Tag: LACMA
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Free Designer Pattern: Callot Soeurs Pyjamas
This week, a free couture pattern from Callot Soeurs. Callot Soeurs was one of the old couture houses of Belle Époque Paris, founded in 1895 by the four Callot sisters. Not many Callot Soeurs garments survive, and the house is best remembered for its role in the early career of Madeleine Vionnet. But in 2015,…
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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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