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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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Black Fashion Designers at FIT
Scott Barrie dress, ca. 1973, in MFIT’s exhibition Black Fashion Designers. Image: Museum at FIT. The Museum at FIT’s current exhibition, Black Fashion Designers, showcases the often-overlooked work of...
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Patterns in Vogue: The Insiders (Galentine’s Day Edition)
Detail, Vogue, November 1974. Photo: Chris von Wangenheim. Image: The Fashion Spot. Galentine’s Day calls for slumber party-worthy loungewear. “The Insiders,” a mid-1970s Chris von Wangenheim editorial...
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Marisa Berenson
Marisa Berenson on the cover of Vogue Pattern Book, June/July 1970. Photo: Otto Storch. Marisa Berenson (b. 1947) turns 70 today. Though best known for her work as a film actor in movies like...
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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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Patterns in Vogue: Winona Ryder by Ellen von Unwerth
Ellen von Unwerth – Heimat at the Taschen Gallery, Los Angeles, 2017. Image: Taschen. If you’re in LA this month, you can catch Ellen von Unwerth’s new show, Heimat, at the Taschen Gallery (to May 1st,...
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Motherhood, 1971
Vogue 7952 in Vogue Pattern Book, August/September 1971. Photo: Art Barclay. In honour of Mother’s Day, some maternity images from an early ’70s Vogue Pattern Book. That’s Vogue 7952 by the red...
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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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Tania Mallet
Tania Mallet wears Mary Quant and James Wedge on the cover of British Vogue, October 1, 1963. Photo: Brian Duffy. Image: eBay. Model and Bond girl Tania Mallet (b. 1941) was born in Blackpool to...
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Taste the Infinite
Eight ways to wear an infinite dress. Sketch by Lydia Silvestry in Vogue, October 1976. Summer means weddings and infinity dresses—or, if a couple is particularly on-trend, infinity bridesmaid...
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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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You and Me and Rainbows
Simplicity 9376 (1971) Image: Etsy. Happy Pride! This year you can celebrate all summer with 2017’s rainbow trend. (See Lauren Cochrane, “The rainbow’s not over – it’s the style symbol of the season.”)...
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Sixth Blogiversary + Poll
Butterick 3110 jumpsuit, Butterick catalogue, June 1980. The PatternVault blog turns six today. To celebrate, I’m doing something a little different—I’m hosting a giveaway linked to a poll: Take Our...
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Patterns in Vogue: Making Up a Legend
Celia Hammond in British Vogue, October 1968. Photo: David Bailey. A late ’60s loungewear pattern is the star of “Making Up a Legend,” photographed for British Vogue by David Bailey. Celia Hammond...
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Harem Scarum
Pucci tunic and harem pants, Vogue Italia, January 1968. Photo: Gian Paolo Barbieri. Image: Pleasurephoto. The early ’90s are back—and so are sarouel, or harem pants. Here’s a look at vintage patterns...
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Horn/Griner, 1972 + Labour Day Sale
Vogue 8206 and 8204 in Vogue Pattern Book, 1972. Photo: Horn/Griner. Horn/Griner photographed this military-inspired ensemble for an early ’70s issue of Vogue Pattern Book: the shirt, Vogue 8206, in...
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Patterns in Vogue: High-Toned Tweeds
Detail from “High-Toned Tweeds,” Vogue, October 1995. Photo: Arthur Elgort. Editor: Grace Coddington. Arthur Elgort and Grace Coddington’s mid-’90s editorial, “High-Toned Tweeds” (previously seen in my...
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Blade Runner, Fashion, and Sewing Patterns
Eugenia Silva wears Prada on the cover of Vogue Italia, March 1998. Photo: Steven Meisel. Editor: Bill Mullen. Image: The Fashion Spot. Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated sequel to...
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Winter/Holiday 2017 Designer Highlights
A look from Adam Andrascik’s Fall 2015 collection for Laroche. Photo: Yannis Vlamos. Image: Vogue.com. From Guy Laroche to Paco Peralta, Vogue’s designer patterns for Winter/Holiday 2017 offer a range...
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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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