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Sand Dunes and Caftans
View post: Sand Dunes and Caftans“Fashion’s hit cover-up” is how Vogue Patterns dubbed the caftan for this golden-hour desert scene in summer, 1973. Denise Hopkins and Karen Bjornson model two 1970s caftan patterns: Vogue 8587 and Vogue 2894, a Vogue Americana design by Chuck Howard. Vogue readers would have seen the regular Vogue pattern in U.S. Vogue’s May 1973 issue…
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Alive! Summer ’80
View post: Alive! Summer ’80The swimwear styles might have been changing with the decade, but the disco era shines through in the design details of these Summer 1980 swimsuits. Two Crayola-coloured swimsuits are featured: on the left is McCall’s 7084, while the other two are different views of McCall’s 7109 by Basile. (Previously featured in my designer swimwear post.)…
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