Tag: illustration
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McCall Fashions for January 1918
Now that the temperature has dropped, I wanted to share a near-antique McCall News from winter 1917-18. The cover illustration shows two women skating on a frozen lake. The fur-trimmed dress on the left is McCall 8125, with ‘aviation cap’ McCall 8130; the dress on the right is McCall 8121. Inside the leaflet are some…
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New Year, Vintage You
Happy New Year! Vintage reissues give a taste of the pleasures of sewing vintage, without the bidding wars and grading. Here is an overview—with rarely seen archival images—of the contemporary vintage pattern lines from Vogue, Butterick, and McCall’s. (Simplicity responded to requests for comment with promotional copy.) Vintage Vogue Launched in time for Holiday 1998,…
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