"A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off you."

As stated by the French playright Francoise Sagan.

A dress should be flirtatious, distracting, sensual, alluring, charming, innocent and sexy all at the same time.  Over a century we have see the hemlines, waistlines, sleeves, fabrics and inspirations change multiple times.  From the conservative, modest yet still sexy Victorian and Edwardian dresses covering a woman's body from neck to sole and corset pinching her waist in for that perfect wasp waist figure, to the 1920's prohibition era of short hair and even shorter skirts, to the dramatic hemline drop and bias cuts of the 1930's, to the rationing of fabrics for wartime efforts in the 1940's.  Fashion is a yo-yo and will likely continue to be so.  Contemporary fashion mimics all that which has already been done, over and over, and so has the past.  It inspires us, and hopefully you will be inspired by some of the garments I have created too.

Everyone loves a sweet little party frock...

Silk satin evening dress made from an original 1940's pattern:

Silk satin day dress fashioned from a repro 1940's pattern:

Crepe day dress fashioned from a repro 1940's pattern.  Note the sweet peplum.  :)

 

Silk satin with chiffon overlay halter dress from repro 1950's pattern.  A La Marilyn!

Crepe evening dress fashioned from a repro 1930's pattern.

Crepe back satin wedding gown and cloche hat made from a repro 1928 pattern.

Silk satin bride's maid's dress fashioned from a contemporary pattern.

My next post will feature corsets.

Go play dress up!!!