Rebecca Lobo photographed by Michel Comte, Vogue, November 1997.
In 1997, Michel Comte photographed pro basketball player Rebecca Lobo for Vogue magazine in an evening dress made from a Vogue pattern. The American Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) had had its first game earlier that year, and the New York Liberty forward was featured in a health and beauty portfolio, “Women on the Verge,” on six women in the public eye.
Rebecca Lobo, Vogue, November 1997. Photo: Michel Comte.
The caption reads: “Rebecca Lobo, forward for the New York Liberty, former college basketball star, and Olympic gold medalist, is too tall (six feet four) for off-the-rack women’s clothes and too stylish to be relegated to baggy unisex sweatsuits. Her solution: a custom-made wardrobe. Here, satin evening gown from Vogue Pattern #9400.”
Lobo’s bias evening gown is view C of Vogue 9400 from 1995, made up in silk crepe-backed satin:
Vogue 9400, In This Issue, Vogue, November 1997.
Lobo appeared in the same issue as my previous Patterns in Vogue post—apparently the last issue to feature sewing patterns.
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