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Twenties Swimsuit – Simplicity 7041 (VFL 145)
View post: Twenties Swimsuit – Simplicity 7041 (VFL 145)I love vintage swimwear. (See my post on vintage beachwear patterns here.) It’s also been years since I had a bathing suit; somehow I can never make myself shop for one. So I resolved to make a vintage swimsuit using the Vintage Fashion Library’s reproduction of Simplicity 7041, VFL 145. Based on the envelope design…
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Free Designer Pattern: Juliana Sissons Hobble Dress
View post: Free Designer Pattern: Juliana Sissons Hobble DressAs part of the current V&A exhibition, Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s, Juliana Sissons is sharing a pattern for a hobble dress designed in 1984 for London club kid Scarlett Cannon. In the early 1980s, Sissons had an in-club boutique, Call Me Madam, at London’s Heaven nightclub, where Cannon hosted the Cha…
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