Category: 1950s
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Kabul Sews Vogue Patterns
I recently discovered The Polyglot, writer Alex Aubry’s blog about fashion and the Middle East. One post, “When Afghanistan was in Vogue,” gives a fascinating perspective on Vogue Patterns in pre-revolutionary Afghanistan. Aubry describes how, in the late 1950s, Jeanne Beecher, an American woman living in Afghanistan, established a dressmaking school in Kabul where women…
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Polyester Boudoir
In honour of Valentine’s Day, a boudoir-themed ad from the February/March 1959 issue of Vogue Pattern Book, British edition: (Terylene was produced by Imperial Chemical Industries. The patterns are Vogue 9309 and Vogue 9179.) Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
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