The Great Side Placket ExperimentOften when a 1930s blouse or dress pulled on over the head, side pl

The Great Side Placket ExperimentOften when a 1930s blouse or dress pulled on over the head, side placket openings were used to make possible a fitted silhouette at the waist. They also removed the necessity of a row of buttons marching up the center of a blouse thus free it for all kinds of design options. These plackets were sewn by binding both cut edges, often with one long piece of fabric, using machine sewing and then hand stitching finished the placket and added snaps. In an attempt to save time, I tried some experiments. I tried the premade snap tape which you see in the pale blouse on the left, and premade hook and eye tape which you see on the striped blouse on the right. Neither was was flexible as a fabric placket which you see in the middle on the print blouse. And I learned to place the fabric binding piece slightly off grain as the fabric seam at the side of of a fitted blouse is always slightly off grain too. This allows you to attach the placket more easily with little disruption to the line of the blouse. Some vintage blouse pattern suggest that plackets shut at the bottom hemline, and some do not. I think shutting is better if you can still pull the blouse on. You are less likely to misalign the first set of snaps when you are donning the blouse, only to realize your mistake 2 snaps later and have to start all over again. And it makes for a smoother hemline. Zippers would be suggested for side plackets especially later on in the 1940s and 1950s, but their stiffness is not always suited to the garment design. So I find myself loyal to the snap placket. -- source link

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