Own Name 145: 1930s Uncut Womens Street Dress 36 Bust Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 145 - Ladies' and Misses' Slip-On Dress
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 145 for a women's slip-on dress in ladies' and misses' sizing, an Own Name pattern produced by the New York Pattern Company. The dress closes under the left arm and has a waist with crossed-over fronts and an attached collar, long set-in sleeves with applied cuffs or short sleeves, and an attached two-piece circular skirt. Size 36. Factory Folded and Unused.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Own Name No. 145
- Year: 1933
- Garment: Ladies' and Misses' Slip-On Dress
- Size: 36 (36" Bust, 39" Hip)
- Condition: Factory Folded
- Glassine Envelope: Included, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas - a little worn
Design
Own Name Pattern 145 is a slip-on dress that closes under the left arm. The waist has crossed-over fronts with an attached collar, shaped by a dart under the arm and inverted tucks near the lower edge of the front, while the back is gathered onto a hip-yoke. A vestee adjusts underneath the crossed fronts, and the envelope figures the collar, vestee, and cuffs in a contrasting fabric. The set-in sleeves are either long with applied cuffs or short. The attached two-piece circular skirt sweeps about 2¾ yards at the lower edge in this size, with a 2⅜-inch hem, and the dress measures 48 inches at center-back from neck to lower edge, including the hem. For size 36 the envelope calls for 3½ yards of 39-inch fabric (or 4 yards of 35-inch, or 2⅞ yards of 54-inch), plus ⅞ yard of 39-inch contrasting fabric for the collar, vestee, and cuffs. The pattern has 10 pieces, with 3/8-inch seams allowed.
A Moment in Fashion History
In the early 1930s a dress could carry much of its interest in a single contrasting detail. A wide light collar and vestee set against a printed dress, as the envelope illustration shows, gave a simple slip-on style a dressier, more finished look, while the circular skirt supplied the flare below a natural waistline. This is an Own Name pattern: the New York Pattern Company issued these envelopes without 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.
