Tag: illustration
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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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McCall Style News, December 1925
I wanted to share this mid-1920s, Christmas-themed cover of McCall Style News. From December, 1925, the illustration shows two women—well-dressed in coat ensembles—accompanying a young girl carrying a wreath. I love how makes it look like she has two mothers. The patterns are McCall 4336, 4248, and 4337. This copy came from Bresee’s Oneonta Department…
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