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McCall’s x Canada Dry, 1971
View post: McCall’s x Canada Dry, 1971Happy Canada Day! In celebration, here’s a Canada Dry pattern from McCall’s. Established in Toronto in 1904, by the ’70s Canada Dry was owned by Norton Simon, which was also McCall’s parent company. Canada Dry’s new low-calorie, sugar-free sodas showed a woman in a black leotard to match the branding for McCall’s Pounds-Thinner pattern line.…
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Carolyn Murphy
View post: Carolyn MurphySupermodel Carolyn Murphy can be seen on some ’90s Vogue patterns. Born in Florida, Carolyn Murphy (b. 1973) studied art history and literature at the University of Virginia before her modelling career took off in the mid-1990s. For more, see her IMG Models page. Before she cut her hair, Murphy did some work for Vogue…
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