#Vogue Patterns

[kitsunetsuki]

Brian Duffy - Vogue Patterns Ad (Vogue UK 1965)

[theamandacollection67]

Vogue International Pattern Book June/July 1969

[vintagepatternwarehouse]

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[chicinsilk]

Vogue US May 1, 1957

Anne St. Marie in an Everglaze satin-striped cotton backless dress by Hope Skillman. Vogue Pattern 9185. Gold, textured bracelet, by Bergère, Capezio sandals, Golden Girl lipstick by Beauty Counselors.

Anne St. Marie dans une robe dos nu en coton à rayures satinées Everglaze de Hope Skillman. Vogue Pattern 9185. Bracelet dorée et texturé, par Bergère, sandales Capezio, rouge à lèvres Golden Girl de Beauty Counselors.

Photo Roger Prigent vogue archive

[therockfashionbook]

Jerrica wearing a striped open back turtleneck with shorts as first appears in The Jem Jam pt. 2

This appears to be based on this photo of a Vogue Pattern that appeared in US Vogue March of 1986.

[thegikitiki]

Loomed to be Heirloomed...

Flannel by Bates Fabrics, 1949

[vintagepatternaday]

Vogue 7070 from 1978

Half-Size Dress: Very loose-fitting, pullover, blouson dress, 7.5cm below mid-knee, with front gathered into self-lined yoke has oval neckline, back button and loop closing, extended shoulders, elasticized waistline, pockets in side seams and sleeveless or full-length sleeves. Topstitching. Can be worn with or without purchased belt. Purchased top.

[pre-raphaelitepunk]

Vogue 1521 Oversized Shirt or Dress and Skirt by Perry Ellis

[mr-e-gallery]

Edmond Simpson 'New Found Friend' (Maier-Vogue)

[missazurerose]

I'm unsurprised but still sad about this. Maybe I'm only surprised it took this long. When I was a kid, patterns were like...a buck or two. They were the loss leader to get people sewing. You bought the pattern cheap and had to buy $100 worth of other stuff to make a shirt, that's how they got you. Now, paying $20+ for tissue paper on top of all the fabric and miscellany you need for a supposedly simple skirt makes sewing that much more frustrating. I tried to wait for sales but once Hancock Fabrics closed, Joann's essentially never ran 3 for $5 or $1 pattern sales. They had no more real competition. They didn't have to.

And these are just some suggestions from an average cosplayer, by no means a professional recommendation, but obviously be careful with the patterns you do have. They're thin paper and it's almost impossible to fold those pieces up as well as they came so get some ziploc bags so you can keep all the pieces together, keep the envelope and the instructions in that bag too. Pattern pieces aren't going to do a hell of a lot of good if you don't know which ones go together.

This one might be more do as I say not as I do, but after I'm done with a piece and fold it back up, I LIGHTLY iron my pattern pieces to get them to lay flatter in the bag. Sometimes you then actually have a hope of getting them back in the original envelope. Though I would still say get a bag because the envelope will get beat up and torn over time.

Last thing I would say is if you have a pattern you use a lot, get a roll of butcher paper and make your own copy. Especially if you made alterations to it you can prolong the lifespan of that piece. You can make whatever notes you need to on the pieces. It doesn't have to say just Simplicity 5871, you can say 'Skyloft Zelda dress' or 'Sailor Moon skirt' whatever you actually used it for. If you lose the envelope and the original pattern down the line, you're not going to remember a pattern number. Remind your future self why you bought this pattern in the first place. Even looking it up online is probably going to get harder. As is I'm pretty sure these companies have reused numbers because sometimes I've looked for a pattern and found different ones using the same number.

Well my loves, it appears as though the answer to "Can the Big Pattern Company (Simplicity/Burda/McCalls/ect.) survive the death of JoAnn?" has come.

The answer is no. No it cannot. It has been sold to a liquidator just like JoAnns was.

So if there is ANYTHING you want I suggest you get it now. simplicity.com is currently having a pattern sale and I snatched up some that might be useful for cosplay purposes.

I am very glad these last couple of years I have built up my collection.

[kitsunetsuki]

David Bailey - Ingrid Boulting Wearing a Vogue Pattern Dress (Vogue UK 1971)

[theamandacollection67]

June/July 1969 Vogue Pattern Book

[vintagepatternwarehouse]

1958 Vogue Fashion Misses' Dress and Overskirt

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[chicinsilk]

US Vogue July 1959

Nena von Schlebrügge wears a short-sleeved black silk tussah dress by Julius Werk. Vogue Pattern 9739. Palter DeLiso Shoes.

Nena von Schlebrügge porte une robe manches courtes en tussah de soie noire par Julius Werk. Vogue Pattern 9739. Chaussures Palter DeLiso.

Photo Jerry Schatzberg vogue archive

[dabblingreturns]

So if you sew you know (and if you don't sew why would you know) that commercial paper sewing patterns* normally cost between $15 -$30 USD in America. Sometimes when they are on sale they go for less, often rare vintage patterns are more expensive, but they aren't cheap.

But this weekend the crafting gods were smiling on me because I went to scrap in Baltimore. And I got 10 new to me commercial paper sewing patterns for $2 each.

I also have two patterns in there I bought from scrap last fall.

But fellow tumblrites, behold my bounty!

Here are my favorites up close.

According to my mother, she wore something very close to McCall's 2361 to my christening.

very excited to make some of these.

*pdf patterns are cheaper but then you need to pay for printing and if you don't own a printer that can run you $10+ at a print shop. Moodfabrics has great free patterns as well. But you still have to print and tape them together.

[elevenonehandmade]

Weekly Retrospective 8

The jacket I made about 5 years ago,  and it has become a wardrobe staple.  The pants I made 2 years ago.  The jacket pattern is McCall’s 4664,  and the pants pattern is Vogue 5854. Photography by Photo0pal