Category: 1950s
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25 Jahre Mauerfall
To mark this month’s anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, here’s a look at three postwar German designers who licensed their work to Vogue Patterns. Celebrity milliner Mr. John was born Hans Harberger in Munich. He moved to New York in the 1920s, opening a salon with partner Frederick Hirst; the Mr. John…
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Make the Clothes that Make the Woman (Part 2)
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, or are a connoisseur of 1950s sewing advertising, you’ve seen images from McCall’s mid-1950s “Make the Clothes that Make the Woman” advertising campaign. (See my earlier post here.) I’ve found another ad from the campaign. The model is Jean Patchett, and the pattern is McCall’s 3635…
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