Hi, everyone!
I had the opportunity to work as a Cigar Girl at a 1930s/40s cabaret style event to celebrate the Inauguration. I got the news last Wednesday, and the event was on Sunday. I wanted to make a retro, patriotic outfit to wear for the event, and this is what I came up with! The jacket is self-drafted. The skirt is a short circle skirt from a Simplicity costume pattern (Simplicity 8851), and the corset pattern started life as a Simplicity pattern for a bustier/merry widow type thing(Simplicity 5006). Underneath the skirt is a short organdy petticoat made from another Simplicity pattern (Simplicity 3737). To wear under all that I made a pair of 'Spankies' using a Kwik-sew(2868) pattern for bathing costumes with boy-short style bottoms. A friend of mine made me a gorgeous blue magnolia flower hairclip, and I'm wearing that in the back of my hair.