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Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art
This weekend Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art, the UK’s first exhibition devoted to the House of Schiaparelli, opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The blockbuster show explores...
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Red Stole, Pink Dress, 1956 / 2026
Givenchy Designs for McCall’s Printed Patterns — advertisement in Vogue, April 1956.Image: Vogue Archive. On Sunday, Jessie Buckley became the first Irish actor to win the Academy Award for Best...
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Laura Ashley for McCall’s, 1975
Alternate photo of a Laura Ashley design (no. 4760) in a McCall’s catalogue, ca. late 1975. Model: Shaun Casey. Image: Instagram. In celebration of St. David’s Day, here’s an early McCall’s pattern by...
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Rachel Comey Returns
After a winter-holiday break, Vogue Patterns are back, and so is Rachel Comey. Vogue Patterns catalogue, Spring 2026. Image: Simplicity. Vogue Patterns changed hands again last September, and the new...
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Soft Holiday Fashions, 1973
Soft Holiday Fashions: a Kenzo dress pattern on the cover of the Butterick Home Catalog, Winter 1973. A red, hooded, designer maxi dress makes the case for “Soft Holiday Fashions” on this festive...
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Le cocktail en Givenchy
Givenchy dress in Abraham crepe de Chine; silk suit, necktie, and pocket square, Givenchy Gentleman, L’Officiel, March 1978. Photo: Rodolphe Haussaire. Image: jalougallery. In 1978, the Brussels...
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Free Designer Pattern: Rick Owens Shrug
“Rick Owens: Temple of Love” opened today at the Palais Galliera in Paris. To celebrate the designer’s first retrospective, this post is dedicated to SHOWstudio’s latest Design Download: a Rick Owens...
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Lanvin at the Cinémathèque
With the 78th edition of the Festival de Cannes starting today, here’s a look at a couture pattern with a fun cinematic connection. When Vogue’s Clifford Coffin photographed the first batch of Paris...
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Rule, Titania
Vogue’s new patterns for Summer include two formal gowns in Easter-egg hues. A mint goddess gown evokes red-carpet glamour, while Badgley Mischka’s lilac confection is fit for a fairy queen. Vogue...
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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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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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Sewing and Smoking
Detail, Virginia Slims advertisement, 1975. 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...
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Gnyuki Torimaru (Yuki): Style Patterns
Diana, Princess of Wales, wears Yuki to a banquet hosted by Emperor Hirohito in May, 1986. Image: Pinterest. Gnyuki Torimaru, or Yuki, is most famous for dressing Princess Diana on her 1986 state visit...
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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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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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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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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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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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Betsey Johnson: Butterick Patterns
Betsey Johnson sketch for Paraphernalia, 1965. Image: CFDA / Pinterest. Betsey Johnson turns 75 today. Four decades on, the designer’s 1970s Butterick patterns are still very popular. Here’s a look at...
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Our Man in Leather: Bobby Breslau for Vogue Patterns
Bobby Breslau in Vogue Patterns, May/June 1979. Photo: Charles Tracy. “Our Man in Leather”: Vogue Patterns introduced Bobby Breslau, one of the company’s rare designers of accessories, with a winking...
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