Winter 1950s outfits

Good Morning! For those of you who are sick and tired of vintage fashions, you are in luck as I have only one more week's worth of Modes Royale patterns to show you! As I said last week, I do hope that it has been interesting and that you have been able to glean a bit of inspiration from the pictures. Today I am sharing the Fall/Winter 1951/52 catalogue. I have found this one especially interesting. Take a look at the lower right hand corner of the cover. There were free patterns in this…

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The classic preppy look. Scanned from American Girl magazine.

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Photo by Philippe Pottier

I have been planning on making this outfit since 2008 when I discovered the Modes Royale patterns. Of course other projects kept jumping in front of this one, and another designer made this before me, but I still was obsessed with making this design myself. I really like the idea of the lace sheath under an overdress or redingote. I started thinking about other possibilities and I ended up adding a sash, and a straight skirt to create four different outfit options. I wanted to make this…