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Pan Am Games 2015, Vintage Pattern Edition: Cycling
This week I’m looking at vintage patterns showing sports of the Pan Am Games. (See the first post here.) Today: a pattern for cycling. Cycling. This cycling illustration graced the cover of the summer 1938 issue of Vogue Pattern Book: The pattern is Vogue 8014, a sport or evening frock, bolero, and calot (hat) in…
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Pan Am Games 2015, Vintage Pattern Edition: Bowling
This week I’m looking at vintage patterns showing sports of the Pan Am Games. (See the first post here.) Today: a mid-century bowling pattern. Bowling. This early 1960s pattern from Simplicity includes an “action back” shirt and skirt in two lengths. The skirt has inverted pleats in front and back; the shirt, which may be…
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