Tag: sports
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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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Advance Paris Styles for Summer, 1936
Divided dress — or cropped jumpsuit? Whatever you call it, McCall’s illustrator Blanche Rothschild gave us two of them on this cover for Summer, 1936, in candy-coloured prints. The pattern is McCall 8702, which the envelope calls a sports dress with divided skirt. But the catalogue uses a simpler name for the new style. Inside,…
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