Tag: McCall’s

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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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  Sarah Sheehan

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  February 11, 2016

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  The Look of Courrèges

  André Courrèges died early this month. He was 92. (See WWD, “André Courrèges: Space Age Couturier,” or Vanessa Friedman’s obituary for The New York Times.) Born in Pau, France, André Courrèges (1923-2016) initially became an engineer at his father’s behest. He changed careers after the Second World War, spending ten years at Balenciaga and founding…

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  Sarah Sheehan

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  January 29, 2016