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Patterns in Vogue: Cool Wool
View post: Patterns in Vogue: Cool WoolFrom Diana Vreeland’s Vogue, a Helmut Newton editorial featuring Editha Dussler in not one, but two white wool dresses made with Vogue Paris Originals. The chic dresses and dainty accessories make a striking contrast with the mysterious, concrete-like texture of the backdrop. The cap-sleeve dress (in Lesur wool) is by Guy Laroche, the sleeveless bias…
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Game, Set, Match!
View post: Game, Set, Match!To mark the last day of Wimbledon… Interwar pattern catalogues often feature tennis outfits on the cover. The American artist Rico Lebrun went one further with his McCall Quarterly cover for Summer, 1930 by including a men’s tennis match in the background, as well as one player ready with her racket and tennis whites. (For…
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