Vogue Pattern Book, December/January 1960
Most of you guessed the correct identity of the designer in yesterday's Parting Shot. It is Karl Lagerfeld. The article in the magazine is an article on the history of the couture house of Jean Patou. At the time this was written, Patou himself had already passed on years before and the directors had hired a new designer just the year or so before this article, a young man in his mid-twenties, Karl Roland Lagerfeld. Here are a few more photos of him at work, before the white ponytail, sunglasses and gloves.
The article also has a drawing of a new pattern designed for Vogue's Paris Original line for that season, #1466; by Patou, but likely by Lagerfeld.
Other couture house news for Vogue pattern company is the addition of the house of Dior to their Paris Original pattern line. These fashion might have designed been by Yves St. Laurent, who was close to the end of his employment with Dior in the 1959/1960 time frame. A hobble skirted fashion was also shown along with these two designs, and was something he did work on at Dior during that time period.
In addition to a few pages devoted to the jackets and skirts of the season there was an article on "The Little Crepe Dress". This was touted as the dress of choice for both day and evening wear. I really liked this photo of a green dress:
I also liked this photo because of the relative simplicity of the look with the zebra print handbag.
This cinnamon brown color dress is also from the house of Patou:
There are still things I could show you from this magazine, but those are what I felt were the highlights.
On Monday, I'll show you the finished Liberty vintage shirt.
Parting Shot: Careful. Wellie is so nosy that if he hears something outside, he'll balance precariously on the ledge, window sill and doorknob to see out. We've seen him do this many times, but this is the first time I was able to photograph it.
8 comments:
Imagine what it would look like to someone approaching the door!
The crepe dress looks similar to the Vintage Vogue 5557 dress pattern that I have! Nice to see a picture of one made up. Thanks for sharing the info and pics from the magazine. It has been enlightening.
Oh Wellie! We had a cat growing up that could reach up and turn the door knob to open the door...no easy task for a big heavy door in a house built in the early 1900's!
See how the tail is so precisely placed for balance? could do with one of those now and again!
The book from 1960 is interesting, fashion from 50 years ago. I just had my 50th!
Sandy in the UK
Oh, don't crash Wellie! Thanks for share your catalog with us.
When I received my current issue of Vogue pattern magazine, I thought to myself, there just is not the stable of couturier designers there was in the past. Do they not pursue them or is it seen as a lost art? Those patterns are how to sew manuals as much as any book.
Thank you for this second chapter to the book. Without doubt, this magazine has lots of good information
Did you know there are two Lagerfeld original patterns included in the October issue of BurdaStyle? I've never seen pictures of Karl this young and was unaware of his early start in fashion design... Thank you for sharing, Summerset!
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