Own Name 118: 1930s Uncut Misses 2 PC Dress or Suit 36 B Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 118 - Ladies' and Misses' Dress
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 118 for a women's dress in ladies' and misses' sizing, produced by the New York Pattern Company under its "Own Name" trade name. The design consists of a wrap-around blouse with an attached three-piece circular peplum and a tie-belt that slips through a slashed opening and ties at the left side-front, paired with a two-piece circular skirt on two-piece hip-yokes. Size 36. The pattern is Factory Folded and Unused; the envelope is worn.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Own Name No. 118
- Year: 1933
- Garment: Ladies' and Misses' Dress
- Size: 36 (36" Bust, 39" Hip)
- Condition: Factory Folded
- Envelope Condition: Worn
- Glassine Envelope: Included, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas - a little worn
Design
Own Name Pattern 118 shapes its 1930s silhouette through cut rather than trim. The wrap-around blouse has crossed fronts finished with an attached collar (made single or double), underarm darts, and set-in sleeves. An attached three-piece circular peplum flares from the waist, and a tie-belt slips through a slashed, bound opening in the right front and ties at the left side-front. The two-piece circular skirt is fitted smoothly over the hips by two-piece hip-yokes, with a folded stay adjusted inside the yokes, then opens into a sweep of about 2⅞ yards at the lower edge (size 16). It closes at the left side and, in this size, measures 33 inches at center-back including a 2-inch hem. For size 36 the envelope calls for 4⅜ yards of 39-inch fabric for the dress in one material, or 2⅜ yards of 39-inch fabric for the blouse and 2 yards for the skirt as separates. The pattern has 13 pieces, with 3/8-inch seams allowed.
A Moment in Fashion History
In the early 1930s the fashionable silhouette was long and lean, with the waistline back at its natural position and the shaping done by cut rather than by trim. A skirt fitted smoothly over the hips and released into a circular flare, topped by a wrap blouse whose peplum and knotted belt draw the eye to the waist, was one way to get that line at home. This is an Own Name pattern: the New York Pattern Company issued these envelopes under a trade name of their own rather than its usual branding, so that a department or dry-goods store could sell them as a house line. This copy comes from that world. Its original glassine envelope survives, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas, the small dry-goods store where the pattern was originally sold. The glassine usually took the brunt of decades of handling damage before the envelope did, so a surviving glassine, even a worn one, is a genuine rarity.
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.
