Category: 1970s
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Oliviero Toscani at 80
Happy 80th birthday to Oliviero Toscani! Before creating his famous Benetton campaigns, the Italian photographer shot this cover for McCall’s Carefree pattern book. The model wears Extra-Carefree McCall’s 4054 / 4055 with the Carefree “Miracle Yard” pattern, McCall’s 2001, all in Wamsutta cotton batik. Inside, Toscani’s “Summertime” shows her in McCall’s 4052 in two versions:…
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Libération at 50
Yves Saint Laurent’s landmark Spring 1971 haute couture collection, LibĂ©ration, is 50. For more on the designer’s LibĂ©ration collection, see my 2015 post here. Saint Laurent unveiled the collection in Paris on January 29, 1971. Licensed LibĂ©ration patterns were available from Vogue the next season, photographed by the late Frank Horvat. The LibĂ©ration dress pattern…
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