What do you think about 1930s faTshion?

That is my question!!! I obviously work well with 40s and 50s fashion. I have a high waist, large ass, a deep swayback, large bust, smaller chest...blah blah so the fitted bodice and wide flared skirt does wonders for balancing out my shape. I have pretty much perfected what I need to do to 40s and 50s patterns to make them work for me...so

 WHAT ABOUT 30's FATSHION???

I wear a getup like this every day. But obviously not an old one- I made my own from one of those Crownette Shaping slips. (look here) I sewed garter clips to it. I wear tights now, cause it's winter. I can clip the garters to my tights by pinching them. It works to keep the shaper slip in place too. I can also use thigh highs in this configuration.

Ok this should be enough shaping to pull off 30s Fatshion, but I need to really think about which way to make it work for moi!
First One I rule out: DROP WAIST

See how the body makes a triangle with the shoulder being the longest side? Perfect for inverted traingle shapes, however....me has a right side up triangle shape...no worky worky for me.

So we need to leave my waist where it belongs HAHA! What about a princess seam dress, those work on me!
I have a pattern close to this type.
It makes me think of the working girl, like the Joan Crawford character would wear.

Now What do we think about this ruffley cross-over wrap design?


I found one of these in the 40 bust range at an antique store. I don't know about this working for me. This is what I call the Jean Harlow girl, very fancy and fun. That's a lot of detail in the booboid region. I think I might give it a try; it could surprise me!

The length has to come up though, I like a bit shorter than tee length to show off some leg. These look like panel skirts. I don't really like how panel skirts drape on my big ass!

There may be some 30s styling in what I come up with: but I think I will leave out that ass hugging panel skirt, and just tame down my half circle skirt.
What other options do you think work for 1930s Fatshion?


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