Fashion history through DIY culture
From Weldons’ wartime So-Easy line, an air raid suit for toddlers. One child appears to be carrying a gas mask case.
Other siren suit patterns were available for children, girls, and women, plus a “ten-second” siren wrap.
More on Weldons’ So-Easy patterns: There’s a War On | What to Wear in an Emergency
This Sunday is the centenary of the Armistice of 1918, marking the end of World War I.
On the November 1918 Delineator cover shown above, two women wear military uniforms that could be sewn from a Butterick pattern. (Also pictured in the late Joy Emery’s book. Look inside the issue here.) Click the images below for my 1914 centenary post, Patterns for the Great War, and other patterns for war work.
