Pink: Does my butt look big in this?
Stripes: Oh, definitely. Big as a house. Big as two houses!
Pink: Thank goodness!
Stripes: And I look like a cross between grandpa's pajamas, a deranged candy-striper, and a poodle, right?
Pink: You know it, girl.
Stripes: Allllll riiiiiight! We are going to pull tonight!
Today's pattern is from Jen at MOMSPatterns — she's running a BIG SALE: 30% off all patterns at this link (not including the pattern above, which is priceless, I'm afraid). The sale runs until the end of February (or until the more than 500 patterns that are on sale are gone) and as always, free shipping on 5 or more patterns …
As for me, I think I'll be looking for the pattern above in my size. In wide black and white stripes it will make the best "Escape from Fashion Alcatraz" costume EVER.
A Dress A Day 
Is that a dress or a robe?
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you crack me up!
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I believe this is what was called a housecoat. My mother always wore a pink housecoat. Yes, I’m old. –Karen
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I like how some of the early patterns state a purpose – housewife blouse, afternoon skirt, secretary dress, etc. – as if women in those days couldn’t figure out on their own where or when to wear a particular garment.
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I look at this pattern and think, why, just why? Was this to be an improvement on a hospital gown?
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1950s “Butt-bow” if I ever saw it. Horrific in a totally over the top way.
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The Sac, the most awful garment ever conceived.
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Do it! That would be the best costume ever, but trick or treating might be a little difficult as it looks restricting.
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I just thought I’d let you fine people know that Simplicity 5063 is for sale here http://www.ebay.com/itm/300656754334?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649
It’s not my auction. Actually, I bid on it, and then I realized it wasn’t the right size! It’s really awesome though.
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Ok, it makes a bit more sense if it’s a coat than a dress… is a brunch coat a coat or a dress?
… I actually think that weird pleating would be really cute on the front of a maternity dress. Maybe below an empire waist. Here… not so much.
Love the story. 🙂
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Lynn: I’m pretty sure I would have no idea where to wear that without the pattern’s helpful guidance! In fact, I’m still not convinced…
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http://www.momspatterns.com/inc/sdetail/79604
surely you know the story for this one? Please?
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http://momspatterns.com/inc/sdetail/78444
also this one – the robot man in the back? Do tell!
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It is rare that I see a pattern where the photo alone makes me laugh out loud.
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The Tom Lehr song about poisoning pigeons in the park is now stuck in my head. #79604 above
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. . .and maybe we’ll do in a squirrel or two . . .
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If we women wore these dresses instead of low waisted, crack revealing, stomach-bulging-under-my-shirt denim pants, it would be a huge improvement! No matter how silly these might look, it’s a lot more complimentary than the just described uniforms of today!
If you biggen the pattern it says this is a ‘brunch coat’. See. We needed that info or we’d all still be wondering.
Life was so much more gracious….I’m 43 and I still miss the good old days!
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about 1958. the sac dress. pretty awful, but it was a change of style and popular for a sort time.
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Of course to take full advantage of that butt-widening silhouette, those wide black and white stripes would NEED to be horizontal. Oh my lord.
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I’m with Karen: I miss life being more gracious. I would love to have a brunch coat. Here’s how I think I would use a brunch coat. First thing on a Sunday morning, I would get up and scurry to the kitchen, and make coffee, juice, and a baked dish involving eggs and homemade bread and cinnamon(like a french toast casserole?). Once my baked dish was in the oven, I’d put my hair in hot rollers, have my bath/shower, dress in my proper undergarments, complete with hose, and then powder my nose and put on lipstick, slip into my brunch coat (with matching slippers), and then back downstairs to wash and cut fresh fruit. I’d call the family to the table, and warn them not to linger too long. After dining together, I would hie back upstairs to put on my church dress and shoes, take out my rollers, comb out and spray, refresh my lipstick, put a fresh hankie in my matching clutch, find my white gloves, and off we go (to the late service, of course!) And that is how I would use a brunch coat!
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Maybe I could come over Tuesday morning for coffee in my Brunch Coat?
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Love your comments on the pattern – my sentiments exactly on the “costume” comment!
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Do you realize when you sat down in this thing you would be sitting on two big buttons and the side butt pleats would balloon out? But, hey, it does have me some pockets …
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I like it am I weird I think it was for hairdressers to wear…..I think I remember them wearing it ,
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I found another but bow sack dress pattern! http://www.oldpatterns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=104_65_164_230&products_id=7074
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