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2. Simplicity Pattern - Wikipedia

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   The Simplicity Pattern Company is a manufacturer of sewing pattern guides, under the "Simplicity Pattern", "It's So Easy" and "New Look" brands. The company was founded in 1927 in New York City. During the Great Depression, Simplicity allowed home seamstresses to create fashionable clothing in a reliable manner.

3. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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   Weldon's was the first major commercial pattern company in England, founded in 1879, and accompanied by a magazine to sell the patterns. [2] Weldon's later added a Canadian edition of Weldon's Ladies' Journal with patterns. Weldon's continued to produce patterns into the 1950s. [3] Simplicity Pattern Co. Inc. started producing patterns in 1927 ...

4. Johanna Weigel - Wikipedia

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   A knitting pattern magazine from the 1930s. Weigel was born on 11 February 1847 in Posen, Prussia (present-day Poznań, Poland). She was the second of five children born to August Astmann and his wife Emilie, née Sachs. [1] She left for New York as a young girl, and became a designer for McCall's Patterns, where she met and married engineer ...

5. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Storage of patterns. Fitting a nettle/canvas-fabric on a dress form. In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled. Patterns are usually made of paper, and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard ...

6. 1945–1960 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   1945–1960 in Western fashion. Queen Elizabeth II and her then- Minister for Veterans' Affairs in Australia, 1954. The Queen's summer suit features a fitted short-sleeved jacket with a peplum and a full skirt. The minister wears a double-breasted suit.

7. 1775–1795 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Despite its controversial beginnings, the simplicity of the style and material became the custom and had a great influence on the transition into the neoclassical styles of the late 1790s. [8] During the years of the French Revolution, women's dress expanded into different types of national costume. Women wore variations of white skirts, topped ...