Rare, treasure of a find.
Vogue's Book of Fancy Dress.
A Complete Catalogue of Vogues' Fancy Dress Patterns.
The Conde Nast Publications, Inc., Copyright 1930.
Soft cover with staple binding. Measures 10-3/4" x 8-1/2".
The cover is worn and torn, as shown. Spine is chipped. Moisture damage on two pages upper corner.
Fifty pages of full color illustrations with black and white sketch back views and costume pattern descriptions.
The book includes adult, misses, men's and children's pattern illustrations. No actual patterns are included.
I've included a few samples of the costume illustrations.
The Titles of All the Illustrations this book are as follows:
Adult Costumes:
The Vogue-Girl, Colonial costume with pannier , Dutch Girl with apron, Dutch Boy, Gipsy (as spelled in catalog), Day, Valentine, Columbine, Pierrette, Harlequin, Light side/Dark side, Frivolity, The Clown, Pierrot, Frog, Bat,
Minstrel, Indian, Uncle Sam, George Washington, Gipsy, Pirate, Oriental, Turkish Lady, Jockey, Spanish Renaissance,
Beatrice d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia style gown, Court of Francis I of France style gown.
Children's Costumes: Pirate, George Washington or Father Knickerbocker colonial, The Flower Girl, Butterfly, Clown and another Clown, Frivolity, Jester, Colonial Dame, The Vogue Girl, Wasp, Old Fashioned good Girl Reminiscent of Kate Greenaway, Pierrette, Day,
Night, Dutch Boy, Indian, Uncle Sam, Jockey, Bat, Frog and Pussy Cat.
Product code: Original 1930 Vintage Vogue Book of Fancy Dress good Costume Catalog