This Spanish aristocrat, Don Jaime de Mesia Figueroa, was photographed in about 1967 by Patrick, Lord Lichfield, a cousin of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. It takes some style to carry off this eight-button double-breasted suit.
Photograph courtesy of Corbis/Patrick Lichfield/Conde Nast Archive.
Vintage Photos
George Hoyningen-Huene
Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (1900 – 1968) was a seminal fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Russian to Baltic German and American parents and spent his working life in France, England and the United States.
George Hoyningen-Huene, Lee Miller, originally uploaded by Gatochy.
During the Russian Revolution the Hoyningen-Huenes fled to first London and later Paris. By 1925 George had already worked his way up to chief of photography of the French Vogue. In 1931 he met Horst, the future photographer, who became his lover and frequent mode and traveled to England with him that winter. While there, they visited photographer Cecil Beaton, who was working for the British edition of Vogue. In 1931, Horst began his association with Vogue, publishing his first photograph in the French edition of Vogue in November of that year.
In 1935 Hoyningen-Huene moved to New York where he did most of his work for Harpar’s Bazaar. He published two art books on Greece and Egypt before relocating to Hollywood, where he earned his wedge by shooting glamorous portraits for the film industry. Beyond fashion, he was a master portraitist as well from Hollywood stars to other celebrities.
Biography from Wikipedia.
Categories: Celebrities, Vintage PhotosTagged: 1920s, 1930s, dress, fur coat, Gatochy, George Hoyningen-Huene, photographer, pictures, vogue
Paper Dolls: 6 and Sweet 16
More paper dolls!!! Click here for Ziegfeld dolls.
“This set comes in a folder, with one pocket containing 3 cardboard pages 7 x 11 inches for the dolls, and the other pocket containing one large 23 x 32 inch sheet which unfolds into eight 8 x 11.5 inch panels. The inside folder shows a pink bureau below a shelf of dolls on the left and a vanity table with two chairs on the right.
According to Mary Young, the artist is Maxine McCaffrey. The version of Six and Sweet 16 #2582 pictured in her Collector’s Guide to Saalfield, Lowe and Merrill has the same cover as mine, but it includes six pets instead of three (the six pets can be seen on the back cover), on a separate cardboard from the dolls. It was reprinted in 1960 as Big ‘N Little Six Sisters, also numbered 2582.
Many thanks to Jean Woodcock, who owns the Merrill copyrights and has given her permission for these scans to be shared online and printed for home use only. Due to copyright restrictions, these images are provided at slightly under half-size, with two clothing sheets per letter-sized page, and limited to 100 dpi. Please visit Jean’s eBay listings, where you will often find original Merrill sets for sale.”
Tagged: fun, kids, paper dolls
Paper Dolls: Ziegfeld Girls
I can’t believe how cute these are!!!! You can find more here or just enjoy them on Swing Fashionista. Click to enlarge.
Tagged: art, fun, kids, paper dolls, ziegfeld
Is this the prettiest face in films?
Veronica Lake and her peekaboo bangs star on the cover of this 1941 edition of Picture Post.
Categories: Celebrities, In Magazines, Vintage PhotosTagged: bang, blonde, peekaboo, Veronica Lake
Olivia de Havilland
Remember this photo of Dita’s stunning hair that I posted a few days ago? Well I just stumbled across an image of Olivia de Havilland sporting a similar ‘do in the late 1940s, and had to share. If anyone knows how to create a look like this, please do let us know!
You probably know Olivia de Havilland as Melanie in Gone with the Wind. She was a fairly serious actress in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, and often played in period pieces. She also happens to be Joan Fontaine’s older sister. She is still alive today (she is 93 years old).
Tagged: 1930s, 1940s, Dita Von Teese, forties, gone with the wind, Hair, hairdo, olivia de havilland, olivier, style, thirties
The Lovely Lina Romay
Lina Romay was an actress and singer in the 1940s and 50s, with Columbia and MGM. Though she was born in New York, she was daughter to the Mexican Consul to New York City and was typically cast as a Latin American beauty. She sang with Xavier Cugat’s orchestra in the early 1940s. You may have seen her singing with the band in the Fred Astaire/Rita Hayworth flick You Were Never Lovelier (1942) or in Stage Door Canteen (1943). In the clip below, she could be singing about herself…
Categories: Celebrities, Vintage Photos, Vintage Videos
Tagged: 1940s, 1950s, actress, fifties, forties, latin, lina romay, mexican, MGM, silver screen, singer, starlet, Xavier Cugat
Three steps of the ‘Five-Step’
7th June 1924.
Here Santos Casani makes an appearance in Popular Music and Dancing Weekly magazine, demonstrating the first three steps of the ‘Five-Step’ – steps four and five were published the following week.
Trevira wrote a post about Mr Casani here. You might not realize it, but you’ve probably seen him before!
