Tag: sports
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Pan Am Games 2015 – Vintage Pattern Edition
This week the Pan Am Games continue in Toronto. In honour of the Games, here’s a look at vintage patterns and illustrations showing women’s sports. First up: Pan Am sports that have already concluded for 2015. Archery. From a 1933 issue of McCall’s magazine, this archery scene was illustrated by Jean des Vignes: Golf. Ben-Hur…
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Patterns in Vogue: Rebecca Lobo
In 1997, Michel Comte photographed pro basketball player Rebecca Lobo for Vogue magazine in an evening dress made from a Vogue pattern. The American Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) had had its first game earlier that year, and the New York Liberty forward was featured in a health and beauty portfolio, “Women on the Verge,”…
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