Friday, April 10, 2026

Mail order patterns, 1928

Mail order 6241 (sold as American Weekly)

 


Mail order 6215


6232


 

 

Pattern bureau and mail order, 1947

 Pattern bureau 2306 housedress

 


Pattern bureau 2280 draped dress

 


Mail order 1962 girls' playsuit


 

Barbara Bell mail order, 1936

 Barbara Bell 1788-B

 


Barbara Bell 1795-B housedress and apron set

 



Barbara Bell 1799-B 


 

May Manton 1912

 May Manton 7343

May Manton 7346.  The middy (sailor) blouse and skirt were the standard girls' casual wear for the late 19th and first quarter or so of the 20th century

 


May Manton 7494 


 

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

May Manton, 1901

 These don't seem to have pattern numbers, or maybe you had to send in to get the catalog to find out what the numbers were.  Here are a jacket, morning jacket, and shirtwaist (blouse, often with tailored or menswear-inspired styling, as opposed to something really blousy and frilly) from 1901.




Friday, April 3, 2026

Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8509, T-8510, and T-8511

 Campus Modes T-8509, March 1937.  The peaked sleeves are a very 1930s detail.

 

Campus Modes T-8510, ad from July but probably released in late March, 1937.  I like the depiction of a fun nautical print.


 Campus Modes T-8511, April 04, 1937, evening gown.


 

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8506, T-8507, and T-8508

Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8506, ad from August 1937 but pattern was probably released in early March.


 Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8507, March 14, 1937

 

Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8507, March 15, 1937


 

Mail order patterns, 1928

Mail order 6241 (sold as American Weekly)   Mail order 6215 6232