Year three

This year some of the old clothes are used to make new garments. It may look a little odd that shorts are supposed to be worn with a sundress, but imagine how much legs you can flash if you try to use a bicycle in a short summer dress, and it may not be so odd anymore. My mother remember that when she graduated from schools, my grandmother made a pair of matching shorts to the graduation dress, so my mother would show of her knickers when she was hoisted. Evidently hoisting was part of the celebrations... This was in the sixties, not the forties, but the idea is the same.

YEAR THREE
Autumn/winter

Already in the closet
Dresses and blouses
Black wool dress with green details
Simple black evening gown
Housecoat with a belt in thin cotton

Coats and suits
Coat in grey lamb fur
Brown sport suit in three pieces, jacket, trousers and skirt
Grey/brown tweed overcoat
Raincoat in a "natural" colour

Shoes
Heavy boots
Brown sport shoes
Black walking shoes
Black evening shoes
Black pumps
Green evening shoes
Rubber boots

Hats
Grey beret
Black beret
Brown beret
Green hat in felt

Accessories
Brown bag in reptile skin
Black bag in suede
Belt et cetera in green

What to get
Dresses and blouses
Blue wool dress
The old grey dress is changed to a blouse
The short sleeved black wool dress is changed to a skirt

Coats and suits
Nice black winter coat

Shoes
Black boots
Black sandals for indoor wear

Hats
Black felt hat

Accessories
Black bag for walks
Black, wool-lined gloves
Brown knitted gloves
Cap, mittens and the top of a pair of socks knitted in the yarn you get from the red sweater

Notes
1. A housecoat is not only used to protect other clothes but can well be made in pretty colours in fabric that is easy to wash.
2. The old black evening gown gets a belt in green taffeta, matching the green evening shoes. The belt cut on the bias and in two layers of fabric.
3. The old grey dress is made into a blouse. The worn-out sleeves are discarded and new are made out the front of the skirt part, as well of new pieces under the sleeves (I don't quite get that). Can be worn both with the black and the brown skirt.
4. The winter coat in a heavy fabric can have collar in the same fabric, or in fur or velvet.
5. The blue dress in soft wool is an afternoon dress.

Summer/spring

Already in the closet
Dresses and blouses
Blue wool dress
Brown dress in silk noil in three pieces
Green blouse in silk noil
White washable shirt dress

White and yellow sundress with jacket, shorts and blouse

Coats and suits
Grey/brown tweed overcoat
Grey suit in flannel
Coat in a sandy colour
Raincoat in a "natural" colour

Shoes
Brown walking shoes
Black walking shoes
Clogs
Yellow sandals in leather

Hats
Grey beret
Black beret
Brown beret
White beret

Accessories
Brown bag in reptile skin
Black bag for walking
Brown gloves

What to get
Dresses and blouses
Dress in a sandy colour with white flowers and with a black patent leather belt
The dotted evening gown is made into a short dress
Dress in red and white striped cotton
Evening gown in a clear blue colour
Blue trousers with a white blouse

Coats and suits
Nothing new acquired

Shoes
Black pumps
The black evening shoes are re-dressed in the same blue fabric as the evening gown

Hats
The sandy coloured felt hat i remodelled

Accessories
Gloves in a light colour

Notes
1. The grey suit is "chic" with white, brown or green blouse, brown, black or blue shoes with a matching beret.
2. Swedish easywashed cotton is without discussion the best and most suitable for a summer frock.
3. There is enough fabric in the skirt of the dotted evening gown to make a short dress.
4. The sandy coloured dress is for afternoon wear.
5. The blue evening gown is made out of solid coloured silk and should have lots of pleated parts. Suitable all year round
6. Striped cotton dress in white and red.