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[Patentleathershoes]

Vintage brooch on ebay....

Vintage 5+ yds of Frolicking Fillies and Prancing Ponies! Also on ebay..

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Vintage 50s Novelty Print Jockeys and Horses shirtwaist dress with self fabric belt.
I bought this for me, but unfortunately it is slightly too big!!! (i tried to make it fit!)) Makes me want to cry! Its a little too crimson for my skintone too, but i didn't care

Will be at my mall store not yet...but very soon! (have to do some manni surgery)

Chris

 

[bigchief]

Thanks for the head's up, Chris!



Carolyn

 

[crinolinegirl]

Ack!! What size is the dress!! I love it! *Please be a 14/16, please be a 14/16*

Lei

 

[Patentleathershoes]

I have absolutely no concept anymore about modern sizing. all the sizing charts in the catalogs..going by my bust measurement, i would be about 4 sizes larger than what i would find a perfect fit if i walked into the store and tried it on....so you'll have to go by measures..

If i remember correct, here are the measurements, and i remember them because i was hoping i could cinch in the waist, etc. but i will double check when i do the half manni surgery so she'll hang and then i can retake the photo. The skirt has some pleating in it.
(laid flat, pulled taut not stretched blah blah blah)

17" from shoulder seam to shoulder seam
30" waist
40 bust measuring at the bust, not the seam where the arm meets the bodice, which would probably be just a teeny bigger.
Hips: open.

 

[crinolinegirl]

Sigh, the shoulders would be ok but the bust and waist way to small :(

Lei

 

[Patentleathershoes]

There is i think enough of the prancing ponies fabric to make a dress out of, but it is a different look. as i am the queen of "make it fit, dangit!" i inspected for seam allowance and there is really not enough to make it bigger. the seam allowance in the front is generous but then all the button holes would be screwed up, and the sides have not enough to do anything with. :(

i was crying over that dress myself. I can handle the bigger bust and make it more blousey if the waist is tiny, but too big all over it just looks...well too big!

and i alerady have bids on the brooch...yipppee!!