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1971 · 58823 — New York: Simplicity Pattern Co. 200 Madison Ave. 1971. 4to. 96 pp. With 100’s of colour illustrations photos text illustrations diagrams & sewing measurement instructions. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art photo of models in stylish hot pants and sporty jackets and vests minor shelfwear slight bumping still VG copy. First edition of this Simplicity catalogue reflecting the explosion of fashions influenced by hippie fashions of the 1960s featuring bold colours embroidery and even nascent prairie dresses to mini skirts shorts all promoted in the new synthetic fabrics of the “Polyester Decade.†Simplicity Vogue and other sewing pattern makers were all drawing from such designers as Yves Saint-Laurent Gunne Sax and Bill Gibb reviving Victorian styles as well as the 1930s and 1940s with Halston’s dress designs reminiscent of the 1950’s shirt dresses. This Simplicity fashion serial began in 1966 and ran till Spring 1979 and issues tend to be scarce. No copies of this particular issue located in Worldcat 6 libraries hold assorted issues. Simplicity Pattern Co., 200 Madison Ave., paperback