Diamond Diana Family & Friends 75th Birthday Celebration, March 26, 2019 at the Hollywood Palladium. Image: Twitter.
Diana Ross turns 75 today. The iconic singer is celebrating tonight with a special show at the Hollywood Palladium.
Diana Ross, Ross (1983) Image: Discogs.
In the 1980s, home dressmakers could buy official Diana Ross sewing patterns from Simplicity. The looks range from glam colour blocking to office chic.
Diana Ross on the cover of the Simplicity retail catalogue, April 1983. Image: eBay.Simplicity 6326 by Diana Ross (1983) Image: Tracee Ellis Ross / Pinterest.Simplicity 6203 by Diana Ross (1983) Image: eBay.
Olivia Hussey in Lost Horizon (1973) Image: Pinterest.
Olivia Hussey has an autobiography out, reminding us of a legendary bomb: the musical Lost Horizon. Naturally, there was a pattern tie-in.
Ross Hunter’s Lost Horizon (1973) was adapted from James Hilton’s bestselling novel about Shangri-La, with costumes by the great Jean Louis.
Lost Horizon poster by Howard Terpning. Image: eBay.
There had been anotherĀ Lost Horizon, in the 1930s, but it didn’t have music by Burt Bacharach.
Lost Horizon original soundtrack LP. Image: eBay.
McCall’s released at least ten patterns in its Lost Horizon-inspired series. The film opened in March, but the patterns came out later in the year. Two Carefree and Extra-Carefree styles from the series in the Fall 1973 Carefree catalogue:
Lost Horizon-inspired designs in McCall’s Carefree Home Catalog, Fall 1973. Image: Etsy.
The pattern envelopes bear a tiny version of the film graphics.
Did the hippie trail reach Tibet? Some of the Lost Horizon-inspired patterns look like contemporary western clothing, but most nod to Jean Louis’ fantasia of traditional Tibetan dress, textiles, and embellishment.