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Mary Quant: Butterick Patterns
Tania Mallet wears Mary Quant (hat by James Wedge) on the cover of British Vogue, October 1, 1963. Photo: Brian Duffy. Image: eBay. Nothing says Swinging London like Mary Quant. The pioneer of the...
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Patterns in Vogue: Hutton Meets Warhol
Lauren Hutton with Warhol pillows. Photo: Gianni Penati. Image: flickr. A Vreeland-era Vogue Patterns editorial shows Lauren Hutton with silver, helium-filled pillows by Andy Warhol, who would have...
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Patterns in Vogue: Pillow Talk
“Fresh, frothy, delicious” – breakfast coat worn by Dorothea McGowan in Vogue, May 1, 1960. Photo: Leombruno-Bodi. This Galentine’s, a midcentury slumber party. Leombruno-Bodi photographed three...
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A Good Day for Tartan
Vogue 7175 (1967) Coordinates. In honour of Tartan Day, a Sixties Vogue Special Design for coordinates, shown in what looks to be the Munro tartan. Alba gu bràth!
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Free Designer Pattern: Mary Quant Georgie Dress
Georgie dress by Mary Quant (ca. 1962) Image: V&A. As part of its recent Mary Quant exhibit, the V&A shared a pattern for an early Quant design. The Georgie dress dates to the Bazaar days,...
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Patterns in Vogue: Huston in Ireland
Detail, “Looking Great,” Vogue, October 15, 1969. Photos: Richard Avedon. Editor: Polly Mellen. Image: Vogue Archive. For her first appearance in American Vogue, Anjelica Huston flew to rural Ireland...
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Inauguration Sewing
President Kennedy with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy at his inauguration in January, 1961. Image: Leonard McCombe / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty. President Joe Biden will reportedly be wearing...
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Grace Coddington at 80
Detail, “Brief Encounter,” Vogue, December 1991. Photo: Helmut Newton. Editor: Grace Coddinton. Image: Vogue Archive. Last month, the inimitable Grace Coddington turned 80. (Read her reminiscence in...
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Patterns in Vogue: Moon-White Jumpsuits
Françoise Rubartelli in Vogue, January 1965. Photo: Franco Rubartelli. Image: Vogue Archive. From Diana Vreeland’s Vogue, a mid-1960s Franco Rubartelli editorial featuring Françoise Rubartelli in two...
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Happy Birthday, Pucci! 75th Anniversary & Pucci Patterns in DRESS
Simone D’Aillencourt in a Pucci shirt in three colors of cotton satin, British Vogue, April 1956. Photo: Norman Parkinson. Image: Iconic Images / Condé Nast / DRESS. Did you know the house of Pucci is...
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