The New Year is here, and that means it is time for the one and only annual giveaway here at The Vintage Traveler. The prize a beautiful book, Fashion Illustration, 1930 to 1970. Every page really is delightful and the book is a good overview of the famous illustrators of each decade.
To enter, visit The Vintage Traveler blog.
Every other Sunday I do a blog post of the best news in vintage and fashion history of the past two weeks. You can read these at The Vintage Traveler.
As I announced here in April, I'm closing down my pattern sales site.
I have again slashed prices, and now most patterns are $5 or less. I'm in the process of moving them to a new etsy store, so shop both sites for some super buys in vintage patterns.
Lizzie
Back in March I was fortunate to have a phone conversation with Juli Lynne Charlot, designer of 1950s decorated skirts and maker of the original poodle skirt. I've finally writtien about this great woman on my blog, The Vintage Traveler. That's Juli in the photo, posing with a replica of her 1948 poodle skirt.
As of the end of the year, I'm going to close my on-line vintage sewing pattern store. I have permanently reduced prices on 90% of the stock: patterns that were $15, are now $10 or $12, most children's patterns have been lowered to $6, and patterns that were over $20 have been reduced up to $10 off.
I will be continuing to add new designs, as I still have many from my years of collecting, so check back often for new styles.
Go HERE to see the almost 500 patterns, and thanks!
I've written a three part series about the famous Beacon blankets robe. You can read all 3 parts on my blog, The Vintage Traveler
As a collector of vintage clothing I'm always happy to find things with a local label. One that I'm been wanting to find for a very long time is Biltmore Industries. Biltmore didn't make clothing, they made the cloth using old hand looms. The fabric was very high quality, and they advertised in the best fashion magazines.
I'm working on gathering info on White Stag, and to make it even more interesting I got an email from a researcher at a museum who had seen my Picasso for White Stag label on the VFG Label Resource. This museum has a blouse in the same print as my rain jacket, though their label is dated 1962 and mine is dated 1963.
According to some ads I have from 1963, White Stag secured the exclusive right to reproduce some of Picasso's work. There were at least four designs, and I'm assuming more than that. My jacket is like the parka in the ad with a different print.
The museum is currently researching the line, about which I've been able to discover practically nothing. So if any of you knowledgable readers have any information to share, I'll be glad to pass it on to the museum.
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