Ladies Home Journal 2883: 1920s Uncut Girls Kimono 32 B Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original circa 1924 Ladies' Home Journal Pattern No. 2883 - Girls' Japanese Kimono
Original circa 1924 Ladies' Home Journal Pattern No. 2883 for a girls' Japanese-style kimono costume, with or without sash. Part of Ladies' Home Journal's "Fancy Dress Costumes" guide chart, this simple four-piece design could be made up as a full wrapped robe with a wide obi-style tied sash (View A) or worn without the sash (View B). Envelope Worn and Repaired, pattern tissue Factory Folded and Unused.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Ladies' Home Journal (Home Pattern Co.) No. 2883
- Year: Circa 1924, dated via Vintage4me2's Ladies' Home Journal catalog cross-reference, page 240 ("Fancy Dress Costumes")
- Garment: Girls' Japanese Kimono, with or without Sash
- Size: 14 (32" Breast)
- Pattern Condition: Factory Folded and Unused
- Envelope Condition: Worn and Repaired
Design
This four-piece pattern - front, body, sleeve, and collar - builds a straightforward wrapped kimono robe. View A ties with a wide obi-style sash wrapped around the waist and knotted at the back, echoing traditional Japanese dress; View B is worn open, without the sash, as a simpler robe. The collar closes with a center-back seam and folds lengthwise before being sewn to the neck and front edges of the kimono. Underarm seams close the body and sleeve pieces together, making this an easy one-afternoon sewing project even for a home dressmaker working with a young girl's costume.
A Moment in Fashion History
This pattern comes from a 1924 Ladies' Home Journal catalog page devoted entirely to fancy dress costumes - sailor suits, Indian costumes, a clown suit, a Brownie costume, and this Japanese-style kimono among them. Home costume patterns like this one let families outfit children for school pageants, costume parties, and other occasions without the cost of a ready-made costume. The kimono's inclusion alongside the era's other popular costume choices reflects the wide reach of Japanese-influenced motifs in 1920s American popular culture, filtered here through the practical, dressmaker-friendly lens of a mail-order pattern.
Illustration
The catalog page artwork accompanying this pattern, from Vintage4me2's own 1924 Ladies' Home Journal catalog holdings, has been digitally restored and enhanced by Judy Yates to highlight the original artwork while preserving the character of this historic Ladies' Home Journal catalog page.
Connections
In 1924, Ladies' Home Journal offered this kimono not as everyday wear but as dress-up: it appears on the "Fancy Dress Costumes" page of our own 1924 catalog. Browse the full season it came from in the Ladies Home Journal New Old Stock Collection, and see it alongside six decades of dress-up in our limited-time exhibit, Costumes for All Ages from All Eras. Come take a look before it closes.
