30s Culottes: I'm Loving Them LOTS

[skyvue]

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

 

[crwritt]

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?

 

[JennieWren]

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.

 

[Miss Sis]

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?

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

 

[Alice Blue]

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.

 

[Lauren]

Very cute!

 

[Miss Sis]

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)