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High Fashion in the Mad Men Era
View post: High Fashion in the Mad Men EraIf you’re a fan of Mad Men, you’ve probably heard that the next season won’t be airing until early 2012. In the interim, I thought it would be fun to look at sewing patterns from the period covered by the series so far: the first half of the sixties. Mad Men seasons 1-4 have covered…
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Mad Men-Era Back-to-School Fashions
View post: Mad Men-Era Back-to-School FashionsRecently listed in my Etsy shop: a number of vintage pattern booklets dating to the early 1960s. Here are images from a few with a back-to-school theme, all from 1962. “Fall Fashion Preview for back to school, back to college, back to town,” Vogue Pattern News, August 1, 1962—back when Vogue Patterns issued its news…
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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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