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’90s OMG! (Oh My Goth)
W magazine, June 1997. Model: Danielle Z. Photographed in New Orleans by Ellen von Unwerth. Setting aside the corsets, Morticia costumes* and Ren fair looks that may come up in a “goth pattern” search,...
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Alber Elbaz for Guy Laroche: Vogue Patterns
Guy Laroche is Vogue Patterns’ most established licensee. The first Guy Laroche pattern was released over fifty years ago and, despite a lapse in licensing after the mid-Eighties, Vogue Patterns...
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Helmut Newton for YSL Rive Gauche, 1991
I love finding pattern designs in ad campaigns. Vogue 1016 by Yves Saint Laurent is a long-sleeved, full-skirted formal dress with a dramatic décolletage and optional stretch-lace camisole: Vogue 1016...
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Isabel Toledo: Vogue Patterns
Isabel Toledo in her 2007 Ribbon Roller Dress (2009) Photo: Ruven Afanador. Typography: Ruben Toledo. Image via Ms. Muse. Cuban-American designer Isabel Toledo has been called a “radical classicist”...
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A Fourth Givenchy Pattern by Galliano
Detail, Givenchy Fall 1996 advertising campaign. Image via eBay. Thanks to a runway video posted by blogger Fubuki, I’ve been able to identify a fourth Givenchy pattern designed by John Galliano. (See...
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Year of the Snake: Vogue 2086 by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy, Part 1
I’m a little late to the party, but—as part of Anne of Pretty Grievances’ Jungle January event, I thought it would be fun to use a reptile print to make the strapless dress from Vogue 2086, the first...
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Just Married: Badgley Mischka
After 28 years together, Mark Badgley and James Mischka of Badgley Mischka were married in New York last weekend. To celebrate, here’s a look back at two decades of Badgley Mischka sewing patterns....
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Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis: Vogue Patterns, Part 1
Michaela Bercu wears Perry Ellis by Marc Jacobs, Vogue, November 1989. Image via the Fashion Model Directory. Can you believe the early-nineties revival in fashion right now? We remember Marc Jacobs’...
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Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis: Vogue Patterns, Part 2
Marc Jacobs’ Spring/Summer 1993 ‘grunge’ collection for Perry Ellis was a succès de scandale, a landmark collection that got him fired and continues to provoke debate. (See my earlier Marc Jacobs for...
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Vera Wang: Vogue Patterns
Vera Wang with Ralph Lauren at the CFDA Awards, June 3, 2013. Last night Vera Wang was honoured with the CFDA’s Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. (Read style.com’s article here; Voguepedia bio...
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Patterns in Vogue: Courrèges Edge
Kate Moss in “Courrèges Edge.” Photo: Nick Knight, 1995. Today we’re used to a firm division between fashion magazines and sewing magazines. But for several decades after Condé Nast sold Vogue...
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Anna Sui: Vogue Patterns, Part 1
Linda Evangelista in Anna Sui, Harper’s Bazaar, August 1995. Photo: Patrick Demarchelier. Anna Sui (b. 1955) is beloved for her playfully postmodern designs. Sui collections are typically full of...
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Anna Sui: Vogue Patterns, Part 2
Anna Sui cosmetics and fragrance campaign, spring 1999. This week, the second part of my series on Vogue patterns by Anna Sui. (See Part 1 here.) 5. Anna Sui, Spring/Summer 1999 collection Sui’s Spring...
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Vogue 2248 by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy
I made the first of my patterns by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy: the cowl-neck sheath dress, Vogue 2248. (See my earlier post here.) Vogue 2248 by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy (1999) I had planned...
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Patterns in Vogue: Clean Cuts
Guinevere Van Seenus in Vogue, November 1997. Photo: Mario Testino. This week, the second post in my occasional series on Vogue’s pattern editorials. (See the first post here.) “Clean Cuts,” from the...
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Patterns in Vogue: Rebecca Lobo
Rebecca Lobo photographed by Michel Comte, Vogue, November 1997. In 1997, Michel Comte photographed pro basketball player Rebecca Lobo for Vogue magazine in an evening dress made from a Vogue pattern....
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Patterns in Vogue: Red Hot
Kate Moss photographed by Juergen Teller, Vogue, June 1994. It’s Kate Moss Month at SHOWstudio, so I was able to update my “Courrèges Edge” post with a newly released, early fashion film by Nick Knight...
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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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Phina Oruche
Olivia Williams (Phina Oruche) in “Hush” (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 4) “Hush,” one of the strongest and spookiest episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, stars a model-turned-actor who appeared on...
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John Galliano Patterns: Roundup
The closing look from John Galliano’s Maison Martin Margiela Spring 2015 couture collection. Image via style.com. Today John Galliano presented his first collection as creative director at Maison...
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