Tag: McCall’s
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Advance Paris Styles for February, 1939
Happy Tartan Day! This cover for the February 1939 issue of McCall Advance Paris Styles celebrates tartan and colour. Illustrator Blanche Rothschild gives her model a green handbag and long green hat feathers to match the green in her (mostly red) tartan jacket. The pattern is McCall 3077, a dress and strong-shouldered jacket that was…
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Red Stole, Pink Dress, 1956 / 2026
On Sunday, Jessie Buckley became the first Irish actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. The silhouette of her custom, red-and-pink Chanel ensemble might nod to Grace Kelly, but for vintage pattern aficionados, the colours are pure Givenchy. This ad for Hubert de Givenchy’s first collaboration with McCall’s shows his couturier original in…
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