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Byron Lars: Vogue Patterns
Vibe magazine, September 1993. Model: Lois Samuels. Photo: Ruven Afanador. Image via Google Books. Today is Byron Lars’ birthday. In lieu of cake, here’s a look at his work with Vogue Patterns. Women’s...
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Oscar de la Renta: Vogue Patterns, Part 1
There’s only one day left to see Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective, curated by André Leon Talley for the de Young Museum in San Francisco. (Show ends May 30, 2016). If you won’t be able to make it,...
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Goodbye Donna Karan, Hello Urban Zen?
Ingrid Sischy, Donna Karan New York (Assouline 2005) Image via Pinterest. Have you heard? Vogue’s Donna Karan and DKNY patterns will no longer be available after next Wednesday, July 13th. According to...
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Oscar de la Renta: Vogue Patterns, Part 2
Sarah Mower, Oscar de la Renta (Assouline, 2nd ed. 2014) Photo: Peter Lindbergh. Editor: Grace Coddington. Image: my luscious life. Oscar de la Renta was born in July 1932; he would have turned 84 last...
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Jean Muir: Butterick Patterns
Jean Muir for Jane & Jane, Butterick Home Catalog, Spring 1965. This summer, after extensive renovations, the National Museum of Scotland opened its new galleries, including a Fashion and Style...
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Jean Muir: Vogue Patterns
A Jean Muir look on the cover of British Vogue, February 1973. Photo: David Bailey. Model: Susan Moncur. Image: eBay. Jean Muir was the only designer to ascend from Butterick Young Designer to Vogue...
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Rachel Comey: Vogue Patterns
Rachel Comey’s Bowtie top and printed trousers, Spring 2015 collection. Image: Instagram. Last month, Rachel Comey celebrated her label’s 15-year anniversary with an outdoor presentation of unisex...
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James Galanos: McCall’s Patterns
Metallic evening gown by James Galanos photographed at the Costume Institute, 1954. Image: Bettmann / Getty. James Galanos died last month. He was 92. According to his obituary in the New York Times,...
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James Galanos: Vogue Patterns
Silk burnooses by Galanos on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar, October 1966. Photo: James Moore. Image: eBay. This week, a look at the late James Galanos’ licensed Vogue patterns. (See my McCall’s post...
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Patterns in Vogue: On the Move
Detail, Vogue, August 1986. Photo: Denis Piel. “On the move” is the concept for a mid-’80s Denis Piel pattern editorial featuring designs from Geoffrey Beene’s career line. Here, Vogue 1770, Beene’s...
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Mei Xiao Zhou for Guy Laroche: Vogue Patterns
Guy Laroche advertising campaign, Fall 2001. Word is Guy Laroche patterns are set to return after a two-year hiatus. (The last Laroche, and last Paris Original, to be released was V1450 in Summer,...
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Pucci 70th Anniversary
A dress by Emilio of Capri in McCall’s Pattern Book, Spring 1957. Photo: Howell Conant. Pucci has been in the news this week with the announcement that Josephus Thimister will consult on the next...
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The World of Anna Sui
Tim Blanks, The World of Anna Sui (Abrams, 2017). Image: Abrams. The World of Anna Sui opened at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London last weekend. It’s the museum’s first retrospective on a...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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