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Jul 24, 2018 · Under the Sack or Panier dress, well-crafted laced stays were made from as many as 40 pieces of whalebone. They were backstitched by hand and were very decorative. The stays would support and raise the breasts, narrow to a sharp point at the front as well as define a slim outline.
One of the most interesting innovations came when women began using cotton flour sacks to make dresses and shirts for their children. This trend quickly caught on and once the flour companies got word of this, they chipped in by beginning to print patterns on their bags -- and even adding color!
They were made at home, usually by women, using the cotton sacks in which flour, sugar, animal feed, seeds, and other commodities were packaged, shipped, and sold. They became an iconic part of rural life from the 1920s through the Great Depression, World War II, and post-World War II years.
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Oct 28, 2019 · This dress was made by Mrs. G. R. (Dorothy) Overall of Caldwell, Kansas, in 1959 for the Cotton Bag Sewing Contest sponsored by the National Cotton Council and the Textile Bag Manufactureres Association.
Feb 22, 2019 · Potatoes, flour and animal feed had previously traveled the world in barrels. Now, for reasons of cost, the sturdy wooden containers were replaced with fabric sacks. Companies then observed the sacks being recycled as clothes and decided to market these unlikely objects as possible fashion items.
While the cocoon dress might use stiffer fabrics to maintain its shape, the sack dress often utilized softer materials that draped naturally, emphasizing the garment's loose fit. The sack dress was a forerunner to the more relaxed and minimalist styles that would become popular in the 1960s and beyond.
The sack, or sacque, gown evolved from a very informal dress of the late seventeenth century into a formal dress by the mid-eighteenth century. The sack gown was first a loose, tent-like robe worn in the home or by pregnant women.
