From my personal pattern wish list:

Gretchen, see how similar this dress is to the "Joan Holloway" dresses you've made? You could just make the overskirt for one of them. Just a suggestion though because you don't really seem like the type to take shortcuts.
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Looking at these, I kind of wonder if Simplicity Patterns was behind the whole movement? They had quite a few similar patterns and don't forget Simplicity 2370.
I think, of the ones above, that the most successful is Butterick 9168, because one could believe that it was a completely new dress. Though I think the tulle/net overskirt concept is charming, I think I would rather make the overskirt opaque; either matching the dress or coordinating with it like the top-left image on Simplicity 2602. But the thing about these patterns that I like so much...the wiggle dresses alone are spectacular. Check out those bodices and necklines? All beautiful.

This one I don't think works at all. What were they thinking with that sheer purple overlay?!
So, what do you think about the wiggle dress/overskirt combination? Would you wear this today, career dress by day, cocktail dress by night?
2 comments:
Oooh! Fantastic! You've really found some amazing ones. That last one is strange . . . it has a 40s look to it. Was it an earlier pattern? And interesting, too, to note how many of these came out of Simplicity! Must have been some kind of overskirt conspiracy . . .
Nice selection. I am particularly fond of M9434 and I agree, S3035 is great as well. S1812 looks like a costume Lana Turner wore in Imitation of Life. Love it!
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