Tag: 1930s
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McCall Style News, November 1934
We finally got some snow in Toronto. Here’s a winter-themed cover from the mid-1930s. The pattern is McCall 8038, a suit consisting of a high-waisted skirt and tunic-length wrap coat with fur-trimmed collar. (The NRA eagle logo shows compliance with the National Recovery Administration. For more on this Depression-era US policy, see Rebecca Onion for…
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The Epitome of Fall Chic
To celebrate the first day of autumn, here’s a vintage Butterick cover from fall, 1935. The fur-collared cover look is Butterick 6399, “A brief and buttoned jacket, snugly fitted and collared with badger or wolf, plus a skirt worn shorter than the length you’re used to—these make the suit the epitome of fall chic.” For…
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