Tag: 1930s
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Vintage Party People
To celebrate Pancake Tuesday and the last day of Carnival, here are some vintage fancy-dress images showing costumes “for carnival, pageant, and gala.” Happy Mardi Gras! Keep PatternVault independent and ad-free for our community — contribute using the tip jar on the homepage. Thank you!
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The Mysterious Mata Kiato
For Haute Couture Week, I’m sharing my original research into a forgotten couture house: the house of Mata Kiato. A pair of couture sewing patterns seem to be the only remaining trace of Paris couturier Mata Kiato. Contemporary sources credit Mata Kiato as the designer of two interwar couture patterns from McCall’s, but it’s difficult…
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