Tag: Mother’s Day
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Nena von SchlebrĂĽgge and Uma Thurman
(A late Mother’s Day post since I was under the weather yesterday.) In honour of Mother’s Day, this models post is devoted to a mother and daughter who both modelled for designer sewing patterns: Nena von SchlebrĂĽgge and Uma Thurman. Nena von SchlebrĂĽgge (b. 1941) was born in Mexico City to German-Swedish parents who had…
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Mamma Mia: Designer Maternity Patterns
Last year, Peter of Male Pattern Boldness posted a general survey of vintage maternity patterns. Sewing patterns for designer maternity wear have a different history. In honour of Mother’s Day, here is a selection of designer maternity patterns from the ’70s to the ’90s. Some of the earliest patterns for designer maternity wear that I…
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