Tag: Patterns in Vogue
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Patterns in Vogue: Katarina the Great
Katarina Witt is 60 today. In 1991, not long after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the East German-born champion figure skater was touring the U.S. with Brian Boitano, and Arthur Elgort photographed her for Vogue in a top and briefs made with Very Easy Vogue patterns. The patterns are Vogue 7189 and Vogue 7877,…
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At the House of Italian Handicrafts, 1949
A Vogue pattern editorial from Spring, 1949 captures not only postwar fashion, but also a work by Italian-American artist Costantino Nivola. Clifford Coffin photographed two Vogue designs with Nivola’s murals at the House of Italian Handicrafts in New York City. Designed by Gustavo Pulitzer, the House of Italian Handicrafts opened in April, 1947 at 217…
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