Tag: fashion
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’90s OMG! (Oh My Goth)
Setting aside the corsets, Morticia costumes* and Ren fair looks that may come up in a “goth pattern” search, this is the only pattern I’ve seen that truly testifies to that time in the ’90s when goth was trendy: Here’s the envelope description: Misses’ dress, top & gloves. Lined dress, above mid-knee, has close-fitting bodice…
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Mad Men Era 2: The Old Guard II
This week my series on Mad Men-era designer patterns continues with four designers who established their labels between the early 1940s and 1950: Jacques Griffe, Pauline Trigère, Pierre Balmain, and Pierre Cardin. Jacques Griffe (1917-1974) Jacques Griffe was born in the medieval city of Carcassonne, France. After two apprenticeships, first with a tailor and then…
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