Tag: 1940s
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New Year, Vintage You
Happy New Year! Vintage reissues give a taste of the pleasures of sewing vintage, without the bidding wars and grading. Here is an overview—with rarely seen archival images—of the contemporary vintage pattern lines from Vogue, Butterick, and McCall’s. (Simplicity responded to requests for comment with promotional copy.) Vintage Vogue Launched in time for Holiday 1998,…
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Paris, je t’aime
In honour of Paris, a selection of postwar fashion photography shot on location in the city. Vogue’s earliest Paris Originals were photographed in Paris, by Vogue editorial photographers including Clifford Coffin and Norman Parkinson. The eight colour photos were first seen in the March 1st, 1949 issue of Vogue magazine, to announce the new couturier…
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