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Patterns in Vogue: Snow Whites
View post: Patterns in Vogue: Snow WhitesIn honour of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, here’s a high-altitude image of Kristen McMenamy on the slopes. Shot at Mammoth Mountain in the Sierra Nevada, California, “Snow Whites” is a twenty-page portfolio by Arthur Elgort and Grace Coddington devoted to “gleaming white technochic.” McMenamy’s ski pants were made using Very Easy Vogue 9369 (previously seen…
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Patterns in Vogue: Peggy Dillard
View post: Patterns in Vogue: Peggy DillardIn 1977, Peggy Dillard became the second Black woman to make the cover of U.S. Vogue. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Dillard (b. 1956) went on to become an artist and entrepreneur; she started modelling when she was a fashion student. Inside her first cover issue, she also appears in a Bob Richardson pattern editorial.…
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Sarah Sheehan has published articles on couture patterns in DRESS and Selvedge. She launched the PatternVault blog in 2011 with a series on Givenchy sewing patterns by Alexander McQueen. This blog explores the intersections between high fashion and DIY culture. Read full bio.
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