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Beverly Johnson
Model Beverly Johnson wearing a white striped caftan, Vogue Pattern #8587, sitting in front of window in artist Peter Lobello’s New York loft. Vogue, May 1973. Photo: Kourken Pakchanian. Image via...
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Vintage Vogue 8875 Giveaway Winners
Hot off the presses: the new Vogue 8875 The results of the Vintage Vogue 8875 giveaway are in! Thank you so much to everyone who entered and commented. The B5 size range goes to: sewexhausted The F5...
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Vintage Vogue Search
Vogue Patterns doesn’t have an archive of their old patterns, so the company is calling on the sewing public to lend patterns from their collections for reissue in the Vintage Vogue line. Reissued...
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Clash of the Titans: Goddess Gowns
Oscar season is upon us, and that means goddess gowns. Goddess gowns usually share elements of classical drapery and the simple construction of the toga and chiton. Here’s a selection of patterns for...
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Year of the Snake: Vogue 2086 by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy, Part 1
I’m a little late to the party, but—as part of Anne of Pretty Grievances’ Jungle January event, I thought it would be fun to use a reptile print to make the strapless dress from Vogue 2086, the first...
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Just Married: Badgley Mischka
After 28 years together, Mark Badgley and James Mischka of Badgley Mischka were married in New York last weekend. To celebrate, here’s a look back at two decades of Badgley Mischka sewing patterns....
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Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis: Vogue Patterns, Part 1
Michaela Bercu wears Perry Ellis by Marc Jacobs, Vogue, November 1989. Image via the Fashion Model Directory. Can you believe the early-nineties revival in fashion right now? We remember Marc Jacobs’...
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Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis: Vogue Patterns, Part 2
Marc Jacobs’ Spring/Summer 1993 ‘grunge’ collection for Perry Ellis was a succès de scandale, a landmark collection that got him fired and continues to provoke debate. (See my earlier Marc Jacobs for...
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Vera Wang: Vogue Patterns
Vera Wang with Ralph Lauren at the CFDA Awards, June 3, 2013. Last night Vera Wang was honoured with the CFDA’s Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. (Read style.com’s article here; Voguepedia bio...
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Vintage Bridal Patterns
McCall 9284 illustration by Blanche Rothschild, ca. June 1937. Image via PatternVault on Etsy. Vintage bridal patterns offer a unique alternative to modern bridal designs. Even if you’re already...
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Pedro Rodríguez: Catalogue of Maria Brillas’s Dresses
Thanks to Paco Peralta,* I received a review copy of the new book from Museu Tèxtil i d’Indumentària de Barcelona, Pedro Rodríguez: Catalogue of Maria Brillas’s Dresses. The museum’s collection of...
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Bellville Sassoon: Vogue Patterns
Image via the Fashion and Textile Museum. The current exhibition at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum, The Glamour of Bellville Sassoon, celebrates the museum’s 10th anniversary with a retrospective...
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Alberta Tiburzi
Alberta Tiburzi in Balenciaga. Harper’s Bazaar, 1967. Photo: Hiro (Yasuhiro Wakabayashi). Image via modeSPIRIT. Born in Rome, Alberta Tiburzi began her modelling career in Italy in the 1960s. She later...
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Patterns in Vogue: Courrèges Edge
Kate Moss in “Courrèges Edge.” Photo: Nick Knight, 1995. Today we’re used to a firm division between fashion magazines and sewing magazines. But for several decades after Condé Nast sold Vogue...
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Anna Sui: Vogue Patterns, Part 1
Linda Evangelista in Anna Sui, Harper’s Bazaar, August 1995. Photo: Patrick Demarchelier. Anna Sui (b. 1955) is beloved for her playfully postmodern designs. Sui collections are typically full of...
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Anna Sui: Vogue Patterns, Part 2
Anna Sui cosmetics and fragrance campaign, spring 1999. This week, the second part of my series on Vogue patterns by Anna Sui. (See Part 1 here.) 5. Anna Sui, Spring/Summer 1999 collection Sui’s Spring...
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DVF Wrap Dress 40th Anniversary
Vogue Patterns, September/October 1976. Image via Musings from Marilyn. Diane von Fürstenberg’s wrap dress celebrates its 40th anniversary this month. The famous dress, which officially made its debut...
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Vogue 2248 by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy
I made the first of my patterns by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy: the cowl-neck sheath dress, Vogue 2248. (See my earlier post here.) Vogue 2248 by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy (1999) I had planned...
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Year of the Horse: Vintage Equestrian Patterns
Busvine sidesaddle ensemble in Vogue, 1927. Illustration: Guillermo Bolin. Image: Man and the Horse. Happy Chinese new year! In honour of the Year of the Horse, here’s a selection of equestrian sewing...
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Billie Blair
Billie Blair on the cover of Interview magazine, August 1974. Image via Lipstick Alley. Born in Flint, Michigan, Billie Blair (b. 1946) worked as a model at the Detroit Auto Show before becoming one of...
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