Category: 1930s
30s Fashion Sketch Archive now online
The result of a two-year-long collaborative effort between The New York Public Library and Fashion Institute of Technology can now be enjoyed online, as the André Studios collection, fashion sketch drawings intended for manufacturers in the Thirties and early Forties, is now live and browsable by the general public. Visitors to the site can browse [...]
Lonely Teardrops: The Birth of Soul (part 1)
Writer Paul Culshaw revisits the birth of soul music and its key artists. The birth of any music is a slow business with signs of the musical genre appearing gradually and in stages. No new form of music just appears, as if by magic. The road that Soul music took in its delivery to a [...]
“Best under the sun” – The history of polaroid sunglasses
Born in 1909 in Connecticut, USA, the founder of the Polaroid Corporation, Dr. Edwin Land, became captivated by light at an early age. A fascination with kaleidoscopes and a desire to play with and control light led him to invent the world’s first synthetic polarizer for commercial use, patented in 1929 at the age of [...]
Inspirational gallery: Ziegfeld Girls
When it comes to glamour, poise and beauty, nothing beats the famous Ziegfeld Girls. These chorus girls from Florenz Ziegfeld’s theatrical spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931) – based on the Folies Bergère of Paris – had a legendary following of male admirers. Their theatrical showmanship, costumes and style is still inspirational today.
How to wash gloves
While looking through her Thirties pattern magazines, Jennifer Knox came across an article on glove care she just had to share. Here is some great, orginal Thirties advice on how to wash your gloves. I love white gloves but am always worried about ruining them when I clean them. I have a bunch of white leather gloves that were [...]
Vintage style icon: Wallis Simpson
During her lifetime Wallis Simpson mainly made headlines for her relationship with King Edward VIII and his abdication which was constitutionally necessary for them to marry. Today, Wallis is is still in the headlines but this time relating to her spectacular jewellery and couture collections that have come to auction. As an American divorcee still [...]
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