Mad Men Dresses, Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield

This was a customers request, the dress worn by Jayne Mansfield in the movie ''The Girl Can't Help It'' made from a cotton knit pique, self lined, long sleeves, with little satin bows above the bum. i even made the flower pin for the front and the belt. I really love this dress, though personally i don't think id want the bows.




This lavender wiggle dress is made from a poly spandex fabric, big collar and front tie, short sleeves and back zipper. Styled after the dress by ''Joan'' on Mad Men






This set is ma de from Crepe Suiting fabric, styled after the dress and jacket set worn by Marilyn Monroe in the movie ''The Misfits'' i've made just the dress before, but i like the day to evening look of the dress with the little jacket.





This dress is was styled after the publicity shots for the show Mad Men, worn by ''Betty Draper''
made from a cotton print fabric, medium weight. The bodice is lined in cotton and the skirt 'petals' with standard lining fabric. Piping trim at the neck and waist, and gathers instead of dart at each hip front and back.



This dress is styled after the one worn by Joan, the Christmas party episode. Made from stretch crepe with satin detailing around the neckline, sleeves and the bows front and back, i love how the bow creates a little train in the back.

Peggy Check Dress

I just finished this dress for a customer, I'm very happy with the outcome.
its made from cotton checked fabric fully lined in cotton for extra stability.
i drafted the pattern myself using a vintage pattern as a starting point, and draping the collar.
Perfect dress for the fall weather! You can order your own dress over at Morningstar84

I also wanted to share I was mentioned in Yahoo's shine section!

And i did my first interview for Confessions of the Cupcake Countessa it has been a pretty exciting week!

It's a Mad Men, Heburn, Monroe Halloween!

Betty Draper ''Model Tryout Dress''

Joan's Purple and Fuchsia Wiggle Dress

Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast at Tiffany's Gown

 

Marilyn Monroe's Cherry Print Misfits dress

Betty Draper Window Shopping Dress

Just a few of the dresses made for Halloween this year, more pictures soon :-)

Marilyn's Blue Bow Sleeve Dress

I saw the movie ''There's no business like show business'' as a young girl and LOVED this dress. i must have rewound the VHS tape 5 times to get a look at the details and i drew it out in my note book (even then i was a total costume nut) I never got around to making it until i listed it at my Etsy shop and someone ordered it! you can not know how excited i was to finally have a reason to make this.
I finished this dress a couple weeks ago, I really love how this one turned out.
I used light blue crepe-backed satin and lined each piece in cotton. i draped the front bodice and skirt to get the darts and pleats. for the back i added a faux button placket with a zipper underneath. covered buttons down the back and a kick pleat. finally the wide bias cut collar, and the cute bow sleeves finished it all off. The dress above is a later version done in stretch Bengaline fabric.

Joan Squares Dress

This is my version of the dress worn by ''Joan'' on Mad Men
Made from stretch poplin, the front has a faux button front, and zips in the back.
This one was tricky with fitting the darts into the seams of each square, but i finally got the pattern figured out. This dress has Sold but can be custom made over at my Etsy shop :-)