Vintage "Reproduction" patterns from the 1980's...that no one asked for || Fall Sewing Patterns 2023
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- The newest reproduction vintage sewing patterns for fall 2023, are ones no one asked for. Sewing patterns from the 1980's and 1990's are being reproduced, but NOT the ones you would think!
Let me know if there are any particular ones you want me to do another "Vintage vs. Reproduction" on in the comments!
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The vogue 1968 evening gown did indeed have a flat train. That's the pattern my mother used for her wedding dress !
"What in the pillowcase is that?" I laughed so hard I scared my rabbit away.
It was lovely to see the Laura Ashley dressing gown pattern again. I made it to go into hospital when I had my son. He's now 45. Brought back fond memories. Thank you.
These prices are why fabric stores going out of business
sass and sarcasm is my native language. love your show
That last dress, the "pillow case" dress, lol, looks similar to a dress worn by Nancy Sinatra in an Elvis movie called Speedway. She was a knock out in anything she wore.
I sewed that 80s blouse pattern and I actually love it! It’s not as weird 80s when you use great fabric and modern styling… it’s cute!
TBH, 80s blouses are still really nice with modern fabric and a few adjustments. They're designed to be comfortably loose and drapey while still giving a nice shape. One of my most favorite patterns is a 1982 Butterick blouse with the shoulders taken in slightly and the tie-front collar swapped for a collar off a late 70s pattern.
For a moment, looking at that blazer pattern, I was back at the catalog table in House of Fabrics.
Happy Stage Manager’s Day!
That’s ok. Abby Cox just dropped a vintage sewing dress challenge and she basically looks like Ally Sheedy in the Breakfast club ending.
It would almost be reasonable if they would release them in a larger size range. If they are going to remake the pattern anyway, it would makes sense to me to carry larger than what it came in originally, or like you say, you might as well buy it resale and actually authentic. I would be tempted by a couple of the 70s ones if they came in my size.
I literally just bought 3 shakets from Maurice's. They're very popular. I also prefer the pleated pants from the 90's. A lot of the thrifters I know buy those. I also can see those 80's blouses being sought after. That doleman high neckline is fashionable right now. I think that you have to imagine them all in modern, contemporary fabrics and patterns. Although I liked the rayon material of the old pleated slacks I owned in the 90s.
Watching this video clinched in my mind how much I do not want to sew more than a repair seam or tear. I'm grateful and full of respect for the folks out there who do, and I will pay handsomely for their work.
I LOVE the 60s sack dress. Multiple winky faces.
Me too. I bought that pattern last year on sale.
I literally have at least three 90s blazer patterns and even more front pleated pants in my stash because they came in $3 bags of patterns at Goodwill mixed in with one I actually wanted. I'm sure if someone actually wants size 18 blazer patterns from the 90s, someone out there is willing to donate it just to get it out of their stash. 😂
Agreed!!!
They mix the cursed patterns into the middle on purpose. Daisy Kingdom princess dress on the front, then boom 80s corduroy romper and a men's clown costume hiding behind.
this is good to know because i want 90s blazers and peated pants. i'm shocked they're so unwanted! I'll have to keep an eye out
Oh yes! Keep an eye out at thrifts instead! I find pants and blazer patterns ALL THE TIME for way cheaper than these new ones! Happy thrifting!@@TheRupertmcgee
@@TheRupertmcgee Let's just get it straight: You are looking for EIGHTIES blazers and 80's pleated pants. Not 90's. We did not dress in those in the 90's. Maybe that will help you search....
I wish when they did the reproduction they would go to their max size range. That would make it worth it. Also all of my kiddos friends want 90s patterns right now. Lol
I wish they would go above because I am usually their max in “straight” sizes. I know so many of my friends who want ANY pattern to fit them. And true, 90’s are in…. BUT A BLAZER is the best they could do?!
V1963 is gorgeous. This is when i love finding vintage patterns, just to enjoy the art on the packaging. Also, i love caplets, we need to make them have s come back. They are so adorable.
Capelets ARE adorable! And they should definitely make a comeback!
The Vogue safari outfit IS in style right now! I dig the pants.
Oh cool! Thanks you for telling me! I guess that means I need to get some of the 70's ones I have UP.
I always think X-files when I see that blazer. Dana Scully had one in like every color.
OMG YEA!!!! That is the Scully blazer
It's the perfectly timed Jan Brady clip for me. 😂
Even better, because it was the reproduction Marcia in The Brady Movie 😂
“The Brady Bunch…”
@@StephanieCanada I forgot to type that word!!🤪
Love the dress YOU are wearing today!
