Tag: sports
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Pan Am Games 2015, Vintage Pattern Edition: Equestrian
This week I’m looking at vintage patterns showing sports of the Pan Am Games. (See the first post here.) Today: a 1930s equestrian pattern. Equestrian. This Depression-era pattern for fall-front jodhpurs has jaunty cuffed trousers, the requisite reinforced inner leg, and three pocket pieces, including one for a watch pocket: (Click the image to see…
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Pan Am Games 2015, Vintage Pattern Edition: Cycling
This week I’m looking at vintage patterns showing sports of the Pan Am Games. (See the first post here.) Today: a pattern for cycling. Cycling. This cycling illustration graced the cover of the summer 1938 issue of Vogue Pattern Book: The pattern is Vogue 8014, a sport or evening frock, bolero, and calot (hat) in…
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