DIY Sunday/Summer Dress Project with a Vintage Pattern from 1959

Modern fashion magazines may offer great content when it comes to immaculately styled shoots, but they are missing something – patterns for clothes.

There were obviously more women making their own clothes in the '50s when the ready-to-wear industry hadn't developed yet. But today finding your own fabrics and trying to make your own dress can be a way to save money, engage yourself in a nice DIY project and learn more about the technical side of fashion. So, if you want to try your hand at making a dress, here's a project that may inspire you. It is taken from a 1959 May issue of the Italian edition of Grazia magazine.

It consists in an easy Summer belted dress to be made with 3 metres of fabric and in 3 days. The magazine suggested to make it in linen, light alpaca or cotton tweed, and advised seamstresses with more time and skills to embroider the initials of the wearer's on a pocket. Enjoy your DIY Sunday/Summer dress project!