hi,has anyone noticed the fashion trends compared to our patterns,it looks like we are going back to our grandmothers fashinons,i love it lets hear your opion,i love the longer hemlines,i was wondering if our pattern industery is keeping up with this pace?
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I think the pattern companies are doing an excellent job of keeping up with fashion trends. My 23-year-old daughter frequently asks me to make her the latest great top or dress; I nearly always can find a similar pattern immediately. However, it's hard to find the most up-to-date fabrics for these new styles, especially knits.
When you say "our grandmother's styles," you must be thinking of a much younger grandmother than mine, who was born in the late 1880s! (Big families, long generations.) In her portrait, she's wearing leg-o-mutton sleeves and a wasp waist: a lovely Gibson Girl gown which I'm sure I could find, but only in the historical costumes part of the pattern catalogs.
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