The pattern companies changed their specs in the middle 60s. FWIW--Sizes as we know them are not "accurate" since there is no real standard. Most companies have their dress form made to their own specs-- Target. Kmart and JCPenneys have them. Others probably do too. It gets expensive for the manufacturer who has to foot the bill for multiple sizes and for multiple stors. Some of the forms are $2000.
No wonder people make garments offshore now... Monica swimwear designer-- 25years Costume designer.... even longer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan B. Farmer Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:03 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pattern ease > > In a message dated 2/6/2007 4:00:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > What I found confusing in the past was that the > measurements listed on the back would suggest that I needed the > pattern to be about two sizes bigger than my normal dress size, and > then I'd get the pattern cut and it would turn out to be about two > sizes too big. > Yeah. I'd been sewing for several years when I took Home Ec. My teacher measured me and measured the pattern and said that I wore a 14. I told her that, no, I wore a 10. But she was the teacher, and (of course) she prevailed. I made the dress. We could both fit in it ..... *sigh* jerusha ----- Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
