Own Name 117: 1930s Uncut Misses Street Dress 36 B Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 117 - Ladies' and Misses' Front-Closing Dress
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 117, an Own Name pattern produced by the New York Pattern Company, for a ladies' and misses' front-closing dress. The waist has crossed-over fronts and raglan sleeves gathered into deep cuffs, while a two-piece circular skirt, pressed in plaits at each side of the center-front and center-back, is attached to the waist under a removable belt. Factory Folded and Unused, with its original glassine outer envelope included, a little worn.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Own Name No. 117 (New York Pattern Company)
- Year: 1933
- Garment: Ladies' and Misses' Front-Closing Dress
- Size: 18 Years (36" Bust, 39" Hip)
- Condition: Factory Folded and Unused
- Glassine Envelope: Included, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas - a little worn
Design
The wrap-effect bodice crosses over at the front and buttons down toward the hip, exactly as shown in the envelope's own illustration, cinched at the waist with a buckled belt. Raglan sleeves - cut in one with the shoulder rather than set in separately - gather softly into deep, fitted cuffs at the wrist, giving the sleeve a full, blouson look above a neat wrist finish. Below the waist, the two-piece circular skirt is pressed into crisp plaits at each side of the center-front and center-back rather than left to fall freely, adding just enough structure to the otherwise soft, bias-inflected line. Six pieces total, making this one of the simpler cuts in the lot.
A Moment in Fashion History
Raglan sleeves gathered into deep cuffs were a popular way to combine the easy, unstructured shoulder of a raglan cut with the polish of a fitted wrist - a favorite silhouette trick of the early 1930s. Pressed plaits at the skirt's center front and back added definition to what would otherwise be a plain circular skirt, all while keeping the pattern down to just six pieces. 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.
