Vintagecrochetgirl (click on that link for her excellent blog about hats!) suggested on the sewretro Yahoo group that Vogue 8070 (the modern pattern shown here) could make a very retro dress if you chose the right fabric and trim — especially if you used two different fabrics.

Look at it again, and tell me that it wouldn't look like something scored by Cole Porter if you did it in black crepe with silver lame for the panels and trim, or how kickass of a wedding dress it would be, lengthened and done in heavy satin?

I'm tempted to buy it myself, the next time Vogue goes on sale at Joann's — I bet if you didn't gather those shoulder straps they would make little cap sleeves. Maybe this dress would be a good way to use all the little 2 yard pieces of gorgeous fabric I have lying around — the whole darn thing only takes about 3 yards. I could buy some nice solid, really go to town and use up my stash. (Disclaimer: I could not use up my stash if I sewed a new dress every day for a year. But a girl can dream!)