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Trigère Designs for McCall’s, 1956
Pauline Trigère in an ad for McCall’s Printed Patterns, Vogue, October 1956. Model: Anne St. Marie. Pauline Trigère, who settled in America after fleeing Nazism in Europe, appears in this 1956...
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Harem Scarum
Pucci tunic and harem pants, Vogue Italia, January 1968. Photo: Gian Paolo Barbieri. Image: Pleasurephoto. The early ’90s are back—and so are sarouel, or harem pants. Here’s a look at vintage patterns...
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Horn/Griner, 1972 + Labour Day Sale
Vogue 8206 and 8204 in Vogue Pattern Book, 1972. Photo: Horn/Griner. Horn/Griner photographed this military-inspired ensemble for an early ’70s issue of Vogue Pattern Book: the shirt, Vogue 8206, in...
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Patterns in Vogue: High-Toned Tweeds
Detail from “High-Toned Tweeds,” Vogue, October 1995. Photo: Arthur Elgort. Editor: Grace Coddington. Arthur Elgort and Grace Coddington’s mid-’90s editorial, “High-Toned Tweeds” (previously seen in my...
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Blade Runner, Fashion, and Sewing Patterns
Eugenia Silva wears Prada on the cover of Vogue Italia, March 1998. Photo: Steven Meisel. Editor: Bill Mullen. Image: The Fashion Spot. Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated sequel to...
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In memoriam: Hervé Léger
Hervé L. Leroux Resort 2017 photographed by Desiree Mattsson. Model: Alexandrina Turcan. Image: Desiree Mattsson. Farewell to the great Hervé Léger. I wrote a brief tribute to the late designer for...
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Winter/Holiday 2017 Designer Highlights
A look from Adam Andrascik’s Fall 2015 collection for Laroche. Photo: Yannis Vlamos. Image: Vogue.com. From Guy Laroche to Paco Peralta, Vogue’s designer patterns for Winter/Holiday 2017 offer a range...
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Battle On, Xena!
Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess, 1996. Image: NBC Universal/Movie Pilot. Before Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, there was Xena: Warrior Princess. The Hercules spinoff starring Lucy Lawless as a...
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Paco Peralta: Vogue Patterns
Paco Peralta sketch for Vogue 1567 ©McCall’s/Paco Peralta. Paco Peralta has seen some major milestones lately. Last fall, the Barcelona couturier became Vogue Patterns’ first Spanish designer in half a...
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Patterns in Vogue: Gia in Versace, 1979
Detail, Gia Carangi in Vogue, July 1979. Photo: Alex Chatelain. 2017 is officially the year of Versace. To mark the 20th anniversary of her brother’s death, Donatella Versace has been returning to the...
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Glow, Holiday 1979
Tara Shannon wears Yves Saint Laurent’s V2337 in Vogue Patterns, November/December 1979, “Glow” editorial. Photo: Albert Watson. Perfume: Opium, of course! Yves Saint Laurent’s Chinese tunic got a lot...
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Patterns in Vogue: Romantic Gestures
Susan Holmes in Vogue, December 1990. Photo: Ellen von Unwerth. Editor: André Leon Talley. Image: Ma Chérie, Dior. An opulent early ’90s holiday editorial, shot by Ellen von Unwerth and styled by André...
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Jill Kennington
Jill Kennington in Vogue 1676 by Elio Berhanyer, Vogue Pattern Book International, Winter 1966. Image: eBay. British model-turned-photographer Jill Kennington turns 75 today. Born and raised in...
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Free Designer Pattern: Alyx Pleat Dress
At the V&A in the Alyx pleat dress. Photo: Britt Lloyd. Model: Jazzelle Zanaughtti. Image: SHOWstudio. The new Design Download from SHOWstudio is an Alyx shirtdress. Alyx was founded in 2015 by...
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Spring 2018 Designer Highlights
Catherine Nako wears a Tracy Reese dress at Red’s Jazz Shoe Shine Parlor, Detroit. Photo: Ray Rushing. Image: Instagram. Have you seen the new designer patterns for Spring 2018? Badgley Mischka are...
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Mirella Petteni
Mirella Petteni in Venice, 1966. Photo: Helmut Newton. Image: Tumblr. Happy Mardi Gras! To celebrate the last day of Carnival, here’s a look at the star of Helmut Newton’s 1966 Venetian shoot: Italian...
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In the Orchard
Vogue 8103 in Vogue Pattern Book, 1971. Photo: Arthur Elgort. Arthur Elgort photographed this Miss Vogue design, Vogue 8103, ca. 1971. Shown in Abraham sheer wool challis, and apparently cut on the...
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In memoriam: Hubert de Givenchy
Shalom Harlow in a gown from Hubert de Givenchy’s final couture collection, British Vogue, October 1995. Photo: Nick Knight. Editor: Lucinda Chambers. Image: TFS. Farewell to Hubert de Givenchy, truly...
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Millinery Roundup
A hats roundup for Easter. Sally Victor Mr. John Mad Men-era milliners Halston of Bergdorf Goodman Jean Muir Frederick Fox Patricia Underwood Stephen Jones
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The Gathering of the Clans
The Gathering of the Clans, McCall’s Pattern Book, Fall 1956. Illustration: Sydelle Hall. In honour of Tartan Day, a mid-century schoolgirl in the Royal Stewart tartan. Pattern: McCall’s 2083.
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