Warning: Readers of a sensitive disposition may want to stop before they reach the 1970s!
Beginning in December 1952, all is poise and pearls and fabulous hats.
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| Black jersey fabric from McCulloch and Wallis [sic] |
The editorial a year later suggests that the reader will have made outfits for Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve and a post-Christmas event in January. And party dresses for the children, and presents. Phew.
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| Lots to do in 1953 |
December 1957 is back to poise and elegance, but no hats.
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| Dresses with back details |
The 1958 edition suggests that at a mere £5 each (approximately £81/$108 in today's money), the reader could make every one of the 10 dresses in the article for the party season!
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| Bargain frocks! |
What I can only describe as 'mad hair' dominated the 1966 issue. I couldn't decide which photograph to use, so here are two of them.
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| Vogue 6922 |
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| Vogue 1652 |
Four years later, even though it's only the start of the 1970s, it's a very different look.
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| Vogue 7644 |
1973, and it's all about lurex knits and wide trousers.
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| So shiny! So brown! |
The 1970s are sometimes described as 'the decade that style forgot'. And sometimes with good reason.
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| 1975. There are no words |
Moving swiftly on (but not necessarily for the better), I hadn't realised that what we now think of as 'Eighties style' had actually begun by December 1979.
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| Bill Blass for Vogue, 2286 and 2304 |
Two years later, and while I don't particularly like the dress, it is nice to see an older woman feature in the Vogue Pattern Book, long after the demise of Mrs Exeter.
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| Vogue 8182 |
Finally, an image is from 30 years ago, December 1987. I made a number of items in the 1980s which I wouldn't necessarily want to admit to now, but at least I can say that I never made a bubble skirt!
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| Vogue 1992, Bellville Sassoon |
Merry Christmas!
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