Figure 1.--"Modes et travaux" in its November 1941 issue offered a pattern for this outfit. The pattern was for a 4-year old. Note the button-on styling, puffed sleaves, and ruffled collar.
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Figure 1.--"Modes et travaux" in its November 1941 issue offered a pattern for this outfit. The pattern was for a 4-year old. Note the button-on styling, puffed sleaves, and ruffled collar. |
Modes et travaux in its November 1941 issue offered patterns for several outfits and a suit for younger boys as well as cloaks that could be worn by boys and girls. The age for each garment is not specified, but they appear to be for children 4-6 years of age.
Modes et travaux was perhaps the most important French sewing magazine in the 1940s. During the German occupation after 1941, clothing became increasingly difficult to obtain. Thus sewing your own or your family's clothing became increasingly important. The title reads, "Filles ou Garçons aiment le Capuchon". That would translate as, "Boys and girls like capes", stressing the capes that appeared on the same page as the little boys' outfits. The author then goes on to describe six different garments or outfits. The fancy outfit for a little boy described here is one of those outfits. The inference is that these outfits would have been worn with capes on rainy days.
Modes et travaux in its November 1941 issue offered pattern for two styles of outfits for little boys. One was the fancy button-on outfit seen here. The other was a plainer button-on play suit. There was also a suit for a slightly older boy as well as various capes.
The ad copy for the fancy outfit shown here reads, "70: Costume en velours brun un bébé de 4 ans, la culotte se boutonne sur la blouse garnie d'un col en ottoman cème. Métrage: 1 mètre en 0 m. 80." That would translate as "Brown velvet costume for a 4-year old boy, the shorts button on to the blouse. Finished with a collar in Ottoman cream. Measuring: 1 meter in 0 Mr. 80."
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