As someone who works at a small local fabric store these prices are a pain, not only are they expensive for us, they then give the $1.99 sale, which is even cheaper than what they sell to us, they're milking us dry and of course all those companies are all wonder by one huge company.
I'd say we found the problem..
When McCalls bought up everything, everything, including sizing fell apart.
Aren't you an employee? They aren't milking you dry.
OMG I could listen to you explaining and commenting on grass growing or paint drying. You are a character and a half! I need to see you on a sitcom - You Are Fabulous!
I will be totally ok with the 90s jacket and pants patterns going up to the higher size range now. I remember how the majority only wwnt to 18 or 20 at the time. If they have extended them to size 24 plus then I will be happy.
That's great! I hope they did do just that!
A friend made V1885-- it has a fitted boned understructure that is definitely advanced, and even though I agreed with your assessment initially, the finished product was extremely elegant and flattering to her. I was VERY pleasantly surprised.
I bought the 70's Vogue shacket pattern on sale because I thought it looked cute. It's got a good review vid on TH-cam. Love seeing these!
I cracked up through out the whole video....your thoughts are exactly how i felt about these new patterns. I really wish they would consult you. Now I'm going to look forward to you roasting them again... I'm so afraid of them bringing back 80's tops and jackets with shoulder pads. Thanks Stephanie!
Thank you! I wish they would just ask the sewing base. Because perhaps I am in the minority and if so, that is ok. I have always been weird and this isn’t any different.
Blimey!!! Those prices are barmy. I did/do love Laura Ashley.
V1885, btw, that 60's + dress style was very popular amongst celebrities and movie and musical stars; I saw it happening and loved it. It helped the dress if they had a nice physique.
It is a gorgeous dress for sure!!
I made the color block halter topWay back then!!! Blast from the past!
I've purchased 60s-90s patterns from you for less. I really want to see who's going to make those pleated pants when there at the thrift store by the load.
Me. I'll make them. I'm a difficult for in pants so I always make my own, and I can't remember the last time I found any pants in my size at the thrift store, let alone vintage pleated ones.
I think it's interesting that you're excited about a gathered circle skirt attached to a strapless princess bodice that looks like something anyone who can sew could generate on their own from basic blocks, but not only blazé about a blazer that would be very difficult to pattern on one's own, but actively disparaging based on your experience. I totally believe you when you say that endless permutations on fitted bodices and gathered or pleated circle skirts sell better than patterns for items with more steps, pieces, and complex assembly, but I still find it fascinating. There's such a huge gulf between the European diaspora sewing community and the rest of the sewing community when it comes to using commercial patterns vs. making one's own.
I really like those 80s blouses. I’d make and wear one.
I may the odd person out, but I've had better luck getting the reproduction patterns to fit me than vintage (full disclosure; I've never had both an original and reproduction of the same pattern so not a true apple to apple comparison) I can't afford the prices the companies charge for patterns nowadays, and even eBay is out of my budget. My local thrift store charges a quarter for sewing patterns, and while it takes some time, I have had luck finding ones I've really liked.
I saw a vintage 80s blouse yesterday that I would sew the hell out of if I could find a pattern like it. (it was many, many sizes too small, and even too small for the quite petite shop owner) GIANT shoulder pads in a fitted bodice with a peplum, which was hip length in back with long tails in front, long sleeves, pointed collar, long, not-too billowy sleeves, in a lush metallic gold silky fabric. It had major soap-opera-heroine-in-the-80s vibes.
And the companies give us just a loose boxy blouse. Give me the INTERESTING shapes and the parts that shouldn't go together but somehow do form a cohesive piece!
I might actually have Simplicity 5555 in my inventory. I will have to see if I can find it...Edit: I DO have Simplicity 5555, AND, Butterick 3102. For reference, Simplicity 5555 is considered one size, both are intended for stretch knits. If you want more info on the original, just let me know, and I'll gladly take pics of front, back and instructions (the outer packaging has seen better days though)
Very cool! Thank you for the info!
I actually looked at the simplicity ones yesterday (& last weekend) when Joann had their $1.99 sale. So I think it’s great you’re doing your take on them. Btw I am a bit scared to do the reproduction ones simply because I’m used to my mom’s (1970-1990’s) & Grandma’s (1940’s-1970’s) patterns.
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Thanks!! 👏👏👏
I love 80s fashion/ patterns…..and the music…and the films
And that’s great! I am glad you do! I enjoy some movies from the 80’s. Just the fashion isn’t for me.
