Tag: 1980s
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Vintage Designer Menswear: Vogue Patterns
It’s been some time since Vogue offered designer menswear patterns. In the 1970s and 1980s, home sewers could choose from licensed designs for everything from men’s shirts to outerwear and three-piece suits. In celebration of Father’s Day, here’s a selection of vintage menswear patterns from Vogue Patterns. 1970s Vogue introduced designer menswear patterns in the…
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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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