Butterick 1930s Afternoon Dress BUTTERICK 4397 Evening Dress Sewing Pattern, 1930s Style, Size 12 Sewing a silk 1930s evening gown Vintage sewing project + sew with me House of Vionnet Evening dress French The Metropolitan Museum of Art In the 1930s a curious thing occurred. In the 30s, the line between evening wear, and nightgowns dressing gowns became vanishingly narrow. The same shapes, the same structures and the same materials were