Burda Style For people who sew

Hi all!

I have a very important event coming up this summer and have been on the look out for the perfect dress…and I found it. The only problem is that it’s no longer in print and can’t be found anywhere.

Do any of you know of any similar patterns??

Thank you!

Jun 26, 2014, 08.13 PM by patto22

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  Jun 26, 2014, 09.20 PMby CarmenW

  http://www.sovintagepatterns.com/1930s-EVENING-GOWN-PATTERN-2-LOVELY-NECKLINES-and-BACKS-ATTACHED-SLIP-BUTTERICK-7913-Bust-33_p_2687.html

  https://sovintagepatterns.3dcartstores.com

  Try this website. Maybe you will have luck finding something similar. Carmen
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  Jun 27, 2014, 12.20 AMby purplefan

  Woo! You have an eye for a 1937 style dress-found a 2013 reference to pattern having sold online for over $200. Thing is, I’m sure BurdaStyle has something in a dress like that-the waistline styling. Matter of finding out which issue… But while you like the dress you found, which detail of the dress is most important to you?
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  Jun 27, 2014, 04.20 PMby patto22

  Thank you Carmen…started to have a look on there last night but got distracted and forgot what site I was on! Can go back to it now :) That pattern is fab and has almost an identical back design!

  Purplefan…I think we read the same article! I was so shocked. I love the neckline and the way the back is styled. It’s everything I was looking for!
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  Jun 29, 2014, 11.40 AMby purplefan

  I’ve gone through the blog posts on the forum (and the dress patterns too plus on German BurdaStyle) and aside from about two articles on the thirties’ fashions, the decade itself seems to be a missing one in terms of patterns. Burda has done 20s at least twice in last three or four years, 50s keep cycling in and out of issues along with 60s, 70s and 80s. http://www.burdastyle.com/blog/aenne-burda-collection-6-retro-patterns#read-on

  http://www.burdastyle.com/blog/madeleine-vionnet-and-the-bias-cut http://www.burdastyle.com/blog/30s-and-40s-fashion-photography#read-on

  The one pattern I thought might be close for the back detail is wrong-it is a 60s pattern with a draped low back but you should take a look: http://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/vintage-dress-052012

  The bodice and shoulder details are approaching your desired look: http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/6-2010-long-evening-dress-with-jeweled-shoulders

  This gown is not close but stunning colour: http://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/122011-satin-evening-gown

  I saw this maxi dress and thought the twisted section might catch your fancy: http://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/twisted-maxi-dress-022013

  At this point, your faint hopes are getting someone (could it be you?) to draft a pattern based on the image you have of the dress or wait and see if I can point out back issues of BurdaStyle (might mean classified or Ebay shopping) for you to seek. Am going to see if the French archives point out any contenders-the archives go back to part of 2006. As discussed recently on THIS forum, certain designer patterns that were published in magazines are not in the pattern store. The other thing for the dress is you may wish to find a pattern that shows the waist down part of the dress and combine it with a bodice similar to what you want. Won’t keep you waiting too much-will see what I can find today.
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  Jun 29, 2014, 12.42 PMby purplefan

  This dress front has the waist shaping and centre seam but is more fitted than the fluid A-line of the pattern you want. Click on Schema de modele to see the technical drawing-pattern is from Dec. 2006 http://www.burdafashion.com/fr/Magazines/Archives_des_magazines/132_Robe_131_Bolero/1270777-1463237-1436892-1436902-1436938.html

  Actually found a different 1930s pattern-wedding dress in the Duchess of Windsor style, March 2008: http://www.burdafashion.com/fr/Magazines/Archives_des_magazines/116_Robe_duchesse_de_Windsor/1270777-1463237-1597916-1597922-1598103.html

  Just because these gowns look great in red-November 2009: http://www.burdafashion.com/fr/Magazines/Archives_des_magazines/Rouge_passion_-_novembre_09/1270777-1463237-1746901-1746903.html