Tag: vintage
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Sewing and Smoking
Today is World No Tobacco Day. Here’s a look at a Virginia Slims ad that ran in Vogue Patterns magazine. The mid-’70s ad—with the famous You’ve come a long way, baby slogan—contrasts the fashionable, contemporary Cheryl Tiegs with the Edwardian “Mrs. Florine Knauff,” caught smoking during a fox hunt. Along the lower left-hand side, the…
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The Gathering of the Clans
In honour of Tartan Day, a mid-century schoolgirl in the Royal Stewart tartan. Pattern: McCall’s 2083.
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