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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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Dracula 125
Dracula’s brides (Dorothy Tree, Geraldine Dvorak, and Cornelia Thaw) in Tod Browning’s Dracula (1931) Image: tumblr. Happy World Dracula Day! Today is the 125th anniversary of Bram Stoker’s Dracula....
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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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Vintage Vogue is 25!
Vintage Vogue 8811 (1940 reissue) on the cover of the Vogue Patterns lookbook, Summer 2012. (Patricia Underwood hat.) Image: Issuu. Vintage Vogue recently turned 25. The popular pattern line, which...
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DVF Wrap Dress 50th
Diane von Fürstenberg photographed by Bob Stone, Vogue, February 1974. Image: Vogue.com. The Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dress is 50! Vogue Patterns is marking the occasion with a first for the company:...
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Vogue Patterns 125
Vogue Couturier 200 on the cover of Vogue magazine, September 15, 1944. Photo: Irving Penn. Vogue Patterns turned 125 this year. To celebrate, here’s a slideshow of highlights from over twelve decades...
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Very Easy Very Vogue, 1970
Vogue 7797 and 7752 in Vogue Pattern Book, Summer 1970. Image: Etsy. Glam rainbows play across this Vogue Pattern Book illustration of two t-shirt dresses, circa 1970. Happy Galentine’s Day!
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Preserving Fashion Piece by Piece
Have you heard? There’s a new museum devoted to sewing patterns, and it’s featured in the current issue of WWD Weekend magazine. West Coast Executive Editor Booth Moore visited the Couture Pattern...
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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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