Ladies’ Home Journal Archive

Ladies’ Home Journal Archive

Much like last month’s find, we began searching for references to one of our items, a Ladies Home Journal reproduction, the Mid 1910s Dress with Suplice Blouse. Saundra Altman, our founder and current Creative Director, used the LHJ March 1914 to help produce...
Demorest Magazine archive at Valdosta State

Demorest Magazine archive at Valdosta State

Last night, we began searching for references to our item 1954B, our reproduction of the 1899 Demorest Bernard Waist, https://pastpatterns.com/…/late-1890s-bernard-waist…/ We did find an ad for it in a 1901 Buffalo newspaper, see pic #2 for this ad....
Resizing Vintage Patterns

Resizing Vintage Patterns

The most common question that we get, here at Past Patterns, goes something like this, “Hello how much would it cost to resize patterns 6053 and 8159? I’m approx around a 47 bust, 42 waist, and 53 hips?”   The answer..too much.   In order to do the...
1876 Science and Geometry of Dress

1876 Science and Geometry of Dress

When Louisa Jackson published The Science and Geometry of Dress in 1876, her intent was for it to be “a complete Guide, Instructor and Text-Book on Measuring, Designing, Drafting and Cutting Ladies and Childrens clothing suited not only to the studies of the...
1858 Union India Rubber Co Catalogue

1858 Union India Rubber Co Catalogue

In 1858, The Union India Rubber Co was the Exclusive Manufacturer for Rubber Based Clothing using Goodyear Rubber Patent. To say that they came up with some creative uses of rubber in clothing would be an understatment. Their catalog starts with rubberized coats, then...
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