I am working on an article about 1968 boys wear from a clothing industry
trade journal. Repeatedly in the article refers to boys wear 3-7. The
article doesn't state if this is ages or sizes. Below is a little from the
article:
"For more years than they like to remember, the bane of the exist
At that age, they are often the same. A three yr old will wear a size 3,
etc. Kids used to be skinnier. If the child was overweight, it went into
"chubby" sizes, or 6 and 6x, for example.
Sharon C.
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
I am working on another article from the same journal about teenage boy's
fashion. Came across an interesting statement about their sport shirts:
"On the other hand, apache (which, incidentally, refers to the traditional
Parisian thug, not the American Indian) is what they're calling any shirt
th
Gotta be age. (Which to some degree, supposedly corresponds to size)
Yours in cosutming,Lisa A
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:41:09 -0500 writes:
> I am working on an article about 1968 boys wear from a clothing
> industry
> trade journal. Repeatedly in the article refers to boys wear 3-7.
> The
>
Gotta be age.
I beg to differ. Since we are talking about the INDUSTRY, surely size is what
counts, not age. 3-7 is the range for "child" sizes.
BTW, seems a good opportunity to announce the release of Dr. Jo Paoletti's
book, "Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America," (Indi
I agree with Ann. In an industry reference it would definitely be SIZE not
age.
Denise
Iowa
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For those of you who run costume shops:
What do you recommend for teaching basic sewing skills? Machines that will
stand up to student abuse? Basic machines and also sergers?
Kate Pinner
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A lot of schools have Janome, but I can't see using anything but Bernina, if
you want things that work well and can take abuse.
I love the computerized machines, but Bernina still makes an all mechanical
model that does everything, they even make a treadle.
It is true that you want a good dealer, e
I had a boy in 1969, and sizes were SAID to indicate age. It wasn't
particularly true, no more than it has ever been.
At age three, he wore a 3 jean for length, but I had to buy a "slim"
and take them in. No butt to hold them up!
I wore what they called a 6x at age 5. No idea what the x mea
Size. The little guys are usually trained by three. From an earlier era, the
50's, that was when they could be put into the more useful play and dress
clothes. At about age five or six (they always seemed to be younger then the
indicated size) they jumped to 8's and 10's. just experience speakin
It's like color names. The industry names them something from history
that has no particular meaning except for novelty (to differentiate
from other manufacturers' product names). IMHO of course :)
==M
On Jan 23, 2012, at 3:29 AM, > wrote(in part):
I always thought that apache scarves we
Penny, just a guess on "apache" 1968. A typical fashion throwback to the
30's-40's apache dancers? Not at all American Indian like. Also in that era I
remember making some sport shirts,about early 70's, not like anything available
commercially, of very wildly colored prints that resembled Americ
Do you know the model number of that mechanical bernina? I'd sure like to
try one out.
Sg
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Kim Baird wrote:
> A lot of schools have Janome, but I can't see using anything but Bernina,
> if
> you want things that work well and can take abuse.
> I love the compute
It's the Bernina 1008
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Do you know the model number of that mechanical
Has anyone here made this pattern up? I was wondering what the
expected bust / waist / hip measurements were.
Many thanks,
Aylwen
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I've not used that specific pattern but I have used several others. When
scaled up to full size they run in the small end of sizing. She was generally
making patterns for actresses who run towards the petite end of things.
Maggie H.
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I believe it says what the sizes of everything is at the beginning of the book.
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Jean Hunnisett regency stays pattern
I've not used that specific pattern but I have used sever
These industry articles are about what will be on the market in Dec. 1968 -
March 1969.
Penny Ladnier, owner
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Audy,
The article about the teenage boys' wear is really interesting and discusses
all the different styles of sports shirts that they were wearing. Some of
the styles merged into a new style. Western wear was also popular during
this time frame. There were 4-5 styles going on at the time.
Pen
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