Material has some stretch
To draft the patch pockets, I made a 7 1/2 inch tall by 5 1/2 inch wide rectangle, then rounded off the lower corners and added a 1/2 seam allowance all around
Stretchy knit fabric with knit lining
Of course, the runways are always the most failsafe fount of styling ideas, particularly those of designers known for their rich source material and painstakingly considered references (think: Alessandro Michele, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons)
Laver writes of the moniker, The New Look was in fact not new at all, but simply an exaggeration of late 1930s and Occupation styles, yet it was the very antithesis of the clothing produced in both the UK and the United States during the war. (256) To those who had become used to the simple lines of Utility clothing and using every scrap of material they could get their hands on, the full skirt of the New Look was jarring