I had the pleasure of writing about McCall’s interwar couture patterns for the Heritage issue of Selvedge Magazine.
Full bibliographical reference:
Sarah Sheehan, “Maison McCall: Revisiting the patterns of interwar couture,” Selvedge 95 (July-August 2020), 44–46.
With thanks to Cécile Lambert and Elizabeth Randolph, Collections Manager of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Illustration from McCall Fashion Book, 1933.
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