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An EvaDress 'Advents-Kalendar' of RED! Day 25

• Alexandra Reynolds • 1950s • EvaDress Patterns • evening • evening gown • formal • gown • Pattern Tour • stays • Vintage Patterns

An EvaDress 'Advents-Kalendar' of RED! Day 25

In a sort of Advents-Kalendar way, I will post 'red' for each day of December through Christmas and link the image as closely as possible to EvaDress Patterns (in pattern tour form)! Here is the twenty-fifth, not unlike a pretty present all tied up in red! This is a look ahead at what EvaDress Patterns will bring to your future. Per: https://fripperiesandfobs.tumblr.com/post/174421103914/christian-dior-london-cocktail-dress-ca-1958-from Sew the look using our future pattern originally by McCall's in 1955: I chose this pattern to pair with the extant dress for the obi-insinuation via the cummerbund.  Of course, the removable panels are optional and the cummerbund...

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An EvaDress 'Advents-Kalendar' of RED! Day 17

• Alexandra Reynolds • 1880's • costume • EvaDress Patterns • Pattern Tour • stays • Victorian • Vintage Patterns

An EvaDress 'Advents-Kalendar' of RED! Day 17

In a sort of Advents-Kalendar way, I will post 'red' for each day of December through Christmas and link the image as closely as possible to EvaDress Patterns (in pattern tour form)! Here is the seventeenth, not unlike red ganache, an 1880's corset per Anne Louise Avery on Twitter: https://twitter.com/annelouiseavery/status/1051897855928090630 Sew the look using our 1886 Corset Pattern originally by La Mode Illustrée: One will note while the Spoon busk style was used particularly in this decade, this pattern, as does the extant example above clearly demonstrates usage of the straight steel busk. The Spoon Busk's significance was to 'better...

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