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Weekend Eye Candy: Geoffrey Beene 1986 24 Aug 2013 | 12:51 pm
Here’s a great example of how fashion shapes were changing during the 1980s. In the early part of the decade, ball gowns with huge skirts, oversized bows and frills were de rigueur. However, these fai...
All Kinds of Woollens 1934 23 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
It’s the little things that count! Put one of the new trimmings on a simple frock and it will work wonders. On the far left there is a simple and charming frock in a hairy woollen material, with its s...
Weekend Eye Candy: Paul Poiret 1924 17 Aug 2013 | 03:31 pm
Now this is what I call eating out in style! Unfortunately the artist is unknown, but the designs are by Paul Poiret c.1924. Check out the fabulous sleeves on the lady standing to the right. Those bel...
The Haslam System of Dresscutting 1929 15 Aug 2013 | 04:53 pm
A few months ago, I acquired some lovely vintage goodies from a friend of mine in Chorlton, Manchester. Whilst looking through the pieces, she mentioned a couple of pattern-cutting books which had bel...
Weekend Vintage Eye Candy 11 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
Two frocks I would dearly love to own . . . and perfect for autumn/winter . . . or any time of the year! Images scanned by Catwalk Threads from ‘The Biba Experience’ Alwyn W Turner. Mycella maxi-dre...
Liza Peta Jersey Wear 2 Aug 2013 | 07:18 pm
Perhaps it’s not the best time of the year to be promoting crimplene jersey. It was so unbearably hot yesterday; for the UK anyway! However, I guess it’s autumn somewhere on this planet, so hopefully ...
The Hat Rethought 1969 27 Jul 2013 | 04:59 pm
The following text and images were scanned by Catwalk Threads from FASHION magazine, August 1969. Brian Harris’s philosophy on hats is certainly not revolutionary; but his ideas on hat fabrics certai...
Silhouette Swimsuits 17 Jul 2013 | 02:01 pm
Silhouette swimsuits start at the next-to-nothing and end with really quite something. “Travelling Light.” Teeny bikini in linen and cotton knit with contrasting trim and bra bow. In natural or turqu...
Dress of the Year 1968 14 Jul 2013 | 03:21 pm
Romantic Revival: Dress of the Year chosen by FASHION Each year, an expert on fashion is asked to select a dress which epitomizes the feeling and fashion mood for that year. What better year than 196...
Dress and Coat: Double First in Greats 12 Jul 2013 | 12:32 pm
The following images have been scanned by Catwalk Threads from FASHION magazine, May 1969. Model: Marisa Berenson Polly Peck coat and dress 1969 The line clean and simple; the shape pared-down but p...
