30s Culottes: I'm Loving Them LOTS

• Jun 18, 2012

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Thanks, dandelion-vint. Turns out I did find popfashion's store, after all -- there's just nothing currently for sale there.

 

• Jun 18, 2012

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These look so shoddily made. The front bodice seam is off center, the stitching on the pockets is slapdash.
What is so "remarkable" about them?

 

• Jun 19, 2012

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I have this pattern (from the late 40's, but I still think they are terrifically cute):
https://www.etsy.com/transaction/80744250
and plan to make them as soon as I finish little girl second birthday sewing. I want to make two pairs, one in medium weight black wool lined with silk, the other in heavy black cotton with eyelet edging around the lower hem.

 

• Jun 19, 2012

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crwritt said:

These look so shoddily made. The front bodice seam is off center, the stitching on the pockets is slapdash.
What is so "remarkable" about them?

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That they are deadstock originals from the 1930s, so they are rare, however shoddily made they are!

 

• Aug 4, 2013

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Bumping this thread to add a pattern from the 1940s. A Swiss blogger has a nice writeup today on her adventures with a 1942 culottes pattern. Given the year, and the fact that the original pattern is for cycling in cold weather, I can't help thinking that a lot of people were cycling because of fuel shortages then. Here is the post: http://www.blogz.ch/ette/2013/08/04/sans-culotte-anymore/

The beginning of the post rambles a bit, but keep going and you'll see the original pattern pages from a magazine (in German) and a very cute result.

 

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• Aug 30, 2013

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Very cute!

 

• Aug 31, 2013

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I have a 1940s British pattern that is for culottes and a 'battledress' style jacket. The illustration shows a lady with a bicycle and reminds dressmakers they must comply with Utility regulations!

(sorry, not able to post a pic of it at the moment, but I will try when I can)