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Delineator magazines of the 20s and 30s

As always, moving house means that you must sort, pack, then un-pack all of your worldly goods. Sometimes you come across items that you haven’s seen for a while, as I did with my precious ‘Delineater’ magazines from the 20s and 30s. It was with glee that found a group of 4 many years ago in a tiny out of town antique store, and I love them to bits, but I had carefully stored them away and had almost forgotten I had them!

As a designer, I adore Delineator cover art in all it’s elegant art deco simplicity and the wonderful fashions portrayed, so I thought I’d go on a hunt for some more online. For those unfamiliar to the magazine, Delineator (A Journal of Fashion, Culture, and Fine Arts) was launched in 1873 by Ebenezer Butterick – yes, that Butterick.Â Â In the early 20s, the magazine published the work of romance novelists Â and many famousÂ illustrators worked on staff. The magazine later merged withÂ William Randolph Hearst’sÂ Pictorial ReviewÂ in 1937.

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The Delineator was originally a magazine of women’s fashion, with dressmakers patterns, as well asÂ articles covering women’s issues, women in sport and in cultural life. In 1920, it hosted ‘more advertising than was ever inserted in any magazine published for women at any time, anywhere’, thanks to it’s 1 million readers and I believe it was published in many languages. Well, 4 of them found their way to a little store in country town Australia … so there you are!

I hope you enjoy these beautiful covers. I would never part with my copies.

Â Delineator Cover January 1929 Giclee Print Â Â The Delineator November 1927 Giclee Print

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Released today: Fashion Sourcebook 1930s

Released today, Charlotte Fiell’s Fashion Sourcebook 1930s… I need this in my bookshelf immediately! Here’s the blurb:

The 1930s are remembered largely as an era of economic insecurity and crisis in the US, political instability and heated rhetoric filling the airwaves in myriad corners of the globe. What better time than the present, then, to revisit and reassess the fashions and styles of that troubled era? Despite the tensions and perils of that long-ago decade, the fashions of the time were often achingly chic, with the insouciantly androgynous flapper styles of the 1920s replaced by sweeping bias-cut gowns with deep-cut backs, floral tea-dresses, tailored suits and draped furs for anybody who could afford them. The latest volume in a series of resources devoted to specific decades, Fashion Sourcebook 1930s collects the most unforgettable looks of the decade, documenting its season-by-season fashions and offering an extensive selection of original photographs, sketches and prints–some 600 images in all, the majority in color–that give a full sense of the opulence and elegance of the period. These images are given depth and context by an essay providing a summary of the major themes within the era’s fashion and presents its most notable designers. This is an essential handbook for fashion students as well as anyone interested in fashion or cultural history.

Oh my yes. I’m off to buy it at Amazon.com!

1930s Menâ€™s fashion snap shots: 3

A fabulous shot of 3 men enjoying a picnic.
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With a closeup showing a love of striped socks. In the day it was a way young men could express themselves in a society where rules on how to dress were still in place. Sometimes in the UK they were made in the school colours.
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thousands of unemployed in depression

Not a bare head in sight, even during the dark times of the Depression, men still took pride in the way they dressed on a daily basis.
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Michelle’s Etsy pics of the week – 1920s dresses

Hi fellow vintage fashionistas. I am now settled in my new home and back on the interwebs, so time to get back to it and add an Etsy picks page to the blog, as one is well overdue. Today I’m looking at 1920s dresses and there are some lovely examples for sale at the moment on Etsy. From cotton day-wear to beaded evening frocks and wedding gowns – the variety is amazing.

Sometimes (with horror) I sit and wonder if there will ever come a day when there will be no more vintage clothes out there to find, as there certainly seems to be no end at the moment to the wonderful 1920s pieces that pop up at the moment. Hope you enjoy these pretties. I love geometrical designs on the collar of the navy blue dress from Jewels4pandas.

* All items are linked back to their Etsy source.Â

Â Â Â 1920s Dress / 1920s Flapper Dress / Black Lace

Â Â Â 1920s dress small / late 20s flapper dress black ivory : Marlena

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Â Â Â s a l e 20% OFF..//.. vintage 1920s 20s dress // 20s rare silk dress // Felix

Â Â Â GREAT GATSBY Antique 1920's Original Vintage Navy Blue Art Deco Dress with Bakelite Buttons Â Â Â

Â Â Â Â Â vintage 1920s dress / 20s flapper dress / Creme de Menthe

Style Me Vintage – Clothes…a new book

It occurred to me today that I had not posted aboutÂ Naomi Thompson’s new book,“Style Me Vintage – Clothes”. The book is a very good basic guide to vintage clothing for those new to vintage collecting and wearing, covering decade by decade from the 1920s to 1980s. Great presentation and many of her own special tips included.

Inside you will find sections covering wearing, dating vintage clothing, caring for vintage, and where to shop for vintage. If you’re just beginning to get into vintage looks and need advice on styling etc then this is the book for you. Naomi has also listed all her favourite blogs, websites and online shops which is also very handy.

If you go to one of my favourite blogs Tuppence Ha’penny Vintage, you could win a copy of the book or you can purchase it at Vintage Secret.