Category: Current trends
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150 Years of Liberty
Liberty celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. The iconic heritage brand synonymous with beautiful printed fabric is hosting sesquicentennial events throughout 2025, including two free exhibits running into the summer — “I Am. We Are. Liberty,” devoted to the Liberty print archive, and a quilting installation called “The Patchwork Collective” — alongside special tours of…
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Neo-Egyptomania
The tomb of Tutankhamun was rediscovered in November, 1922, making 2022 the centennial of all things King Tut. Yet as an early McCall transfer pattern shows, Neo-Egyptomania was already underway: “Egyptian Design for Dress Trimming” (McCall 1039) dates to spring 1920, but was still being advertised three years later, explicitly referencing the King Tut trend.…
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