For 20th century enthusiasts, AHDS has published a collection home
dressmaking patterns drawn from the collection at the london College of
Fashion. (AHDS has other collections as well, including London CoF
Woolmark Collection, Corwainer's Shoe Collection, etc.) The patter
collection includes Vogue, Butterick, McCalls, and others with designers
such as Laroche, Givenchy and Christian Dior.
To read about the collection:
http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/LCFPP.html
To search the collection, go to:
http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/LCFPP.html
Click on the 'Deselect All' button, then check the box next to 'London
College of Fashion: Paper Patterns'
You can search by garment type, pattern maker or date. Unfortunately
there is no browse. However, if you just type an asterisk (*) in the
search box you will get all 620 patterns.
And for those of us of a certain age, don't be surprised if you see a
pattern there that you still may have in your attic!
- Hope
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[EMAIL PROTECTED], Academic Computing, U of Vermont
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