Tag: Vogue Patterns
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A History of the Paper Pattern Industry
The new book by the curator of the Commercial Pattern Archive is the first comprehensive study of the sewing pattern industry. Published through Bloomsbury’s academic imprint, Joy Spanabel Emery’s A History of the Paper Pattern Industry: The Home Dressmaking Fashion Revolution traces the history of commercial patterns from their beginnings in early modern tailors’ drafting…
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Patricia Underwood: Vogue Patterns
In celebration of Royal Ascot, which begins today, this post is devoted to millinery designer Patricia Underwood. Patricia Underwood (b. 1947) was born near Ascot in Maidenhead, England. After moving to New York City in the late 1960s, she took a millinery course at FIT on a whim; by 1976 she had founded her own…
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