Tag: McCall’s
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Year of the Dragon
This McCall’s leaflet illustrating “the Chinese influence” on fashion is 100 years old. The copy shown here originates from the E.W. Edwards & Son department store in New York.
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Neo-Egyptomania
The tomb of Tutankhamun was rediscovered in November, 1922, making 2022 the centennial of all things King Tut. Yet as an early McCall transfer pattern shows, Neo-Egyptomania was already underway: “Egyptian Design for Dress Trimming” (McCall 1039) dates to spring 1920, but was still being advertised three years later, explicitly referencing the King Tut trend.…
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