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WWD Weekend

Featured in WWD Weekend Magazine: Haute Couture Issue, by Booth Moore, Executive Editor WWD, pg. 38

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The little-known Couture Pattern Museum is spotlighting the working relationship between Cristóbal Balenciaga and Tom Kublin, by Rosemary Feitelberg, Senior Editor WWD

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Seams Like Chanel

Cover profile of the museum and Chanel in Vogue Salon in Santa Barbara, Montecito Journal, by Zach Rosen, Managing Editor, pg. 5

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Sept 28, 2026

Chanel in Vogue Comes to Santa Barbara at the Couture Pattern Museum

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Learn-Abroad Pilot Program & Zoom with Small Business Administration

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1951 Christian Dior Acquisition, UCLA Library, VoyageLA Interview

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Vogue Editor History Forgot, Private Group Tours, Awning Replacement

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Field Trip, Book Acknowlegement & Feature in Visit Santa Barbara

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