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Patterns in Vogue: A Welcome Change
View post: Patterns in Vogue: A Welcome ChangeA Welcome Change — that’s the title of an ’80s Vogue pattern editorial shot in orange Creamsicle colours at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. The patterns are two Very Easy designs (Vogue 9486 and Vogue 9277), made in combed cotton and combed cotton twill from Tandler Textiles. (Buttons from Tender Buttons.)
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Advance Paris Styles for Summer, 1936
View post: Advance Paris Styles for Summer, 1936Divided dress — or cropped jumpsuit? Whatever you call it, McCall’s illustrator Blanche Rothschild gave us two of them on this cover for Summer, 1936, in candy-coloured prints. The pattern is McCall 8702, which the envelope calls a sports dress with divided skirt. But the catalogue uses a simpler name for the new style. Inside,…
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