Looks from Advance Fashion News - August 1960

Today we're going back to August 1960, to see the beautiful fashions from Advance!  As you may know, Advance patterns were JC Penney's house-brand pattern, several department stores had their own sewing pattern lines.  (For example, Sears had Fairloom/Superior, but that's another story. :)

I especially love the monochromatic look of this pattern flier!  The mother-daughter dresses on the cover are oh-so-cute.

And what is more summery than a cute tiered skirt?  Here are some similar patterns from the Pattern Patter Team:

1.)  Advance 6758 from Jeanie's Shop
2.)  McCall's 9406 from Violet Crown Emporium
3.)  Advance 8989 from Vintage Needle Finds

The inside features another mother-daughter dress pattern.  I love them so much!

Some similar pretty sundresses from the Pattern Patter Team

1.)  Advance 9806 from Bluetree Sewing Studio

2.)  Simplicity 3877 from Sydcam 123

3.)  McCall's 9378 from Sandritocat

These insanely adorable girls dresses on page 3 are so sweet, they'll make your teeth hurt!!

9435 is available at Denisecraft, with one of the cutest envelope illustrations I've ever seen!

Some more adorable and similar patterns from the Pattern Patter Team:

1.)  Mail Order 1411 from All The Precious Things

2.)  Simplicity 4416 from Selvedge Shop

3.)  Simplicity 1706 from Grandma Made With Love

Dirndl skirts are all the rage!  And oh-so-pretty!  How about some similar patterns from the Pattern Patter Team?

1.)  Butterick 5834 from Erika with a K
2.)  Advance 9386 from Fancywork
3.)  Simplicity 4469 from Frisky Scissors

Or how about a "Chic Shirtwaist?"  A must for any girl's wardrobe!

Similar patterns from the Pattern Patter Team:

1.)  Simplicity 2622 from Clutterina's Shop

2.)  Simplicity 4326 from Rose Corners

3.)  Simplicity 2627 from Retroactive Future

I love the button trim!

Some similar patterns:

1.)  Simplicity 3306 from Pretty Pattern Shop

2.)  McCall's 5507 from Pengy Patterns

3.)  Advance 8713 from Vienna's Grace

The illustrations are so carefree and simple.  I really love them.  I wish we could know who illustrated these.

1.)  Advance 5627 from Sandritocat

2.)  Simplicity 2496 from Sew As It Was Patterns

3.)  McCall's 4584 from So Vintage

Closing with a an add for Penny's fabrics, and a suggestion for a dress to use!  Advance 9447 is available at Bluetree Sewing Studio.

All of these patterns are VERY HARD TO FIND.  So if you have one, consider yourself lucky!

Also be sure to check out these other great Advance patterns from Pattern Patter Team member shops!

Row 1: Pattern Shop; DejaVu Patterns; Pengy Patterns
Row 2: Jeanie's Shop; Grandma Made With Love; Clutterina's Shop
Row 3: Laguna Lane; Roma's Maison; Sydcam 123

Like Mother, Like Daughter (The Simplicity Way)

By Sherri of SewBettyandDot

Did you and your mother ever dress alike? I know that my mom, at least once, made us matching Easter dresses and coats. 

While other companies certainly made mother/daughter patterns—the Vintage Pattern Wiki has a 1925 Pictorial Review “Me and Ma” apron pattern, and there are numerous Hollywood mother/daughter patterns from the 1930s—Simplicity began to issue numerous “Mother and Daughter Fashion” patterns in the 1940s and have continued to do so to this day. Let’s take a look at some matching mom and child patterns from the forties and fifties.

Apron patterns were quite popular, and these often had both mother and daughter apron pieces in the same envelope.

Simplicity 4139: GreyDogVintage

Simplicity 1641: ThePatternSource

But not always: here is an example of two patterns, one for a little girl, one for mom.

Simplicity 4636: Clutterina

Simplicity 4632: KallieDesigns

In many cases, Simplicity would list on the back of each mother/daughter pattern what the corresponding mother (or daughter) pattern was. For example:

Mother Patterns Source: 1 2 3 4
Daughter Pattern Source: 1 2 3 4 

Some patterns don’t have the corresponding pattern numbers for the mother or daughter outfits, for example: 

Simplicity 3485: FloradoraPresents

Simplicity 4005: PatternPalooza

It’s really fun to search and find these matching outfits. It’s so interesting, too, to examine the envelope art and see the similarities in poses and hairstyles. Me…and Mini-Me, the Simplicity way!