Vintage Hollywood Knits: Knit 20 glamorous sweaters as worn by the stars

by Bill Gibb

Overview

The chic knitwear worn by a galaxy of Hollywood stars on the silver screen can now be recreated in your own home.

Play the vamp in Dorothy Lamour’s figure-hugging beaded sweater, or achieve a pouting innocence in Judy Garland’s fluffy embroidered cardigan, or allow the man in your life to adopt an air of elegance in Cary Grant’s casual cricket sweater or Gary Cooper’s stylish ski jumper.

The easy-to-follow patterns were created by fashion designer Bill Gibb, and have been fully updated so that vintage-loving knitters can recreate these iconic looks with modern yarns.

The easy-to-follow patterns are illustrated with clear charts and sketches as well as superbly reproduced images of each of the twenty legends. A section on knitting know-how explains all the tips and tricks you will need to capture your very own piece of Hollywood style.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910496084
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	09/03/2015
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Bill Gibb was a renowned Scottish fashion designer who specialized in knitwear. He often collaborated with his friend Kaffe Fassett, and was known for his colourful and sometimes fantastical designs. Gibb’s work is represented in the permanent collection of many museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He was featured in the Fashion and Textile Museum's exhibition KNITWEAR! Chanel to Westwood in autumn 2014. He died in 1988.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Screen Yarns 9

'Reel' Knitters 12

Knit Flicks 14

Vilma Bánky 16

Claudette Colbert 20

Gary Cooper 24

Joan Crawford 28

Peggy Cummins 31

Errol Flynn 34

Greta Garbo 37

Judy Garland 41

Cary Grant 45

Jane Greer 49

Jean Harlow 52

Adele Jergens 56

Jennifer Jones 59

Dorothy Lamour 63

Virginia Mayo 66

Marilyn Monroe 70

Robert Taylor 73

Lana Turner 76

Jane Wyman 80

Loretta Young 83

Knitting Know-How 87

Acknowledgements 96