Vintage Stitches

McCalls 5238 on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
From the collection of Alexander B. Tecoma.


Date: 1959

Misses Dress with Slim or Full Skirt
Dress with fitted shirtwaist top and three-gore slim skirt or four-gore box pleated skirt. Applied buttoned band on right front waist, convertible neckline. Set-in short sleeves. Button trimmed tab detail on skirt. Left side placket.

For Size 16 (B:36, W:28, H:38) —
Finished length from back of regular neckline: 45 3/4”.
Width at lower edge of A: 105 1/4”.
Width at lower edge of B: 49 1/2”.

Suggested Fabrics —
Linen, polished cotton, pique, synthetic mixtures, worsted, shantung, faille.
Note: Not Suitable for diagonal prints or diagonal weaves.

Notions —
Thread, seam binding, 1 buckle, three 1 1/8” buttons or button molds to be covered, one 3/8” button; View A: 6” neck type zipper, 3 snaps, 1 hook & eye; View B: 12” or 14” dress placket zipper, 1 snap.