Advance Pattern Fashion News - April 1945

This 8-page April 1945 Advance Pattern Fashion News arrived in the last spring of the war, and its cover is pure summer: a halter top and shorts with a tie-on pareo skirt (3894), with matching "little sister" versions for girls (3898 and 3899). Inside, a swashbuckling cape, a Norfolk-jacket suit, and a dolman-sleeved coat "straight from Paris, all within L-85 regulations" share a page, and "Rhapsody in Blouses," featured in Mademoiselle, offers five blouses including a "Trolley Song" shirtwaist and an easy peasant style. "New Spring Fashions" spreads across two pages of shirt frocks, princess dresses, a cowl-neck afternoon dress, a middy overblouse, and a dress with cape. "The Makings" adds a chef's cap and knapsack, a dickey set, and teen jumpers, and "For In-be-Teens" includes a pea jacket "copied faithfully from a real Bluejacket's jacket" and a graduation dress. The back cover, "Sporting Things to Make," brings playsuits, a play dress with jacket, and two bathing suits, with the store imprint of Schuster's in Milwaukee. Patterns sold for 15, 25, and 35 cents. Own all 8 pages: download the full scan for dating patterns, costume research, or simply enjoying 1945 fashion art, and see the list below for patterns from this issue in our shop.

Patterns Featured

• 3882 Dress (page 5)
• 3883 Dress (pages 4-5)
• 3884 Dress (page 5)
• 3886 Dress and Bolero (page 2)
• 3887 Cape (page 2)
• 3888 Dress (page 4)
• 3889 Blouse (page 3)
• 3890 Teen-Age Dress (page 6)
• 3891 Teen-Age Dress (page 7)
• 3892 Teen-Age Dress (pages 6-7)
• 3893 Teen-Age Jumper and Blouse (page 6)
• 3894 Halter, Shorts and Skirt (cover and page 3)
• 3895 Blouse, Shorts and Skirt (page 8)
• 3896 Playsuit and Skirt (page 8)
• 3897 Playsuit and Skirt (page 8)
• 3898 Girl's Playsuit and Skirt (cover and page 3)
• 3899 Girl's Halter, Shorts and Skirt (cover and page 3)
• 3900 Blouse (page 3)
• 3901 Blouse (page 3)
• 3902 Afternoon Dress (page 4)
• 3903 Blouse (page 3)
• 3904 Bathing Suit and Cape (page 8)
• 3905 Bathing Suit (page 8)
• 3906 Blouse (page 3) - see our listing
• 3907 Dress (page 5)
• 3908 Play Dress and Jacket (page 8)
• 3909 Two-Piece Dress (page 5)
• 3910 Dress (page 4)
• 3911 Dress (page 4)
• 3912 Teen-Age Jumper and Blouse (page 6)
• 3913 Teen-Age Dress and Cape (page 7)
• 3914 Teen-Age Graduation or Daytime Dress (page 7)
• 3915 Teen-Age Blouse (page 7)
• 3916 Teen-Age Pea Jacket and Hats (page 7)
• 3917 Chef's Cap, Pot Holder and Knapsack (page 6)
• 3918 Dickey Set (page 6)
• 3919 Two-Piece Suit (page 2)
• 3921 Blouse and Jumper (page 5)
• 3922 Two-Piece Suit (page 2)
• 3923 Dress (page 4)
• 3924 Overblouse and Skirt (page 5)
• 3925 Dress and Cape (page 5)
• 3926 Two-Piece Dress (pages 4-5)
• 3927 Coat (page 2)