Tag: beachwear
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At Sea Level
Flame-coloured brushstrokes form the backdrop for this chic, striking Vogue Patterns catalogue cover from June, 1964. Does the swimwear pattern featured on the cover look familiar? You might recognize it from the photographs Helmut Newton took for the May 1st, 1964 issue of American Vogue. (Read all about it in my post, Patterns in Vogue:…
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Oliviero Toscani at 80
Happy 80th birthday to Oliviero Toscani! Before creating his famous Benetton campaigns, the Italian photographer shot this cover for McCall’s Carefree pattern book. The model wears Extra-Carefree McCall’s 4054 / 4055 with the Carefree “Miracle Yard” pattern, McCall’s 2001, all in Wamsutta cotton batik. Inside, Toscani’s “Summertime” shows her in McCall’s 4052 in two versions:…
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