Good Morning (my time!) Elizabeth,
IMO, I would go with the Vogue pattern, for a different reason. Today,
Butterick and Vogue are owned by the same company. I don't know if this was
so in the 1940s. In my personal knowledge, this has been so since the
1970s. My books are in disarray right now, so I can't find my book the exact
date of when they merged. According to 1919 Vogue magazines, they were
separate companies. I do have Butterick's company history from the 1880s to
1920s and they were selling patterns in Australia. I have listing of exact
cities that Butterick was sold worldwide from that time frame. Their
patterns were sold in many countries since the 1880s. Vogue may be pulling
their vintage pattern designs from old Butterick's patterns. Vogue was
definitely publishing patterns in 1919, so they might be reproductions of
their own patterns.
OTOH, Simplicity has a habit of hiring present day, outside pattern
designers to make their "historic patterns." So I wouldn't trust it to be
100% accurate. I don't have at hand my book with Simplicity's company
history.
There is an email list on yahoogroups, called sewretro. The members work
with the big-4 patterns all the time. They are VERY knowledgeable about
reproduction historic patterns and can probably pin-point the date really
well for you. The group focuses on sewing from 1930-1960s. The group's URL
is:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sewretro/ The members are also very helpful
with sewing advice.
Good luck! It sounds like a fun project. 1940s suits have fun details in
topstitching and pockets. I would love to see the finished product!
Penny Ladnier
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
11 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history
_______________________________________________
h-costume mailing list
h-costume@mail.indra.com
http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
