Thursday, October 14, 2021

The Marian Martin 9256 Series

Most pattern companies reuse pattern numbers every ten years or so, which is why the style of garment and the design (layout, lettering, etc.) of the packet are also important when estimating the date on an undated pattern.

Mail-order nameplates Marian Martin, Anne Adams, and American Weekly always used numbers that started with the same digit, so they repeated numbers every three years, give or take.  This makes dating them harder because the difference between styles is less drastic--there was much less change between 1969 to 1972 than between 1947 and 1957.

Martin and Adams had the same parent company, and American Weekly magazine used the same company for at least part of its run. They use 9000 series, 4000 series, and 3000 series numbers, respectively.  Anne Adams used 1000 and 2000 between 1930 and mid-1936 but then stuck to 4000 until the parent company apparently folded in the mid-1980s.

Anyway, as an example of repeated pattern numbers, here are all the Marian Martin 9256s I could find.  I think there must have been one circa 1934 but I've yet to find it.

This also illustrates nicely how hard it can be to estimate dates when styles are only two or three years apart.  







Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Advance patterns number listing, July 1942

 

Advance 1942 July

2540

Tailored shirtwaist dress with flap pockets on skirt and back shoulder yoke

2984

Tailored slacks/pants (1942 May)

3018

Tunic blouse with pockets in “skirt” and front shoulder yoke.

3019

Surplice dress with shoulder darts and eight-gore skirt; dickey

3020

Shirtwaist dress with shoulder yoke and vertical slit welt pockets in bodice

3021

Girls’ suit with pleated skirt

3022

Surplice dress with two buttons in bodice

3023

Playsuit and overskirt (with 3034)

3024

Girls’ playsuit and overskirt (with 3023)

3025

Shirtwaist dress with buttoned front and back shoulder yoke

3026

Afternoon dress with quarter-round yokes on shoulders and skirt hips

3027

Two-piece dress with princess bodice and sweetheart neckline

3028

Blouse with square neck, puffy sleeves, and waistband.

3029

Blouse and surplice jumper with side-zip or front-button options (with 3030).

3030

Girls’ surplice jumper (with 3029).

3031

Jacket and slacks/pants.  Jacket has V neck with no collar and has patch pockets.

3032

Surplice dress with side-front closure and left-front skirt pleats

3033

Dress with rounded shoulder yoke

3034

Dress with midriff waist and revers collar, gathered skirt

3035

Skirt with double pleats on each side of center, front and back

3036

Princess jacket with single button closure or waist tie

3037

Two-piece dress with tunic blouse, shoulder darts, V neck with no collar, six-gore skirt

3038

Boys’ overalls

3039

Boys’ shorts or pants

3566

Afternoon dress with pointed yokes at shoulders and hip

3567

Afternoon dress with front shoulder yoke and drop waist

3568

Two-piece dress with non-contiguous inset belt in jacket, inverted pleat in skirt front

3569

Afternoon dress with jacket lapels and single-button bodice closure, gathered skirt front.

 

Sue Burnett and Barbara Bell 1957

 The designs and numbers are the same. Sue Burnett 1957.