Was helping a friend clean out an attic and came across a bunch of old Butterick/McCall's and Simplicity pattern books. You know the sort, those large ones they have down a fabric stores. Any way as most of the books were from the 1960's and 70's there were all those mother/daughter patterns.
Are these still in vogue any where? Just wondering as most mothers today seem to dress like their daughters, not the other way around! *LOL* (joke).
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"Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper." Quentin Crisp 1908 - 1999 _+_+_+_+_+_+__+_+_+_+_
I remember those very well, unfortunately I actually made a few. My two DDs were reminiscing recently about that period, and laughing about how often they seem to show up at family events dressed in the same color/style without having consulted each other. They are pretty sure I somehow brainwashed them. ;-}
In the late 90's early 2000 (can't remember exactly when) my daughter want she and I to have matching dresses for Easter. I made hers then went to buy the same fabric but a different color for my dress. She cried because I was going to get another color! I bought the lime green dotted swiss, made my dress, wore it Easter Sunday and then we never wore them again. What we do to make our kids happy!
My daughters liked for the three of them and me to dress in the same outfits when they were small in the 50s, so I wore several plaid gingham dresses with gathered skirts, simple waists and short sleeves, not puffed though. Nobody ever commented except a couple moms who wanted me to make them some. My DM thought it was great and said when wished she could have done the same when we were young. Emily
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my mom used to make us mother-daughter dresses in the 50s, i think one set for Easter & another for the church mother- daughter supper (but i don't think my brother wore matching outfits with dad...). she also made a matching outfit for my Ginny doll. the one that really sticks in my mind was a pink & grey toile with pink trim. ew.
My sis made matching outfits for her and my nieces a few years ago. Red and black tartan, tank-style sundresses to go contra dancing. She still wears hers, dang kids got bigger.
Just last week I got to experience the annual visual overload of matching outfits: the Midwest Tandem Rally. I guess tandemists sign a contract that compels them to wear matching outfits when riding. Sometimes it's cute. But when they are wandering around apres wearing matching off-bike clothes, well...and at the banquet I saw several couples wearing matched Hawaiian shirts, matched color gender-specific clothing (sundress & print shirt), and so forth.
Growing up we had lots of sister dresses. Nowadays the phrase is, "look, we're twins!" and it seems to be universal; if someone accidentally matches my color, or I notice two other someones matching each other, everyone seems to know what that means.
One time the caller said, "square your sets" and by complete accident my square coalesced with matching outfits: each partnership was wearing a remarkably complimentary color, except that two couples were switched. For the second square in the tip (here in Mich you almost always do two squares in a row) we had them swap so that they also matched. Pretty funny considering that the usual attire is a T-shirt and casual pants or skirt, and not a one of us had anything going on with anyone else we were dancing with at the time.
Oh, this brought back sewing memories! DD and I had beach wraps (three- armhole sleeveless dresses) of orange-flowered terry with lime green trim. Wow! And A-line dresses with square necklines: hers were school dresses, mine I wore for 'everyday' dress. Several of those sets, stripes, floral prints. Pants and tops, with purses to match. Memory dims but there must have been lots.
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