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Free Designer Pattern: Mary Quant Georgie Dress
View post: Free Designer Pattern: Mary Quant Georgie DressAs part of its recent Mary Quant exhibit, the V&A shared a pattern for an early Quant design. The Georgie dress dates to the Bazaar days, before Quant’s deal with Butterick. The V&A’s Georgie dress— purchased new in Truro, Cornwall — is striped cotton lined with cotton batiste. As Quant’s archive shows, the dress was…
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A Good Day for Tartan
View post: A Good Day for TartanIn honour of Tartan Day, a Sixties Vogue Special Design for coordinates, shown in what looks to be the Munro tartan. Alba gu bràth!
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