PATTERN COVERS SHOWING BOUFFANT DRESSES

Some enlargeable

Junior misses dress pattern by Simplicity, 1956 From Jean L.

 
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(above right) Butterick 1961
   

A delightful 50s dress - dropped waist, faux rear petticoat peak, a la Polonaise. Reconstructed from an old distressed Simplicity pattern cover, sent by Shelley

 

Elaine: "This is from the Spring of 1959 Butterick pattern catalog, where it says on the cover, 'Anew rise of Femininity.'"

 

Tina F.: "Small but terrific Flickr stream...not a lot of pettis, but great clothes...too bad her images are so small, though." (Patterns and pictures) - Right enlargeable Nostalgia

 

This Era pattern appears to display 'stacked' pettis!  WONDERFUL idea! From Jean L.

 

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