Author: Sarah Sheehan
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Patterns in Vogue: The Great Plain
Do you remember Grace Coddington’s Amish editorial? From late summer, 1993, “The Great Plain” looks forward to Schitt’s Creek and today’s back-to-the-land trend. It also features two Vogue Sport dress patterns. The Vogue team travelled to rural Pennsylvania for the shoot. In the opening spread and barnyard square-dancing sequence, Christy Turlington wears simple dresses, made…
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Free Designer Pattern: Mary Quant Georgie Dress
As part of its recent Mary Quant exhibit, the V&A shared a pattern for an early Quant design. The Georgie dress dates to the Bazaar days, before Quant’s deal with Butterick. The V&A’s Georgie dress— purchased new in Truro, Cornwall — is striped cotton lined with cotton batiste. As Quant’s archive shows, the dress was…
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