old, making new, and sewing it on.  A lot of work? Yes. Worth it? Well, kind of, I guess. ;-)  It's not really my favorite dress, but I *did* end up getting at least 3 more years of hard wear out of it so I guess that justifies the effort!  This dress isn't really one of my "ultimate favorites", but it's practical enough. :-)  Wow!  I'm just sooo enthusiastic about this dress.... ;-P

OK, enough of the bad.... It's time to be a little more optimistic! :-)

I wanted to try out a cute pocket idea I found on an antique dress, and this simple dress seemed like a great backdrop! :-)  The bright side to replacing all the trim was that I got to re-attach the pockets the right way! :-)

The marigold colored gingham picks up on the small flowers in the design, and makes for a fun, unexpected color combination. :-)  The original bias was a tonal green, so it was fun to refresh this dress and give it a new feel!

I discovered the importance of necklaces last year, and I feel like that really helps finish off this dress! Well, and borrowing my sister's bangles... :-D

I used Vogue 1043, which is sadly out of print now.  I made 2 dresses from that pattern and really liked it!  The side pleat ended up needing a bit of adjustment, but I liked the ingenious and intricate underarm godets.  Speaking of which- it's high time I pulled out this pattern for another incarnation! :-)

· Photos by Kathryn ·