Category: The pattern business
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Richard Tyler for Anne Klein: Vogue Patterns, Part 1
Richard Tyler recently celebrated his eightieth birthday. In honour of Los Angeles’ master tailor, I’ll be presenting a series on Richard Tyler’s Vogue patterns, licensed while he was head designer for Anne Klein. The Australian-born Richard Tyler (b. 1946) first learned to sew from his mother, who was a professional dressmaker. At sixteen, he left…
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Red Stole, Pink Dress, 1956 / 2026
On Sunday, Jessie Buckley became the first Irish actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. The silhouette of her custom, red-and-pink Chanel ensemble might nod to Grace Kelly, but for vintage pattern aficionados, the colours are pure Givenchy. This ad for Hubert de Givenchy’s first collaboration with McCall’s shows his couturier original in…
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