Fashion Sticker Book
I love imposing my love of historical costumes on Penelope. Penelope loves stickers and pretty dresses. This all makes this book – Fashion Long Ago — a darn successful purchase.
We were looking at the book yesterday when one particular dress popped out. From the 1950s section, I saw a dress I actually recognized! It's the Horrockses Day Dress from the V&A Golden Age of Couture exhibit (they have a printable version of that dress pattern available online.) There it was, in glorious sticker form.
I'm not sure how much she — as a three year-old — appreciates the fact that the dress in the sticker book was an actual dress I could show her online. However, it's pretty neat to see my world flow into her world. Someone behind those stickers truly appreciated the details. I can only imagine that I could blow Penelope's mind by making my own version1 of the dress.
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1. Some gals attending the UK meetup are making their own versions of the Horrockses dress. Yay!
Ooooh! How cool! I am so glad you posted that link. I tried to upload that dress pattern a few months ago and the link was broken. I gave up hope and now it works! Wahoo! I know what my next dress is going to be. Thanks so much!!
How amazing is that? You should definitely try to find a similar print…that would be sooo much fun!
I’ll admit that I actually bought this little book for myself!
I have the pattern downloaded, fabric purchased, and as soon as I figure out how to increase the bust on the pattern (have you seen it? it looks like the dart is big enough for an 11 year old!) I am totally making this dress. My fabric is cream and yellow with big pink roses.