Tag: McCall’s
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Laura Ashley for McCall’s, 1975
In celebration of St. David’s Day, here’s an early McCall’s pattern by Laura Ashley (1925–1985), who was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Laura Ashley started licensing patterns with McCall’s in 1975, some fourteen years after the company opened its first shop, in Machynlleth. This “Carefree” design for a cropped jacket, blouse, and jumper was available…
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The Mysterious Mata Kiato
For Haute Couture Week, I’m sharing my original research into a forgotten couture house: the house of Mata Kiato. A pair of couture sewing patterns seem to be the only remaining trace of Paris couturier Mata Kiato. Contemporary sources credit Mata Kiato as the designer of two interwar couture patterns from McCall’s, but it’s difficult…
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