Wednesday, March 12, 2025
1950's tiny blue plaid
I needed a dress to wear for a grease theme event. I’ve seen the movie once and that was enough for me, but a theme is always an excuse for a new dress. Sure I had other 1950 style dresses but obviously I needed another one. And yes I went with a poofy dress and not the cheer look or skinny pants look, because poof is more fun!
I fell in love with the skirt on Simplicity S9536 because it has by far the best pockets I have seen on a dress, they are huge! There is actually enough room in the pockets to hold not only my phone, but also an entire water bottle!
I however was not in love with the bodice. I mean it's cute, but I’m not fond of strapless dresses and I didn’t want another 1950’s dress with straps. I wanted something I could just throw on and not have to think about bolero's or what shirt to wear under it and I happen to be very fond of sleeves.
Going through my stash of patterns I found Vogue 1564, a pattern from the 1950’s. I could have used this pattern for the entire outfit as it has the poofy skirt and the sleeves but it doesn’t have the pockets and I really wanted the pockets so I used the Vogue pattern for the bodice and the Simplicity pattern for the skirt.
I did make the belt too, and it turned out really nice but I forgot to wear it for the photos which I didn’t realize till the photos were done.
I also had to make the decision of where to put the zipper, Vogue calls for it on the side, Simplicity calls for it in the back, I went with a back zipper because of the pocket placement going over the side seams. I think the dress turned out so cute. And it went together easily.
I really do love the pockets!
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