I made several of the Simplicity 5555 halter tops in about 1974.
Considering that some of the patterns I plan to make up (in 2024 or later) are ones I bought new in the 1990s ... seeing things like them listed as "vintage reproduction" is either hilarious or frightening.
Admittedly, back then I went for very classic, low fashion patterns ... but still.
Right?! It is like walking into Spirit Halloween and seeing 90’s costumes.
@@StephanieCanada or hearing Harvey Danger referred to as "classic rock"
Vogue 1963 is on my "to make" list, cross your fingers for me.
All the retailers have jumped onto the shacket trend. Easy to add coordinated slacks or jeans. I have several large oversized shirts, added pockets and same vibe.
Thank you! See I just like my twirly dresses from the 50’s but it is good to know that shackets are in!
I crack up at " Shacket " trend, they are just what we have called shirt jackets since I was a kid, I'm 60 now. I have always had long sleeve somewhat heavier weight shirts that could be worn as shirt by itself or over another shirt as shirt jackets. Nothing new here it's a classic with a new name, personally I think shirt jacket is a more accurate and clearer description than Shacket. Obviously I'm not getting paid to come up with Fad marketing, or I'm old enough to know what it's been called for decades.😊
That Simplicity safari outfit pants has great pockets.. Sometimes it is just the details.
Nice
Thank you!
I like what the nightgowns/home coat from the 70's looked like: the long versions made the legs look long up to there. Also the Simplicity 9739 wrap dresses for misses. Vogue 1963 looks very elegant: quite perfect for a wedding dress, just like the other dresses, if made in the right fabric.
Also, the blonde model wearing the black "fancy pillow case" dress has an impressive hairstyle. And i like that dress version.
In any case, we don't need patterns for clothes that look ridiculous to us now, like those 90s pleated pants... or men's overalls for leisure wearing.
Those 30s shoes! And what is the pillow case is that? LOL. I do like the fluff at the back.
LOL thanks for the thing!
Welcome! Happy to be a chaos gremlin always!
I saw the shoes you were talking about they are on a website called American duchess and they are called Astoria they are pretty similar
What's crazy to me that they haven't come out with a whole line of Gunnesax patterns...they would fly off the shelves!
I've seen where the actual vintage GS dresses are going for a pretty penny on vintage market. A bit more than I paid for the two I had in 1980 and 1982. HS graduation dress in 1982, got it on sale.
Vogue are the best patterns. Learned to sew with them back in the days when they instructions were written by a literate person.
Honestly, I would LOVE if one dy you were able to actually interview someone from one of the Big Three (as in Simplicity, McCall's and Vogue), about how they go about selecting which vintage patterns they will reproduce. I suspect that your substantial roasting over the last few years would deter any of them sending an official rep to speak with you, but perhaps an ex-employee might be willing?
This was so funny!
I wore my wool Pendelton blazer to Mass yesterday...removed the shoulder pads years ago!
I wore some of those from the 70's first time around !!
Patternmopoly of One - I have the 80s patterns in the garage. At least a hundred of them. Did I make any? .....ummm.....put it this way, I still have the fabric for my 1968 gym bag pinned and unmade.
I vote we all very kindly start messaging and leaving comments for these pattern companies on their Facebook pages with polite suggestions and constructive feedback. I feel like they must be out of touch with what the people actually want 😅
Agreed!
I think pattern preferences depend on a person's lifestyle. I rarely wear or own a dress. I live on a sailboat and have had to sneak of my boat and up the dock so people who know me as the boat woman wouldn't laugh at me. When I lived in Hawaii I wore beautiful dresses most of the time. Here in the PNW it's usually jeans, pants, shorts, sweatshirts, flannel shirts, camp shirts, etc. dressy blouses, scarfs for more professional look. I generally dress in more of a classic look rather than trendy.
Hi y'all from Mississippi
Things we don't need & never really needed anyway: more pleated front pants, more blazers, more 1980's blouses, & more dresses which make people look shapeless. 🤣
I lived through the 80s & 90s and some of those gave me gag reflexes. 🤣
Actual chills!
Unless a person is a skin and bones hanger pleated pants just make us look fatter than we are. 80' blazers with shoulder pads made me look like linebacker, I have broad shoulders. A lot of 80's fashion should stay in the 80's. I do keep an eye out for my favorite camp shirt pattern from late 70's, think it was a Butterick they fitted me well then. Basic shirt with a yoke, pleat in middle of back, set in collar, set in sleeves and a shirt tail hem.
