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Patterns in Vogue: Real Raincoats
Yves Saint Laurent rainwear in Vogue, March 1973. (Hat, Yves Saint Laurent for Madcaps; scarf, Yves Saint Laurent; Grandoe gloves. Men’s raincoat at Saks Fifth Avenue.) Photo: Chris von Wangenheim....
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The YSL Mondrian Dress at 60
It’s Couture Week in Paris, and the Mondrian collection is turning sixty. Yves Saint Laurent presented his iconic Fall-Winter 1965 haute couture collection, Homage to Piet Mondrian, in summer, 1965,...
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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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Libération at 50
Yves Saint Laurent smoking and shorts, Spring 1971 haute couture (Libération). “Les nouvelles vamps,” L’Officiel no. 583 (March 1971). Photo: Dominique Laporte. Image: jalougallery.com. Yves Saint...
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Patterns in Vogue: Huston in Ireland
Detail, “Looking Great,” Vogue, October 15, 1969. Photos: Richard Avedon. Editor: Polly Mellen. Image: Vogue Archive. For her first appearance in American Vogue, Anjelica Huston flew to rural Ireland...
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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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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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Sewing and Smoking
Detail, Virginia Slims advertisement, 1975. Today is World No Tobacco Day. Here’s a look at a Virginia Slims ad that ran in Vogue Patterns magazine. The mid-’70s ad—with the famous You’ve come a long...
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Glow, Holiday 1979
Tara Shannon wears Yves Saint Laurent’s V2337 in Vogue Patterns, November/December 1979, “Glow” editorial. Photo: Albert Watson. Perfume: Opium, of course! Yves Saint Laurent’s Chinese tunic got a lot...
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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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Red Carpet Roundup
Vogue 1078 on the runway. Image: Vogue Italia. Will you be watching the Oscars on Sunday? Here’s a roundup of my posts on red carpet dressing. Hervé L. Leroux for Guy Laroche – Hilary Swank chose her...
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Season of the Witch: Gothic Patterns
Dracula’s brides (Dorothy Tree, Geraldine Dvorak, and Cornelia Thaw) in Tod Browning’s Dracula (1931) Image: tumblr. Happy Walpurgisnacht! On the eve of the feast of St. Walpurga, here’s a look at...
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Iman
Iman on the cover of Vogue Italia, March 1976. Photo: Norman Parkinson. Image via eBay. Iman (b. 1955) turns sixty today. Born Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid in Mogadishu, Somalia, she and her family fled to...
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Yves Saint Laurent 1971: la collection du scandale
Yves Saint Laurent 1971: la collection du scandale. Model: Willy Van Rooy. Photo: Hans Feurer. Yves Saint Laurent’s Spring 1971 haute couture collection, Libération, is currently the focus of a major...
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Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s
The Museum at FIT’s exhibit, Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s, closes this Saturday. (See Bridget Foley, “That Real Seventies Show.”) If you can’t make it to New York to see it, a...
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Yves Saint Laurent for Dior: Vogue Patterns
Detail of Vogue 1471 by Yves Saint Laurent for Christian Dior, Vogue, January 1, 1960. Photo: Leombruno-Bodi. For Paco Peralta. Before Vogue Patterns introduced Yves Saint Laurent with patterns from...
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Linda Evangelista
Vogue Italia, February 1990. Photo: Steven Meisel. Image via Bellazon. In celebration of Canada Day, this models post is devoted to Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista. Born in St. Catharines,...
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Vintage Designer Menswear: Vogue Patterns
Vogue 2917 by Bill Blass (1973) Image via the Vintage Patterns Wiki. It’s been some time since Vogue offered designer menswear patterns. In the 1970s and 1980s, home sewers could choose from licensed...
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Nena von Schlebrügge and Uma Thurman
Nena von Schlebrügge on the cover of Vogue Pattern Book, Autumn 1960. Image via eBay. (A late Mother’s Day post since I was under the weather yesterday.) In honour of Mother’s Day, this models post is...
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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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