Own Name 115: 1930s Uncut Plus Size Dress & Jacket 40 B Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 115 - Ladies' and Misses' Dress and Separate Jacket
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 115, an Own Name pattern produced by the New York Pattern Company, for a ladies' and misses' dress and separate jacket. The dress waist has a collarless V-shaped neck and short set-in sleeves over an attached six-section skirt, and closes under the left arm, while the separate jacket has an open front, underfaced and rolled to form revers, with long set-in sleeves. Factory Folded and Unused, with its original glassine outer envelope included, a little worn.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Own Name No. 115 (New York Pattern Company)
- Year: 1933
- Garment: Ladies' and Misses' Dress and Separate Jacket
- Size: 40 (40" Bust, 43" Hip)
- Condition: Factory Folded and Unused
- Glassine Envelope: Included, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas - a little worn
Design
This is a two-in-one ensemble: a dress with its own short sleeves, meant to be worn alone or layered under the matching jacket. The dress waist has a soft, collarless V neckline and closes under the left arm, while the attached six-section skirt gives the long, gently flared line typical of the period, cinched with a buckled belt at the waist. The separate jacket, shown open over the dress in the envelope's illustration, has its fronts underfaced and rolled back into wide revers, with long set-in sleeves that share the same sleeve pattern piece as the dress's short sleeves, simply cut to different lengths. Twelve pieces total.
A Moment in Fashion History
The dress-and-jacket ensemble was a practical answer to the early 1930s woman's need for versatility - a sleeveless or short-sleeved dress that could stand alone for warmer weather or indoor wear, paired with a tailored jacket for a finished daytime look outdoors. Sharing one sleeve pattern piece between both garments, cut long for the jacket and short for the dress, was an efficient bit of pattern drafting that saved fabric and effort for the home sewer. Like its neighbors in this Own Name run, this pattern was produced by the New York Pattern Company but sold under an independent Texas retailer's own house label - Barron Bros., whose original glassine outer envelope survives with this copy.
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.
