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The Addams Family Patterns
Poster for Barry Sonnenfeld’s The Addams Family (1991) Image: IMDb. This week, a look at official Addams Family patterns. Ruth Myers’ costumes won her her first Academy Award nomination. (The second...
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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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Disney Hercules Patterns
Still from the Disney Hercules (1997) Image: IMDb. The Saturnalia begins today. To mark the ancient Roman festival, here’s a look at patterns inspired by Saturn’s grandson, Hercules. Poster for...
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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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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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Galliano at 60
Angela Lindvall in John Galliano for Givenchy: Vogue 1978 in Liberty silk. “Another Country,” British Vogue, January 1998. Photo: Paolo Roversi. Editor: Lucinda Chambers. Image: Bellazon. Today is John...
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Patterns in Vogue: Stella Tennant by Steven Meisel
Stella Tennant in “Spare Change,” Vogue, May 1996. Photo: Steven Meisel. Editor: Camilla Nickerson. Image: Vogue Archive. Stella Tennant turns 50 today. In a Bauhaus-inspired, mid-’90s editorial, the...
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Grace Coddington at 80
Detail, “Brief Encounter,” Vogue, December 1991. Photo: Helmut Newton. Editor: Grace Coddinton. Image: Vogue Archive. Last month, the inimitable Grace Coddington turned 80. (Read her reminiscence in...
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Patterns in Vogue: Beauty and the Beast
Niki Taylor in Butterick 5205 (view B, without bow), Vogue, December 1991. Photo: Patrick Demarchelier. Editor: Elizabeth Saltzman. Disney’s animated Beauty and the Beast (1991) was dedicated to the...
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Prophecy Girl
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 1 (1997) Costume design: Susanna Puisto. Photo: Richard Cartwright. Image: 20th Century Fox / EW.com. With news of a Buffy...
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