Category: 1970s
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Patterns in Vogue: The Landfarers in Iceland
Synthetic fur and wool knits usher in the ’70s in “The Landfarers,” a John Cowan Iceland editorial featuring two coats made from Vogue patterns. The Vogue team ranged across the south of Iceland for the twenty-page portfolio, in which model Cynthia Korman poses in dramatic subarctic landscapes: from black beaches, waterfalls, and the Vatnajökull and…
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Laura Ashley for McCall’s, 1975
In celebration of St. David’s Day, here’s an early McCall’s pattern by Laura Ashley (1925–1985), who was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Laura Ashley started licensing patterns with McCall’s in 1975, some fourteen years after the company opened its first shop, in Machynlleth. This “Carefree” design for a cropped jacket, blouse, and jumper was available…
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