Weldon Fashion Series: Nightwear (1940)


Figure 1.--This page shows pajamas for boys 8-16 years of age. There are the standard striped pajamas as well as a fancy style with braided frogs. Notice that night shirts are no longer offered. Also ofered are bath robes called dressing gowns. And underwear for boys 7-10 years of age.

We do not know a great deal about pajamas yet. We do have a Weldon Fashion Series page with nighwear which like most pattern booklet is undated, but was copyrighted 1940 during World War II. It was from booklet No. 515, page 6 and titled 'Sessible styles for sturdy boys'. Weldon No. 515 offered patterns for underwear which apparently included pajamas. We are not entirely sure how the War affected the British clothing industry. Perhaps home sewing was a way around the rationing, but we are not entirely sure about that. This was fairly early in the War and before things began to go badly wrong, depending on just when it was published in 1940. Weldon appers to be a pattern company. We note Weldon Fashion series that look like the 1920-50s to us, but do not know much about the company and have no company history yet. This page shows pajamas for boys 8-16 years of age. There are the standard striped pajamas as well as a fancy style with braided frogs. Notice that night shirts are no longer offered. Also ofered are bath robes called dressing gowns. And underwear for boys 7-10 years of age.






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