Saturday, February 7, 2026

Coats and Jackets for Winter

Shelley modeling quilted coats
for McCall's mag, Dec 1979

Shelley appeared on the cover and pages of McCall's magazine in January of 1980 (for more, check out: Bright Ways to Keep Warm). In a spread called "Light, Bright Ways to Keep Warm", she modeled three lightweight but warm  cold-weather coats that could be made by anybody. All made from McCall's pattern number 6754, patterns for a misses' coat or jacket. They were patterns for buttoned up or snap fastened coats or jackets that had collars, fold-over braids, and turned up sleeves forming cuffs. Side seam pockets could also be added. The coats looked like high-priced designer originals. They were made from fluffy quilted fabric and were guaranteed to keep anyone warm during the cold months. Shelley wore the maxi-length coat version in bright blue, the short jacket version in sunny yellow with black piping, and the knee-length version in fire engine red with white piping. The pattern was released in 1979, and Shelley appeared in newspaper features promoting it in December of that year. And of course, Shelley looked fabulous in all those newspaper features.

a newspaper clipping of Shelley modeling
quilted coats for McCall's, Dec 1979