Tag: Vogue Patterns
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Sewing with Hudson’s Bay
With its Hudson’s Bay Company branding, this 1920s Vogue Patterns leaflet recalls a time when Canadians could find high-end sewing supplies at their local seventeenth-century-trading-company-turned-department-store. The leaflet from March, 1929 is part of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives at the Archives of Manitoba. (Click image below to enlarge.) Under the old gothic-lettering wordmark, it shows…
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At Sea Level
Flame-coloured brushstrokes form the backdrop for this chic, striking Vogue Patterns catalogue cover from June, 1964. Does the swimwear pattern featured on the cover look familiar? You might recognize it from the photographs Helmut Newton took for the May 1st, 1964 issue of American Vogue. (Read all about it in my post, Patterns in Vogue:…
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