EDD30-5156 - 1933 Katharine Hepburn Ensemble, Available in three sizes; Size A (30-34 bust), Size B (36-40 bust), Size C (40-46 bust). Please select correct size. This is a very scarce design put out by Butterick as part of their ‘Starred’ pattern series for a ‘costume for women and misses as worn by Miss Hepburn in an R.K.O. Radio Picture’. This ensemble consists of a dress and jacket in two styles with the hat! The jacket for version ‘A’ features cut-away sleeves and the attached scarf laps over the front to close the jacket with buttons for detail! If you have Wade Laboisonniere’s book Blueprints of Fashion on hand, you will see the Butterick ‘Motion Picture Fashions’ promotional art illustrating this design on pg. 13. It is Howard Greer’s design that she wore in ‘Christopher Strong’. Recommended fabrics are: Light weight wools, taffeta, satin, novelty cottons, gingham, shantung, linen or rayons. For a multi-size version of the jacket only, word search EDC30-5156. For a reproduction of the pattern as it was originally circulated in size 16 only. The 11-piece pattern is available in size groups A, B and C: Group C fits vintage sizes 42, 44 and 46: (42", 44" or 46" bust, 36", 38" or 40" waist and 45", 47" or 49" hip). Also available in size Group A fitting vintage sizes 12, 14 and 16: (30", 32" or 34" bust, 24", 26" or 28" waist and 33", 35" or 37" hip) and size Group B fitting vintage sizes 18, 20 and 40: (36", 38" or 40" bust, 30", 32" or 34" waist and 39", 41" or 43" hip. Through the mid-1930s, the natural waistline was often accompanied by emphasis on an empire line. Short bolero jackets, capelets, and dresses cut with fitted midriffs or seams below the bust increased the focus on breadth at the shoulder. By the late '30s, emphasis was moving to the back, with halter necklines and high-necked but backless evening gowns with sleeves. Evening dresses with matching jackets were worn to the theater, nightclubs, and elegant restaurants. Skirts remained at mid-calf length for day, but the end of the 1930s Paris designers were showing fuller skirts reaching just below the knee; this practical length (without the wasteful fullness) would remain in style for day dresses through the war years. Other notable fashion trends in this period include the introduction of the ensemble (matching dresses or skirts and coats) and the handkerchief skirt, which had many panels, insets, pleats or gathers. The clutch coat was fashionable in this period as well; it had to be held shut as there was no fastening. By 1945, adolescents began wearing loose, poncho-like sweaters called sloppy joes. Full, gathered skirts, known as the dirndl skirt, became popular around 1945. Gloves were "enormously important" in this period. Evening gowns were accompanied by elbow length gloves, and day costumes were worn with short or opera-length gloves of fabric or leather. 1930's fashion trends were driven by designers and Hollywood stars such as Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Anita Page, Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Great for Stylish Thirties - 1930s Fashion, 1940's Fashion, WWII Fashion.