Tag: bridal
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The Smartest Move You Can Make
Now that wedding season is upon us, I wanted to share this bridal-themed ad for Vogue Patterns from spring, 1957. The pattern is a Vogue Special Design, Vogue S-4765 (click to enlarge): The company had a series of these ads, each showing the model bursting out of a bunch of printed and perforated pattern pieces.…
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The Fantastic Mr Fox: Style Patterns by Frederick Fox
Ascot begins today. To celebrate, this post is dedicated to commercial patterns by the late milliner to the Queen, Frederick Fox. (Last year I featured a free pattern for a Stephen Jones hat; see it here.) Born in Australia to a large family, Frederick Fox (1931-2013) showed an early interest in millinery, refashioning hats for…
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