I had assumed that because it's from August there wouldn't be many coats in there, and certainly few that would protect you from an October gale, but I was wrong. I was also surprised by the sheer variety of styles. Many publications about fashion and dress suggest that any given time there is a single 'look', and that is that. But home dressmaking has always been a little more complicated. Yes, it reflects trends, but if patterns for a particular style are continuing to sell then they will remain in the catalogue, whether or not they are the latest fashion.
So here, there are fitted coats and loose coats.
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| S-4894 |
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| S-4923 |
And loose coats which can be worn belted - although I doubt whether a coat this full could be belted down to a waist this tiny!
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| S4966 |
There are raglan sleeves.
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| 6328 |
Grown-on sleeves (I have added part of the cutting out schematic to make the shape clearer).
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| S-4973 |
And no sleeves at all.
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| 6317 |
Not all of the coats are full length. To me, some of the shorter ones look far more modern than late 1940s.
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| 6706 |
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| 6841 |
Following on from a previous post, there is again a degree of confusion about names. This time it's over what makes a coat a redingote.
This is a redingote.
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| 6299 - redingote |
As is this.
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| 6670 - redingote |
But this is just a coat.
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| 6753 - not redingote |
There are a couple of coats with hoods - one detachable and one not.
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| 6294, with detachable hood |
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| 6572, with fixed hood |
Also detachable is the capelet on this elegant coat.
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| 6586 |
Finally, I really like the way that the curved yoke on the front of this coat flows into the panel on the back.
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| S-4954 |
Almost any of these would keep me nicely warm on an autumn day.
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