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| | The New Vogue Sewing Book published in 1963 contained a "Couturier Supplement". According to the Foreword in this magazine-styled book, "Only Vogue Patterns can bring you original designs from the Paris and International Couture houses, because of an exclusive arrangement with world famous designers." One of the 17 designers featured in the supplement was Jo...
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| | Costume design history, film history, fashion history, Old Hollywood style, style of the movies
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| | The Idea and Inspiration: A collaboration with the divine Mrs C to create Lady Maude Warrender's 1909-1910 laurel themed evening gown from Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 1860-1940. The gown fit perfectly into my Pompeii to Paris project, and with Mrs C doing the detailed embellishment, tackling the gown was feasible. Fabric and Materials: Ivory silk charmeuse lined with cream cotton voile, with linen bodice lining for the underdress. Bodice boned with featherweight boning. Overdress of cotton/rayon net in gold and dyed black. Laurel embellishments of gold organza and embroidery floss. Sash and trim of silk and rayon blend velvet. Research and Resources: Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 1860-1940 Jordan Bently's research on the original dress The D...
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| I wrote about these trousers at some length a couple of weeks ago, so this is just a quick update with modelled photos. They're a recent Burda magazine pattern, 108 02/2024, and proof in my opinion that even though Burda's resorted to openly recycling old patterns there are still good new designs to be found...