I find the new patterns are short cutted, no yokes, set in collar or set in sleeves. They look okay on a hanger but do nothing for real body.
Believe it or not.....pleats were originally in men's pants, in the early 20's ( if I'm wrong, please correct me)....they are not there to make you look big, but, to take the strain off the waist, pockets, and stomach if your pants, so that they would not wear out.....
I think it would be really cool for you to do a video reacting to your followers’ vintage pattern collections!
I will say the wide leg pants and shacket are DEFINITELY in
The only reason I can see re-releasing 80s and 90s patterns is for someone like me, who grew up in that era, remember these patterns from the first time around and wish I'd kept them. I know you hate repros because they're nothing like the original, but personally I'm pumped to see this era released and Imma stock up at the next sale. To each his own, right?
Absolutely! I am just here to be sassy on the internet. Not to yuck anyone’s yum. If you dig the 80’s and 90’s, GO FOR IT! ❤️
I still have my 80 and 90 patterns. It’s depressing to know they are now vintage. I guess I’m vintage too!
@@StephanieCanada Love your sassiness, girl, don't ever change!
I got the 70’s shaket and pants when they were on sale. That pattern looks awesome! Who wears dresses?
I mean, I do! It is a one piece item and then I am fully dressed and don’t have to care about matching anything. 😁
I lived through the 90's. Hated stirrup pants then don't want them 30 years later
I thought the same thing! The blisters 😱
Oh yeah stirrup pants! Forgot about those 😅
The PAIN of stirrup paints on your feet. Oh the pain…
You were wearing the wrong size.
@@reavanante2160 not wrong size - wrong length when you are petite
I wonder if Vogue vintage-styles are more accurate since they are called "reissue" rather than "reproduction" patterns. That V1964 may have been resurrected because so many of us have a bit of avoirdupois around the waist. I can think of a lot of gals who could use that tuck above the waist. I would be a candidate to buy V1966 as I always want shirt/jackets with all the pattern pieces for collar band and button plackets.
I find many vintage patterns thrifting. The vast majority are size 12 or less. Did no one have a waist greater than 28 inches in 1970 something?
Thank you for warning us.😀❤❤❤
I do try. 🤣🤣🤣
There is one vintage 80's/90's 'mom blazer' pattern I purchased on Etsy and then tried to upsize to plus because I remember when I made it from new that it wasn't very business-y, felt youthful on (well, when i WAS youthful haha) and was super easy to sew. Now why can't they reproduce that and recreate it in a plus size? Hmm? Hmm? (Insert Lucy Van Pelt voice here) And sorry that in the hell-that-is-my-vintage-pattern-cabinet I can't find the actual pattern to tell you the number. (Edit: just had to look at my Etsy history! Butterick Sew & Sew 3814!) But I did find two patterns I wish they'd create in larger sizes! Simplicity 9074 (groovy robe), and Easy McCalls 8565 the super-smart designed cap sleeved top. I sewed the hell outta that one when I was young, so easy! Bought the vintage in the largest size but still need to draft it larger. PS...would it be too nit picky to ask you to give us a second or two longer on your cute insert items? They go by so fast that I have to stop, rewind you, slow the playback and then pause to read the inserts. Apparently, my Evelyn Woodhead Speed Readin' Comprenshun (que up Cheech and Chong Los Cochinos) is failing. Thank you for the very fun video despite my slowness. Hugs from this vintage lady.
Love the vogue 30’s pattern! I’m waiting until it goes on sale before I buy it though
Simplicity pattern 4019 - This is a pattern worth re issuing. The original was one that had the tissue pattern with only holes and no printing to show darts, etc. I don't know how anyone used them. Anyway, this is an absolutely beautiful dress with "criss-cross" pockets and a FRONT zipper!
some of the butterick simplicities are now going up to a bust 48 finished garment bust of 53 they might be expanding there size range
I LOVE MiMi G… that’s probably why I only sew blazers because she has a good handful of jacket/blazer tutorials.
Oh good grief. I probably have the originals of some of these in my stash (patterns) (looking at that first jacket… and then those pants)!
Sadly I only have a 1945 Vogue counter book so not sure I’d be able to find that beauty but I do think I have seen that bodice shape before.
Yeah. I am really afraid I won’t find it. But you never know.
I love your reviews!! Always spot on!!
My favourite garments from the 90s that I want to have again in my not-teenage size… 1. v-front-yoked culottes with big pockets; 2. princess line tie-back viscose dress; 3. spaghetti-strap bias-cut viscose dress
RIGHT! There ARE good things from the 90's!
