Your Thirties style blows us away, Vintage Queen no 65
I just love images of Thirties women embracing modernity and the freedom of travel, such as sporty car ads encouraging women to drive roadsters, or images of Amelia Earhart showing young girls new horizons, even Deco girdle ads promising undergarments with freedom of movement. Very wonderful. I’m a pretty physically active person myself, so I love the ideals of beauty of the late Twenties and then the Thirties, arguably largely influenced by one of my idols, Coco Chanel. I love that women were encouraged to be both sporty and glamorous, and that the ideal for evenings was elegance and drama without too much “frou frou.”
Of course, I also think it’s fascinating how this era was so contradictory and complex in terms of the changing class system and the huge gap between wealthy and poor. From a fashion standpoint, I am equally entranced by my growing collection of humble little dustbowl feedsack dresses as I am by any dazzling silk charmeuse evening gown. Both capture important histories of the people who lived through this time period.
I definitely think my love of Thirties feedsack dresses also stems from the connection I feel to memories of my grandparents’ stories of the hardships they endured living on the Canadian Prairies during the Great Depression. As for my ever-growing obsession with Thirties knitwear, I have no idea where that comes from. I only know that I can’t stop accruing more pieces!
All in all, I think the Thirties aesthetic, the shorter wavy or curly hairstyles, the longer lines and often curve-hugging fashions, the fabulous sportswear, just suit my tastes and my lifestyle perfectly. Now that I’m a vintage seller on Etsy, I can only say that my immersion in all things vintage is complete and I have never been happier, so really, reveling in the past is where I am meant to be now!
Also read Jill’s blog www.lettersfromhomefront.blogspot.com
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I love this thirties look! I have previously been into the forties stuff but every day now I am getting more and more fascinated by the thirties, and Jill has some wonderful outfits here. Her hair and make-up are gorgeous, too. I’m finding it increasingly difficult to drag myself away from the Poirot re-runs on TV at the weekends, so it’s only a matter of time before I go for the chop and get that fantastic bob :0)
Lena, you just blow us away. What a ‘splendid’ look. Your choice of pieces is amazing, but, it is your wonderful figure and looks that really make your look so fabulous!! One is reminded of the remark by Wallis Simpson ‘you cannot ever be too rich or too thin’!
Yes Jill is amazing! Very true – she has the perfect Thirties figure!
You look so lovely.
What a lovely lady. Great hair too! I’ll try and find Jill’s Etsy shop as neither links you’ve provided are working. Enjoyable read.
Found Adeline’s Attic. Jill was already a favourite.
well deserved! she is such a favorite of mine and so good at what she does, nobody i know has such a dedication to one particular decade! her authenticity blows everybody away.
excellent choice!
so nice to “meet” the seller behind adelines – she has such good stuff in the shop. and now i want her wardrobe too! i love that she has a phd and then went on to sell vintage clothes (much more fun than academia, i’m sure).
Thank you SO much for your amazingly kind and wonderful comments on my Q of V feature and my Etsy shop! I’m really flattered and really grateful to have been chosen as #65 Queen of Vintage and am elated people like the frocks I’ve been stocking in Adeline’s Attic. BLUSHING and BEAMING over here!!!
http://www.adelinesattic.etsy.com
She’s lovely!!! love your style!
Jill has such a gorgeous style!
I love love love that swimming costume! It’s so flattering, stylish and ladylike. Shame our beaches and shores can’t say the same thing today!