Watteau in Paradise
A couple of years ago I got a facebook message from the lovely Sadie. She’d found a 1960s Hawaiian dress at an op shop. Would I like it? Oh sure, the 1960s did lots of Hawaiian stuff – it might be fun. Nope, turns out, it’s actually Hawaiian! As in, the fabric is by a Hawaiian fabric company (who knew? There were, and are, still fabric companies in Hawaii!), and the dress is made from a Patterns Pasifica (a short lived 1960s-70s Hawaiian pattern company) design. Sadly, the dress is not from a Patterns Pacifica pattern that I own (my Mum bought me half a dozen when I was a teenager, and I’m gutted that I didn’t take better care of them), but it’s from that I’ve wanted to own for ages, because it’s very 18th century inspired, with those 1960s Watteau pleats. So obviously I was VERY excited about the dress! And it fits me! (more or less. It would help if I was 4 inches shorter and half a size smaller – as …