Category: Pre-1930s
Three key accessories to add some Art deco style to your home
Art deco is one of the most coveted design movements of the early 20th Century. With its origins in Europe, particularly France, it soon became an international movement after the First World War and remained popular until the late Thirties. Unlike previous design movements, advances in mass production meant that nearly everybody could participate and [...]
Clara Bow: career and style
Think of the name Clara Bow and the description the ‘It Girl’ probably springs to mind. So-called after the title of one of her most famous films, the star is still associated with an indefinable sex appeal. Bow’s moment in the spotlight coincided with the brief era of the flapper in the mid Twenties and the [...]
Meet the author: we talk re-enactment and the history of the Home Front with John Leete
New book A Re-enactor’s War (John Leete, The History Press Ltd) explores what inspires, moves and motivates re-enactors of all ages and backgrounds, and their close relationships with the veterans and people they seek to honour. Reminiscences of the Home Front from evacuation to the Blitz and beyond and new interviews with re-enactors are brought [...]
Vintage style inspiration: Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo chose herself as the object of most of her paintings, exploring her gender and identity through her art. Her clothes and looks were an important prop, not only in her portraits but also in her life. Jen Newby takes a look at a woman whose style continues to fascinate us today. Frida Kahlo made [...]
The rise and fall of Mae Murray
Silent movie stars seem to have been forever falling from grace. Hollywood Hubris ran rampant through the paradisic Beverly Hills in the Twenties, and none of them seemed to learn from the crash-and-burn antics of their contemporaries. The coming of sound is often invoked as the wrecker of many a liquid-eyed silent star, but many [...]
Book review: Fashion Sourcebook 1920s
Fashion Sourcebook – 1920s (Fiell Publishing Limited, Charlotte Fiell and Emanuelle Dirix, £19.46 on Amazon right now) is the first book in a new series documenting the fashion styles of the 20th Century. With over 600 original fashion illustrations, fashion adverts and photographs from the Twenties, this book is a wonderfully rich and detailed insight [...]
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