Tag: 1960s
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Nena von SchlebrĂĽgge and Uma Thurman
(A late Mother’s Day post since I was under the weather yesterday.) In honour of Mother’s Day, this models post is devoted to a mother and daughter who both modelled for designer sewing patterns: Nena von SchlebrĂĽgge and Uma Thurman. Nena von SchlebrĂĽgge (b. 1941) was born in Mexico City to German-Swedish parents who had…
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Mad Men Era 9: Butterick’s Young Designers
My series on Mad Men-era designer patterns concludes this week with three Butterick Young Designers: Mary Quant, Jean Muir, and Emmanuelle Khanh. In 1964, Butterick launched its Young Designers line, appealing to the youth market by licensing the work of up-and-coming, international fashion designers. The line would continue through the 1970s with the addition of…
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