HOW TO BECOME INSPIRED TO SEW | Planning my Vintage 1930s Style Wardrobe

I’ve been returning to vintage style over the course of the year and have decided to set a new goal — to sew most of my own clothes!

I also want to thank @HannahLouisePoston and @Christinamychas for all their profound content about overconsumption, overspending, and building healthy relationships to money, Beauty, and oneself. Their work continues to help me through my own journey.

MY OUTFIT:

Dress made from cotton poplin using 1930s Day Dress with Capelet pattern by Reconstructing History.

Pattern: https://reconstructinghistory.....com/products/rh1345-

Fabric: https://www.moodfabrics.com/mo....od-exclusive-impala-


FABRIC SHOWN:

Viscose Fabric, Ecru
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1178837228/100-viscose-satin-italy-fabric-satin-250?ref=yr_purchases&variation0=2527116989

Dark Orange Small Folk Floral Icons Silky Prints Fabric
https://www.joann.com/dark-ora....nge-small-folk-flora

Mood Exclusive True Teal Just Because Bouquet Stretch Cotton Poplin
https://www.moodfabrics.com/mo....od-exclusive-true-te

Navy Peony Stretch Lightweight Cotton Sateen
https://www.moodfabrics.com/na....vy-peony-stretch-lig

Black Stretch Cotton Poplin
https://www.moodfabrics.com/bl....ack-stretch-cotton-p

Whisper White Stretch Cotton Poplin
https://www.moodfabrics.com/whisper-white-stretch-cotton-poplin-fc25781?refSrc=115902&nosto=nosto-page-product10

Estate Blue Stretch Cotton Poplin
https://www.moodfabrics.com/es....tate-blue-stretch-co

Camel Stretch Cotton Double Cloth Suiting
https://www.moodfabrics.com/ca....mel-stretch-cotton-d


WHERE I GET CUSTOM VINTAGE STYLE CLOTHES:
https://beespokevintage.com/


PATTERNS SHOWN:

1930s dress & box jacket
https://www.etsy.com/listing/5....58222158/1930s-30s-d

Early 1930s Dress Pattern
https://wearinghistorypatterns.....com/products/printe

30s afternoon dress draped shoulder bow
https://www.etsy.com/listing/5....18452058/vintage-sew

1930s Dress with Jacket sewing pattern
https://reconstructinghistory.....com/products/rh1304-

1930s Ladies Evening Gown In Two Styles With Jacket
https://www.etsy.com/listing/2....40778989/1930s-ladie

1930s Evening Gown sewing pattern
https://reconstructinghistory.....com/products/rh1314-

1930s 30s coat detachable fur collar
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4....90671966/vintage-sew


MUSIC BY @epidemicsound


WANT TO LEARN MORE?

BOOKS ON 1930S FASHION & HISTORY (CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS):

1930s Fashion: The Definitive Sourcebook by Charlotte Fiell and Emmuanuelle Dix. 2012. https://bookshop.org/a/83284/9781787398894

Glamour: Women, History, Feminism by Carol Dyhouse. 2010. https://bookshop.org/books/glamour/9781848138612

American Look: Fashion and the Image of Women in 1930's and 1940's New York by Rebecca Arnold. 2008. https://bookshop.org/a/83284/9781860647635

Making Vintage 1930s Clothes for Women Ciara Phipps and Claire Reed. 2019. https://bookshop.org/a/83284/9781785005015

Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland by Amanda Stuart. 2013. https://bookshop.org/a/83284/9780061691751

The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish by Linda Przybyszewski. 2014. https://bookshop.org/a/83284/9780465036714

Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein. 2010. https://bookshop.org/a/83284/9780393338768

Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashion in the 1930s. Museum at FIT. 2014.

The Way We Wore: Styles of the 1930s and ‘40s by Marsha Hunt. 1993.



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