American Fabrics and Fashion
American Fabrics and Fashion (also called American Fabrics) was a commercial textile magazine created as a guide for manufacturers in the fabrics industry. In every issue there are dozens of physical fabric samples glued in, so in case you were wondering, “What did the 50’s feel like?”, here is the most literal answer to your question. Accompanying the samples are textile advertisements and sometimes the samples are even incorporated into the ads themselves. For anyone interested in fashion, textiles or all that is tactile, American Fabrics is a publication of great cultural and historical value.
We have 105 Issues of American Fabrics, 1946-1975.
American Fabrics, Number 72. 1966.
American Fabrics, Number 69. Fall 1965.
Cover Art by W Lully.
American Fabrics, Number 71. Spring/Summer 1966.
Cover Art by W Lully.
American Fabrics, Number 85. Winter 1969.
Cover Art by W Lully.
American Fabrics, Number 72. Summer 1966.
Cover Art by W Lully.
American Fabrics, Number 2. 1947.
American Fabrics, Number 88. Fall 1970.
American Fabrics, Number 85. Winter 1969.
American Fabrics, Number 85. Winter 1969.
American Fabrics, Number 103. Spring 1975.
American Fabrics, Number 50. Summer 1960.
American Fabrics, Number 49. Spring 1960.
American Fabrics, Number 30. Fall 1954.
American Fabrics, Number 52. Spring 1961.
(Not a picture of Supima seeds but a real packet of seeds!)
American Fabrics, Number 31. Winter 1954.
American Fabrics, Number 105. Fall 1975.
American Fabrics, Number 88. Fall 1970.
American Fabrics, Number 01.1946.
American Fabrics, Number 01.1946.
American Fabrics, Number 102.1974.
American Fabrics, Number 69. 1965.
American Fabrics, Number 30. Fall 1954.
American Fabrics, Number 86. Spring 1970.
American Fabrics, Number 87. Summer 1970.
American Fabrics, Number 104. Winter 1975.
American Fabrics, Number 02. 1947.
American Fabrics, Number 71. Spring/Summer 1966.
American Fabrics, 1980.
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My mother received a subscription of AFF for a wedding present in the ’50’s. She let me go through copies and tear the fabric samples out. I loved feeling the samples and stacking them in beautiful towers. I was crushed when my subscription in the ’80’s abruptly stopped. I guess the magazine went out of business. What I want to say is how much this magazine influenced me and still does.