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1955 Easter Dresses

Posted on March 7, 2009January 2, 2017 by Martha

Every Easter I am reminded of all the beautiful dresses my mother made for me and my sisters.  These three dresses are definitely the ones I remember most, because they are just so fabulous.  In the photo we are perched on our giant living room chair — left to right, Mary, Sally and Martha. We are holding Nancy Ann storybook dolls that my older sister, Jean Ann, gave us for Easter.

The bodice of the dress was made using a light blue cotton fabric with little printed red roses.  The dress was sleeveless and bound on the neck and armholes with bias binding made from red cotton.  The circle skirt fabric I believe was a linen/rayon blend (because it didn’t wrinkle at all)  and included a petticoat in the blue print with a 4-inch ruffle, the edge of which was bound with the red bias fabric.  She constructed the belts with those little kits you could buy and covered the belt and hardware with the red fabric.  The little bolero jackets had covered buttons in two parts (the middle area was slightly domed — then there was a raised part around the outside of the button — I think you can see this on my jacket).  I also love the rounded cuffs on the jackets.  I searched all over, and I finally found a pattern that resembles these dresses (below).

As I got a little older and began to make my own clothes, I could truly appreciate the skill and love that went into all the beautiful things she made for us.  I think you’ll agree that she was quite talented.

1955 Easter Dresses
Marjorie Dellasega
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Simplicity 3501
simplicity3501

4 thoughts on “1955 Easter Dresses”

  1. jan says:
    March 7, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    So cute! I remember new dress and gloves every Easter and sometimes new hats. (I don’t recall wearing hats other than Easter, though, so I don’t imagine they wore out as fast.) Love the Mary-Janes, too!

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  2. Becky says:
    March 7, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    You and your sisters look far more composed than my sister and myself often did…who, by the way, happens to be the first commenter to this post!

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  3. Bunny says:
    March 8, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Aw, you guys look so precious!! What adorable dresses. I HATED for my mom to dress me up. The only time I liked her making clothes was for Halloween. 😛

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  4. Mary says:
    April 18, 2009 at 11:49 am

    I remember being so thrilled with these dresses! But I was even more thrilled with the dolls. (I didn’t remember that they were “Nancy Ann” dolls — that’s a good detail to know.) I was far too little to appreciate the hard work and skill that went into making those outfits.

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