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Celia Hammond
View post: Celia HammondBorn in Indonesia, Celia Hammond was discovered by Norman Parkinson in the early 1960s and went on to build a career as a top model in Paris and Swinging London. Hammond may be seen on many designer patterns from Vogue and Butterick from the mid-1960s, always by British designers. Here she models an LBD with…
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Patterns in Vogue: Clean Cuts
View post: Patterns in Vogue: Clean CutsThis week, the second post in my occasional series on Vogue’s pattern editorials. (See the first post here.) “Clean Cuts,” from the November 1997 issue, seems to have been Vogue’s last editorial to feature sewing patterns. Mario Testino photographed Guinevere Van Seenus and Amber Valetta in ’90s minimalist style in the season’s body-conscious basics—“the edgier…
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Sarah Sheehan has published articles on couture patterns in DRESS and Selvedge. She launched the PatternVault blog in 2011 with a series on Givenchy sewing patterns by Alexander McQueen. This blog explores the intersections between high fashion and DIY culture. Read full bio.
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