Tag: exhibitions
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Mary Quant: Butterick Patterns
Nothing says Swinging London like Mary Quant. The pioneer of the Chelsea Look will receive a major retrospective at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2019. (An earlier exhibit, Manchester Art Gallery’s Mary Quant: Fashion Icon, had to close early due to conservation issues.) The V&A is seeking vintage Quant for the show, including garments…
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Free Pattern: Incroyables Tailcoat
Happy quatorze juillet! For Bastille Day, here’s a pattern for an Incroyables tailcoat. The tailcoat, which dates to Revolutionary France, was part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s 2016 Reigning Men exhibit, currently on view at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum. Incroyables and Merveilleuses were the dandies and fashionistas of the revolutionary period. Today, Directoire…
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