Long-Short-Long This week the VFG is skirting the issue with dresses and skirts of all lengths from the itty bitty micro mini to floor-sweeping maxis. The long and short of it: Statement-making vintage skirts and dresses are the bee's knees—and we'll go to great lengths to prove it!
I've got some fab patterns to make any kind of skirt! 1950s pleated skirt pattern Simplicity 1314 W30 (also avialable in W24, separate listing) 1970s dirndl skirt pattern - mini or maxi - Butterick 4816 W24 1970s A-line midi skirt pattern Burda 75175 W24-27 1980s reversible wrap skirt pattern Butterick 6307 W28-30-32 Early 90s short full skirt with crinoline pattern Neue Mode Young Collection 21495 multiple sizes
1950s Egyptian Novelty Print Cotton Skirt 1970s Hippie Circle Skirt - African Angelina Dashiki Print - Orange 1970s Courreges Fine Corduroy Skirt - Sand Color 1970s Indian Silk Medallion Print Wraparound Maxi Skirt 1970s Denim Jeans Skirt - Wraparound - Junior Bazaar Simpson Sears
1950s Mini Hawaiian Dress with Back Bow https://www.etsy.com/listing/288809469/vintage-hawaiian-dress-pink-and-green MOD Mossy Green Sweater Mini Dress with Vest https://www.etsy.com/listing/247304179/sale-vintage-green-mod-dressjonathan 1980s Gold and White Floor Length Chiffon Gown https://www.etsy.com/listing/590338341/vintage-glamour-white-and-gold-open-back 1970s Turquoise Print Maxi Skirt https://www.etsy.com/listing/500945750/vintage-1970s-aqua-maxi-skirt-diamond 1970s 2-pc Turquoise Dress with Jacket https://www.etsy.com/listing/568607914/vintage-1970s-turquoise-sheer-sleeve
Chessa Davis maxi skirt with lace and velvet 1960s maxi skirt 1960s tennis skirt skort Victorian silk taffeta skirt 1970s maxi skirt with apples
60s black and white print mini dress Late 30s lavender rayon dress 60s lace dolly mod mini dress 50s NOS long skirt
Vintage 1970s Ellen Tracy Maxi Skirt Plaid Taffeta Wrap Style Vintage 1950s Koret of California Circle Skirt Black Corduroy My Vintage Clothes Line on Ruby Lane https://www.rubylane.com/shop/myvintageclothesline
Rare Ralph Lauren Fall 1989 prototype lush velvet printed skirt 60s "Susan Bee / Bloomcraft" lime green floral micro mini skirt This 70s Lilli Ann suit has TWO skirts! A jacket, a pencil skirt and a maxi skirt, to mix and match. 40s fuchsia dramatic ballgown with huge full skirt and hip swags Jen
At The Vintage Merchant we have lots of vintage skirts (and sewing patterns for skirts), like this gorgeous black Malbe skirt available (waist 24"): and this fun tiered prairie circle skirt from the late 1940s:
