Tag: tailoring
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Richard Tyler for Anne Klein: Vogue Patterns, Part 1
Richard Tyler recently celebrated his eightieth birthday. In honour of Los Angeles’ master tailor, I’ll be presenting a series on Richard Tyler’s Vogue patterns, licensed while he was head designer for Anne Klein. The Australian-born Richard Tyler (b. 1946) first learned to sew from his mother, who was a professional dressmaker. At sixteen, he left…
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The Epitome of Fall Chic
To celebrate the first day of autumn, here’s a vintage Butterick cover from fall, 1935. The fur-collared cover look is Butterick 6399, “A brief and buttoned jacket, snugly fitted and collared with badger or wolf, plus a skirt worn shorter than the length you’re used to—these make the suit the epitome of fall chic.” For…
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