Vogue Pattern 1437 - Tamotsu Career Wardrobe

This Vogue pattern was purchased by the donor when she re-entered the workforce in the mid-1990s and was assembling her working wardrobe.  She recalls:

'In 1994 women were really beginning to be taken more seriously career-wise, and we wanted to dress to match our new roles. Many women still sewed, both from habit, but also because we were mostly still not in high paying jobs. With its pared down pieces, in matching pared down beige and black tones, 1437 provided just the perfect wardrobe you could mix and match'.

The pattern is designed by Tamotsu, a Japanese born, New York based designer, who began designing patterns for the Vogue pattern company in 1987. Comfortable, functional and elegant 'career wardrobes' were one of his specialities.  This pattern featured in the February /March 1995 edition of the Vogue Patterns magazine, with the accompanying text:

'No one understands career dressing quite like Tamostu. His latest professional wardrobe combines the polish of tailoring with an up-to-the-minute look of layered proportional play. In textured crepe, short goes over long for a look of elegant ease'.

The donor purchased fabric for the pattern from Brian Gaskin Fabrics in Palmerston North, seeking to match her choice of fabrics as closely as possible to the pattern.