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Armistice Centenary
View post: Armistice CentenaryThis Sunday is the centenary of the Armistice of 1918, marking the end of World War I. On the November 1918 Delineator cover shown above, two women wear military uniforms that could be sewn from a Butterick pattern. (Also pictured in the late Joy Emery’s book. Look inside the issue here.) Click the images below…
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Costumes after Eiko Ishioka
View post: Costumes after Eiko IshiokaIn memory of Eiko Ishioka, who would have been 80 this year, a look at costume patterns based on her work. Eiko Ishioka (1938-2012) is best known as the costume designer for The Cell and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, for which she won an Academy Award in 1993. Her last film project was Tarsem Singh’s Mirror…
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