I find the 1980's considered vintage very disturbing. LOL Thank you for another fun video
i will say - i have been checking the big 4 pattern booklets (i live in australia where access to vintage patterns is... limited), and the cute 30s dress, the 60s pillowsack, and the 80's sweater blouse have been in there a while, at least a year by this point iirc.
Interesting! I wonder why they are so high up in the list? Thank you for letting me know.
I made the Mimi G jumpsuit for Mr.SewRena a few years ago. And the jiffy dress was my first dress I made with a pattern 😂 I love it
Oh and I love the fancy pillowcase 😍😍😍
I am embarrassed to admit there are some 80s styles I really like. I was a young adult in the 80s, so I may be biased. 😂
That very last one, the 80s era Dolmans, I would totally do those, but am I gonna buy the pattern, H-E-Double Hockey Sticks, NO!!!! JUST NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!! Do you REALLY need a pattern to do an oversized bag with a few cutouts, and "maybe" a turtleneck or other finish. I am far from a professional sewist and I can do that! Just NO!!! (I do hope you got at least a little chuckle out of my little written tirade!) Have a blessed day, folks!
Not gonna lie i would low-key but a couple of these (possible) abominations incase Stephanie wanted to to a line by line comparison
I just think it's funny they are marketing these as "90's". These blazers and pleated tapered pants, are mid to late 80's. Not 90's. I know, because I was in high school in the late 80, in college in the early 90's, the height of my young lady fashion era. We were getting into flat front pants in the early 90's. Grunge was in.
😂😂😂😂 "What in the bag is that?" And "What in the pillow case is that?" Had me chuckling 😂😂😂😂
Hi Stephanie have you sewn the famous secret pants. From about 1900. To ride bikes.
I love you dress! where can i get the pattern for it? if you care to share, that is. Also love your rants, they are very informative.
I want that dress! What is the dress!
Those of us who build costumes for local theatre would purchase these vintage patterns but only for an actor never to wear IRL.
I watch to see you bust a gut 😂. My guess on the 70s one because square necklines are in. 🤷♀️ Also i ❤the drawings on the 70s Laura Ashley girls which i think they based off the Charlie's Angeles. See how the one girl looks like Farrah and the other K? Smith( forgot her 1st name) I know thats why I bought them at the time! 😊 Sorry Stephanie but i liked that last Vogue and im thinking the sewing of it in the proper fabrics would be dreamy! 🩷 ( but tricky underpinning)
Lol 😂 I was at the store buying patterns and fabric and saw the 90’s ones and about died 🤣🤣 made the comment to my mom on how ugly they were then and how they are now. Like really?! 😂
The Mimi G is there, I'm sure, as a "Ken" pattern.
So do the repro patterns from the 80's reflect the new modern vanity sizes of the actual sizes from back then?
America small town is generally always ten years behind Europe in fashion ..... And the 80's and early 90's are exceedingly in right now. The pattern styles are useful for festival wear.
Errrrr ...... And shackets are a major fashion trend right now ..... As are cowboy boots 😂
You need to click through a few fashion mags each month.
Lol, that first blazer pattern is just a rehash of the same 80s McCall's pattern. I used the 80s pattern a lot and laughed when they gave it new artwork and increased the price. 8432, the pants pattern, has a stirrup option. Anyone feeling nostalgic for stirrup pants???
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When I first started sewing patterns were maybe under 3.00. Now 19.00 and up. Silly. And don't get me started on the prices of material. Ugh. Nice video by the way!
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I sewed the nightgown pattern for my wedding night "negligee" when I was 20. i still have the gown and the pattern and, yes, the marriage after 40 years. Unfortunately I don't have the size 10 figure.
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Hahahahaha yup!!
The Laura Ashley dress at 3:50 - what is up with that bodice? The busy print kind of disguises it, but it's pulling like CRAZY under the bust. Is it the fault of the pattern, the sewist, or does it just not fit the model?
Yes, more fun 1930's patterns, please! It's my favourite fashion decade and the originals are expensive and/or rare! ...and the one they have is something I already patterned myself. AUGH.
"bag o fabric". "fancy pillow case" 😂😂😂
Yup!
what website is she using to look at the patterns because i watched her last video, tried to find the website looked for 1 hour and gave up.
So sweet that they released the Laura Ashley nightwear in only XS-M. Therefore even if you did want the pattern there is a tonne of sizing up to do...grrr