Own Name 105: 1930s Uncut Girls Dress & Jacket Size 8 Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original 1933 Our Own Pattern No. 105 - Girls' Dress and Jacket Ensemble
Original 1933 Our Own Pattern No. 105, produced by the New York Pattern Company under its "Our Own" trade name, for a girls' sleeveless dress and jacket ensemble in Size 8 Years (26" Breast). The dress features a collarless V-shaped neck with a hip-yoke effect skirt pressed in inverted plaits, worn beneath a rolled-collar jacket with set-in sleeves. Factory Folded and Unused.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Our Own No. 105
- Year: 1933
- Garment: Girls' Dress and Jacket Ensemble
- Size: 8 Years (26" Breast)
- Condition: Factory Folded and Unused
- Glassine Envelope: Included, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas - a little worn
Design
This girls' ensemble pairs a sleeveless dress with a matching jacket, cut from twelve pattern pieces. The dress's collarless V-shaped neck sits above a waist whose lower front and back extend below the belt, creating the effect of a hip-yoke for the two-piece circular skirt, which is pressed in inverted plaits front and back for movement and fullness. The jacket's fronts are underfaced and rolled with an attached collar to form neat revers, with plain coat sleeves set into the armholes. A leather belt could also be worn in place of the self-fabric version. The design could be made as a matching jacket-and-dress set or with either piece sewn separately.
A Moment in Fashion History
By the early 1930s, girls' everyday wear increasingly echoed the silhouettes seen in women's fashion, with a longer, slimmer line replacing the boxier styles of the previous decade. A pieced, plaited skirt paired with a tailored jacket - as seen here - let a young wearer dress in a style that mirrored her mother's, while the separate-jacket-and-dress construction gave a practical, budget-conscious household two ways to wear one pattern.
Connections
This pattern is part of our ongoing exhibit, In Name Only - a growing collection of New York Patterns and Own Name Patterns from the 1930s. Come take a look.
