midcentury

For our latest competition we asked designers to concoct something appropriate for use in a midcentury dress that will appear in a local production of the play, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. The winner — we are pleased to announce — is Elizabeth Halpern, an accomplished designer who lives in the Hudson River Valley of New York. This is her first Spoonflower contest win. Way to go, Elizabeth!

The final votes — for those who follow such things — were:

1. 463 votes for Cocktail_Flowers by modernprintcraft
2. 442 votes for the Paisley Peacock by bzbdesigner
3. 419 votes for Rockabilly Rose Cocktail Dress by art_is_us
4. 419 votes for Blowing Away by jennartdesigns
5. 394 votes for Sylvia by papermoonpatterns
6. 391 votes for Mid Century Dress cocktail by legeretdesign
7. 377 votes for cocktail dress roses by minimiel
8. 358 votes for 50's Daisy by happy_to_see
9. 312 votes for Carnival (green) by mktextile
10. 304 votes for Canary Flowers and Stripes by danielleonfire

The costume director from one of our local North Carolina theaters, the Cary Players, called our office one day looking for a print to use for a vintage pattern dress in an upcoming production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. To help him out — and because it's such a fun theme — we decided to ask designers to come up with a print for a mid-20th century cocktail dress. This week the community will choose the top ten, and the costume director will choose his favorite to use in the play!