Art Deco graphic design

Yes…I know, graphic designer that I am –  I can’t go past Art Deco images that take my fancy from the 20s and 30s. Added some lovely favs today and others via a fellow blogger at Art Deco Gal who sometimes comes across images that I don’t have in my own collection. Enjoy 🙂

       

Prada 2012 Fall/Winter line

Prada has just unveiled photos and video of actors Willem Dafoe, Gary Oldman, Garrett Hedlund, Jamie Bell and Adrien Brody wearing their vintage/steampunk influenced fall/winter line. I think Gary Oldman just looks soooo dapper here! Lovely to see such nice lines back in mens clothing.

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Another 30s beauty for my collection…

I recently bought a beautiful red crepe and cream lace 1930s bias cut gown from SIB Vintage. I think it is gorgeous, and best of all – it fits me to a tee. It also has lovely red glass buttons which look great in contrast against the lace.

vintage 1930s 30s lace dress / 30s crimson red rayon lace dress / Why Dont You Come Over Here

Just before this dress arrived, I was flicking through another of my fav bloggers pages (The Painted Woman) and came across an article about ‘Vintage afternoon wear’ and found that she had featured a photo from a 1933 Vogue showing a very similar dress. It has scalloped detailing in the lace bodice and a collar but is strikingly similar to my crimson beauty. I love when I can find an example of a similar item from the same time period…makes it all the more interesting and helps place the garment to a more exact time period.

Cosmetic and pefume ads from the 1920s and 30s

I am a graphic designer by profession and my love of 20s and 30s design has always influenced my own work. I  have admired and collected design examples from this time period since my college days studying design and art history and am always adding to my digital collection. Broders, Schmidt, Rodchenko, Schlutz-Neudamm, Loupot, Kiesler, Falcucci, Carboni, Bouchard, Cassandre, Kuhn and Ansieau – just to name a few – are some of my favourite designers of the day. Sometimes I forget about all the things I have stored away in files and am excited when I come across them again and just want to share. So, please enjoy these vintage lovelies from the 20s and 30s.

      

Williams, Aftershave Bridge Playing Cards Games Mens, USA (1920)   Women’s Art Deco Eau De Cologne, UK (1928)

   

Sunbrite Cleanser    Irresistible – Awaken Love... Be utterly Irresistible (1935)

Lots of new items in the Etsy store!

Hi all, I have been very busy putting more items into my Etsy store – Violet’s Vintage Emporium – so I hope you will all go in and take a gander at the 35 or so new things I have added, including some more 40s dresses, 40s tailored jackets, vintage sewing patterns and magazines, lots of vintage hats (30s to 50s), mens 40s suspenders, hair clips and bobby pin cards from the 30s, 40s and 50s and some lovely scarves. And isn’t the 1930s blue blouse divine?! I wish it fit me!!

I’ve featured a few items here so I hope you enjoy looking. If you would like to keep up to date with all the listings, join my VVE facebook page. Now, back to writing my next post! 🙂

Amazing Vintage 1930s Electric Blue Silk Chiffon Blouse with Ruffle    Vintage Late 1940s 'Mornessa' Wasp Waist Striped Ladies Tailored Jacket    Vintage Late 1940s early 1950s Grey Ladies Tailored Jacket

Vintage Early 1940s Sparkling Lace Bodice Dress - L    Vintage Late 1940s 'Geometrical' Ladies Dress    Vintage Late 1930s Crepe and Satin Dress

Vintage 1940s Chocolate Velour Ladies Hat with Bow    Vintage 1950s Black Halo / Wedding Ring Hat with Dress Veil    Vintage 1940s Ladies Burgundy Fedora Hat with Feather

Vintage 1950s 'Venus Star' Double Pine Hair Clip on Card - Unused    Vintage 1930s 'Tip Top' Rubber Dream Roller Curlers - Rare    Vintage Early 1940s Dinkie Curlers on Original Card - Unused

Vintage Early 1940s 'Dusty Pink Clouds' Scarf    Vintage 1940s Spearmint Green Belt Backed Linen Blouse    Vintage 40s 1940s Pauline Dress Pattern Bust 36 - Unused Factory Folds