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Patterns in Vogue: The Leather Forecast
Linda Evangelista at Stansted Airport, 1994. Photo: Nick Knight. Editor: Camilla Nickerson. Nick Knight once photographed Linda Evangelista at London’s Stansted Airport in a Vogue minidress. The...
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Summer 2019 Designer Pattern Highlights
Pat and Anna Cleveland, both in Zandra Rhodes’ Summer gown. Photo: Claire Rothstein. Image: Instagram. Have you seen the new summer patterns? Cover look V1627 is an archival design by Zandra Rhodes, as...
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VISIBLE feat. Paco Peralta
Sketch for V1602 by Paco Peralta ©2017. Courtesy Paco Peralta. This month in Galicia, the late Paco Peralta is among the artists whose work is on view in Visible (Visibility), a Pride Month exhibit...
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Couturissime: The Mugler Connection
Yasmin Le Bon in Mugler Fall 1997 couture. Photo © Alan Strutt. Image: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. On now at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Thierry Mugler: Couturissime, another blockbuster...
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Patterns in Vogue: Polar Effects
Karen Mulder in Iceland, Vogue, November 1990. Photo: Hans Feurer. Editor: Grace Coddington. Iceland’s Vatnajökull National Park is one of the latest additions to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. In...
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Fall 2019 Designer Pattern Highlights
Guinevere van Seenus in Rachel Comey Fall 2018. Photo: Annie Powers. Editor: Samira Nasr. Image: Vogue Runway. This season, Vogue patterns have a new format. For Fall 2019, illustrations are out, and...
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Patterns in Vogue: Peter Lindbergh, 1944-2019
Naomi Campbell photographed by Peter Lindbergh for “Seeing Spots,” Vogue, June 1990. Editor: Grace Coddington. Peter Lindbergh died yesterday. He was 74. (Read the WWD obituary.) The German...
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Fall 2019 Postscript (after Balenciaga)
Fall 2018 Balenciaga campaign image by Charlie White. Models: Eliza Douglas and Martina Almquist. Image: Fashion Gone Rogue. Last week, it was announced that Demna Gvasalia is leaving Vetements, the...
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Vogue Australia at 60
Elle Macpherson, Vogue Australia, March 1995. Photo: Andrew Macpherson. Image: Vogue Australia. It’s spring in the southern hemisphere, and Australian Vogue is celebrating its 60th anniversary. The...
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Patterns in Vogue: Anna Wintour Birthday Edition
Kara Young, Carré Otis, and Jennifer Noble in Vogue, January 1989. Photo: Patrick Demarchelier. Editor: Grace Coddington. Happy birthday to Anna Wintour, who turns 70 today. Wintour included Vogue...
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Winter 2019 Designer Pattern Highlights
Detail, Guy Laroche Fall 2018 by Richard René. Image: Vogue Runway. My Winter patterns report comes a little late: I’ve been busy working to save a historic hotel-turned-tavern here in Hamilton. (Read...
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Patterns in Vogue: Shimmering Sensations
Ariane Koizumi wears Vogue patterns by Yves Saint Laurent and Emanuel Ungaro, Vogue, November 1985. Photo: Bert Stern. In 1985, Bert Stern captured Ariane Koizumi in two Vogue Paris Originals, made in...
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Spring 2020 Designer Pattern Highlights
Vogue Patterns lookbook for Spring 2020. Model: Tatyana Cooper. Photo: Jack Deutsch. Image: Issuu. It’s nearly the equinox: time for my Spring patterns report. As I mentioned back in December, I’ve...
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Vintage Nurse’s Uniforms
Detail, McCall Special R & S Red Cross operating gown and helmet in McCall’s, July 1917. As a salute to our health care workers, this post is dedicated to vintage patterns for nurse’s uniforms....
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A Good Day for Tartan
Vogue 7175 (1967) Coordinates. In honour of Tartan Day, a Sixties Vogue Special Design for coordinates, shown in what looks to be the Munro tartan. Alba gu bràth!
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Patterns in Vogue: The Great Plain
Christy Turlington wears handmade dress Vogue 8293 (with Jil Sander coat), Vogue, August 1993. Photo: Ellen von Unwerth. Editor: Grace Coddington. Image: Vogue Archive. Do you remember Grace...
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Summer 2020 Designer Pattern Highlights
Detail, Cynthia Rowley Resort 2019. Model: Sasha Belyaeva. Photo: William Eadon. Editor: Kit Keenan. Image: Vogue Runway. Have you seen the new summer patterns? For Summer, 2020, Rachel Comey covers...
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Vogue Paris 100
Inaugural issue of Vogue Paris, June 15, 1920. Illustration: Helen Dryden. Image: Gallica / BnF. Today is the 100th anniversary of Vogue Paris. To celebrate, here’s a decade-by-decade look at Paris and...
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Isaac Mizrahi: Vogue Patterns
Isaac Mizrahi and Shalom Harlow in Isaac Mizrahi’s Spring 1998 ad campaign. Photo: Dewey Nicks. Image: Instagram. Unzipped, the groundbreaking fashion film, is 25 this month. The 1995 documentary made...
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Fall 2020 Designer Pattern Highlights
Detail, Badgley Mischka Fall 2019 runway presentation. Model: Ajak Deng. Image: Vogue.com. The new Vogue patterns for fall 2020 play with drape and texture for dropping temperatures. Plus, for those...
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