Period Pattern projects: 1930s evening dresses and a 1920s mannequin replica

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For the 1930s, half-forms have become full-form projects, since bias-cut dresses can't function on the half...



1930s evening dress styles
Drapers from left: Amy A. Page, Amanda Phillips, Jacki Blakeney Armit



Close-up of research for Jacki Blakeney Armit's dress;
she created the pattern with a discharge bleach technique
after the dress was finished.



I splurged on this replica of a 1920s mannequin head
(from Dress Form Mall on eBay)
so i'd have something to photograph hats on besides dolly heads.
Isn't she cute? (Her hat is a vintage evening hat.)