Tag: uniforms
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Armistice Centenary
This Sunday is the centenary of the Armistice of 1918, marking the end of World War I. On the November 1918 Delineator cover shown above, two women wear military uniforms that could be sewn from a Butterick pattern. (Also pictured in the late Joy Emery’s book. Look inside the issue here.) Click the images below…
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McCall Fashions for January 1918
Now that the temperature has dropped, I wanted to share a near-antique McCall News from winter 1917-18. The cover illustration shows two women skating on a frozen lake. The fur-trimmed dress on the left is McCall 8125, with ‘aviation cap’ McCall 8130; the dress on the right is McCall 8121. Inside the leaflet are some…
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