Tag: McCall’s
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Selvedge 95 / #McCalls150
I’m pleased to announce that I’m among the contributors to the upcoming Heritage issue of Selvedge Magazine. My piece is called “Maison McCall,” and it’s about McCall’s interwar couturier patterns. Update: Read a preview of my article here. Did you know McCall’s shares its founding year with the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Both are celebrating…
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Vintage Nurse’s Uniforms
As a salute to our health care workers, this post is dedicated to vintage patterns for nurse’s uniforms. 1910s During the First World War, McCall’s sold commercial patterns for war work, including nurse’s uniforms, as well as official Red Cross patterns. Few of these antique patterns seem to have survived, but the Commercial Pattern Archive…
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