Tagged: 1920s, dance, How To, magazine, music, Santos Casani
Dorothy Parker: 1938
August 4, 1938. Washington, D.C. “Miss Dorothy Parker has been selected as Miss Washington and will compete for the title of Miss America at the Atlantic City beauty pageant to be held during Labor Day week. 18 Years old, she weighs 112 pounds and is 5 feet, 4 inches in height. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Albert Parker of Washington.” Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
Categories: Vintage PhotosTagged: 1930s, bathing suit, beach, Dorothy Parker, vintage photo
Gotham Underground: 1904
New York circa 1904. “City Hall subway station.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Categories: Vintage PhotosTagged: 1900s, Detroit Publishing Co, New York, picture, subway, train station, vintage
How will you spend it?
How will you spend your Valentine’s Day?
Like this:
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Or this?
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Photo from here.
Categories: Vintage PhotosTagged: 1950s, holiday, photos, Valentine's Day
1920s Valentine
It’s coming. Are you ready for an embrace?
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Photo from here.
Categories: Vintage PhotosTagged: 1920s, holiday, love, Valentine's Day
Sharp Suits Through the Ages
Sharp suits never go out of style. Here are some leading men that make suits look GOOD!
The 1940s Suit
On either side of the Atlantic, under the wartime clothing restrictions, the turn-ups or cuffs would not have been allowed. Nor would the flaps on the pockets. Still, it’s a superb example of how good a Donegal tweed can look.
Photograph courtesy of Corbis/Bettman.
Sean Connery
Let’s hear it for Anthony Sinclair, the London tailor who created the Bond look in the early days. Sinclair was the tailor of Terence Young, who directed the first, second, and fourth James Bond movies (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Thunderball). Young decided that Sean Connery needed a bit of help to look cool.
Photograph courtesy of PhotoFest.
Three-Piece Checked Suits
Hector Powe was one of the smaller British “multiple tailors”—retailers with a national chain of shops—but it still offered stylish 3-piece suits in 1964. Personally I love the suit on the right.
Photograph courtesy of Woolmark Archive & London College of Fashion.
Don Figueroa
Tagged: Don Figueroa, men, Sean Connery, suits
1940s Men’s Fashion Snap Shots
From the Square America Snapshot Archive…
Tagged: 1940s, 40s, fashion, forties, men, suits, wartime, wwii
Scot Tissue ad, 1926
Scot Tissue ad, 1926, originally uploaded by Gatochy found on Flapper Girl.
Scanned from Taschen’s “All-American Ads of the 20s”.
Categories: Vintage PhotosTagged: 1920s, add, Gatochy, Scot Tissue
Happy New Years!!
Hope you have a fabulous dress for the countdown!
Categories: Vintage PhotosTagged: happy new years
Several ways to dance (according to each one’s profession)
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938 – Several ways to dance (according to each one’s profession)
Click image for 1911 x 1437 size.
From the Humorist: “How a doctor dances… a salesman… a dentist… a swimmer… a scello player… a phrenologist.”
Tagged: 1930s, Almanaque Bertrand, art deco, Gatochy, profession
Love Vintage: A Passion for Collecting Fashion
This looks like a fantastic book! Do any of you own this book? Have you flipped through it? What is your personal review?
Here is a great review from Super Kawaii Mama!
Information provided by seller:
Love Vintage takes the reader on a charming visual and literary journey through the annals of 20th-century fashion design.
With beautiful photography and an elegant text, It effortlessly reveals both the recurring themes of fashion whilst also identifying the distinct features and innovations of each era.
Vintage clothing is much valued, not least because if its graceful and fluid appearance, but also on account of the wearability and durability of the garments. Unlike the mass-manufactured clothing of today, where garments are more-often-than-not two-sided grabs of fabric hastily stitched together, much of the clothing of the past was designed to be refashioned and reworn as time went by. They were shaped garments, structured in three dimensions, and designed to impose form upon the wearer.
Love Vintage covers both the glamorous and everyday garments of the past and, despite the apparent complexity of some, shows how each was perfectly designed to suit the occasion for which it was worn. They were ultimately so much more functional, wearable and sustainable than the clothing of today.
The book also contains a wealth of information about fashion design, of high value to both the experienced and novice collector, together with an inspirational collection of photography that helps describe each piece to its full. Also included are valuable notes on dress construction, vintage designers, and fabrics.
This book is the culmination of almost 30 years of studying, collecting and repairing vintage clothes, fuelled by a passion for the art of design and a humble respect for the dressmaking skills of a bygone era that brought such creative visions into reality.
Nicole Jenkins is a costume designer, vintage clothing afficionado, and owner of the highly respected vintage clothing store, CIRCA, in the heart of Melbourne’s vintage district in Gertrude Street, Fitzroy.
Categories: Books, Vintage PhotosTagged: Australia, book, fashion, Love Vintage: A Passion for Collecting Fashion, Melbourne, Nicole Jenkins, vintage, vintage clothing
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938 – An invitation to dance
From The Punch: In the time of the Minuete… of the Quadrille… of the Waltz… and of the Fox-trot.
Click image for 818 x 1124 size.
From The Punch: In the time of the Minuete… of the Quadrille… of the Waltz… and of the Fox-trot
Tagged: 1930s, Almanaque Bertrand, Art Deco Blog, Fox Trot, Invitation to dance
