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Free Designer Pattern: Y-3 Jumpsuit

In 2022, two decades after featuring the work of Yohji Yamamoto for their first Design Download, SHOWstudio released a second free pattern by the designer: a Y-3 jumpsuit. The jumpsuit was part of Yamamoto’s Spring 2022 Y-3 collection, Chapter 1, which formed the first instalment of “20 Years: Re-Coded,” celebrating the 20th anniversary of his…
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At the House of Italian Handicrafts, 1949

A Vogue pattern editorial from Spring, 1949 captures not only postwar fashion, but also a work by Italian-American artist Costantino Nivola. Clifford Coffin photographed two Vogue designs with Nivola’s murals at the House of Italian Handicrafts in New York City. Designed by Gustavo Pulitzer, the House of Italian Handicrafts opened in April, 1947 at 217…
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