1950s wool-blend sartorial dress in melange brown shadesThe was no such thing in the 1950s as a dress that did not fit perfectly. Clothes, even the simplest everyday ones, were made to measure from fabrics bought at the market or from tailors. If by chance you bought a ready made dress, you still took it to the seamstress to have it adjusted. All dresses from this period have darts, hems and trimmings. This wool blend dress from the end of the decade is a typical example of what dressing was like in those