AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Oh! Oh! OH!
DATE: 9:07 AM
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ULTRA-STUNNING-30S-MC-CALL-EVENING-GOWN-SZ-17-V-V_W0QQitemZ250113719762QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4161QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank"><br /><img alt="McCalls 8868" src="http://www.dressaday.com/mccall8688.jpg"  hspace="10" width="400" /></a><br /><br />This is the kind of thing I point to when people tell me fashion isn't art. I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me that this dress followed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio">Golden Ratio</a>. It's so beautiful that I just sat, mesmerized, gazing at it on my monitor for a little while, and only the incessant ringing of my phone drew me out from under its spell. <br /><br />I would love to make this dress, if only to have it hang on a dress form in my room for the rest of its life. I don't think I could wear it, because I really don't have a 1930s-type physique, unless by "1930s-type physique" you are thinking of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Dumont">Margaret Dumont</a>, and not <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrna_Loy">Myrna Loy</a>. <br /><br />The bidding on this one (click on the image to visit the eBay auction) is up to about $28 now, and I can't imagine it's going to go for much less than $50. Quite a few 1930s patterns hit $100, these days. But it's B35 (very reasonable!) and so unutterably gorgeous ... you could always justify it as an objet d'art. <br /><br />Many thanks to <a href="www.orgsites.com/tx/texasredhatramblers/index.html">Marie Christopher</a> for the link!<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div><p class="blogger-labels">Labels: <a rel='tag' href="http://www.dressaday.com/labels/McCalls_8688.html">McCalls_8688</a></p>
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03406942482508439839" rel="nofollow">iopine</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 9:57:00 AM
I think it might be a little off for the golden ratio (which is 2/5:3/5). It's very, very nice, though, albeit a bit flouncy for my taste. The fabric choices are bang-on for the design.
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03406942482508439839" rel="nofollow">iopine</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 9:58:00 AM
And by the way, Margaret Dumont was a legitimate '30s physique.
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="www.dubhsidhestudios.com" rel="nofollow">bonnie-ann black</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 10:03:00 AM
"...unless by "1930s-type physique" you are thinking of Margaret Dumont, and not Myrna Loy."<BR/><BR/>OH! oh, i am *so* gonna steal that line.  my bosom is a dead ringer for Margaret's.
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/04874075304039174580" rel="nofollow">Lightning</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 10:51:00 AM
*dribble*
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://sewariane.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ariane</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 11:33:00 AM
Oh I like that dress! I love loking at vintage dress patterns, there are just somany I would love to have just for the artwork. I love the vintage patterns form 1930-1960.
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://thefray.typepad.com" rel="nofollow">ambika</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 11:49:00 AM
That is gorgeous.  And I say that as someone who's more Mae West than Myrna Loy.
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<span class="anon-comment-author">Missy</span>
DATE:May 15, 2007 11:54:00 AM
Oh my, oh my!!!  Love it.  So feminine and gorgeous.  Sigh, unfortunately I have the mac truck figure so it's 1940's housemarm wrap dresses for me ;-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the eyecandy!<BR/><BR/>Missy
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/02330087406929153906" rel="nofollow">Šárka</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 12:15:00 PM
Oh, this dress is just waaay beyond nice and love and amazing :-)
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<span class="anon-comment-author">john</span>
DATE:May 15, 2007 12:32:00 PM
love the back but don't care much for the front
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00394073543168209042" rel="nofollow">Jonquil</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 12:47:00 PM
Rose-pink chiffon, worn with a string of pearls.<BR/><BR/>Damn.  If only I didn't have a belly.
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17152166885541041674" rel="nofollow">Theresa</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 1:49:00 PM
As another Mae West figure, I can only admire such a lovely dress. Very pretty.
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14443554484239174837" rel="nofollow">dorotheasclosetvintage</a>
DATE:May 15, 2007 7:32:00 PM
As Mae incarnate, all I can do is drool over 30s gowns and dresses. Is the utter plight of a vintage seller....and fan.....*sigh*. 30s gowns, and the Myrna look, are my favorite!! All I can do is sigh. <BR/><BR/>Ang
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<span class="anon-comment-author">Anonymous</span>
DATE:May 15, 2007 9:23:00 PM
i clicked on your blog and just gasped!  what a lovely dress!!!!
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<span class="anon-comment-author">Therese</span>
DATE:May 15, 2007 11:49:00 PM
How beautiful! Apparently many others think so too; the bidding is nearing $50. Add that to the yards of silk chiffon this dress deserves, and that makes one expensive homemade dress!
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<span class="anon-comment-author">Anonymous</span>
DATE:May 16, 2007 6:39:00 AM
Aww, come on, we've seen recent pictures of you. If you do a muslin to get the fit just right, you can wear this dress. Go for it!
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06921928619655882405" rel="nofollow">AmandaMay</a>
DATE:May 16, 2007 2:04:00 PM
What I would give to be a Myrna Loy!
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03881982139372582792" rel="nofollow">Nora</a>
DATE:May 16, 2007 9:51:00 PM
Stunning!  I really want to see the pattern pieces.  Now, do you really have to have perfect shoulders to wear this dress, or would it give you great shoulders?<BR/><BR/>I also love Ms. Loy; I love to watch the old Thin Man films just to hear William Powell say my name!  And I love the way they flirt with each other.
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<span class="anon-comment-author">mojogeno</span>
DATE:May 17, 2007 8:38:00 AM
What a work of art! B*E*A*U*T*I*F*U*L
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<span class="anon-comment-author">Robinson</span>
DATE:May 17, 2007 5:29:00 PM
eh. I think it's a little too Melanie and not enough Scarlett.
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AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10171117321017923042" rel="nofollow">Gail</a>
DATE:May 21, 2007 4:38:00 PM
As a follow-up, The bidding ended with 10 bids and the winning bid was $153.99!!!!!
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