Author: Michelle

1930s Men’s fashion snap shots: 2

More stylish men from the era I adore most, the 1930s. This time featuring knitwear including swimwear, winter woolies and sportswear.

Source: Christian Montone

Bondi Beach, Australia, c. 1932. Source: Vintage Venus

German teenagers in the snow, c. 1930s. Source: Ipernity

Spectacular examples of sweaters (or jumpers as we call them in Oz), Plus Fours and knee high socks. Source: Fedora Lounge

Summer means swimwear!!

It is currently a hot summer day here in Australia and I feel the need to feature some fabulous swimwear for the occasion. For Luna, based in the UK, have a range of glamourous swimsuits that caught my eye when I came across them a while back. They are very cute and come in a range of colours and vintage styles and most have a late 40s early 50s feel. I would love to see a 1930s line one day, for those ladies like myself who adore 30s style.

And to all the gals currently wrapped up in winter woolies in the Northern Hemisphere, maybe these will inspire you for the summer to come.

 

         

                             

 

 

Michelle’s Etsy picks of the week…vintage hair setting accessories

This post is inspired by my last. I have drawers overflowing with this stuff (mainly from the 30s and 40s) – but I do love collecting and trying to use them. Must cull some of them soon though, maybe when I open my Etsy shop in mid Feb. So many contraptions; clips, rollers, water-wavers, barettes, finger-wave making sliders, pin-shooters, combs and hair nets.  The lucite rollers below are interesting. I have never seen that variety before.  My interest is two-fold as I am a graphic designer and I adore Art Deco packaging. Some of it is truly beautiful, especially the hair net envelopes.

* All items are linked back to their original Etsy store. 

1930s /1920s SUSIE hair slides on vintage card pack    Vintage 1920s-1940s hair pin clamp    Art Deco Barrett Hair Barrette Blue Bakelite

vintage barrette row of Scottie dogs Rare still on card    Vintage CELLULOID HAIR COMB with Rhinestones 1930s    Amazing Vintage Hair Curlers

LOT of 25 Vintage Aluminum Hair Curlers OUCH    Sale, RARE 1940s Vintage Celluloid lucite GOODY Hair Curlers claw clamp rollers, Hair Rollers Culers & hair net with box    Vintage Goody Spring Grip Metal Hair Curlers on Original Card

Art Deco Packet of Venida Bob Pins Sealed Art Deco Profile of Lady 1940s    Vintage Solo Invisible Pin Curlers    vintage bobby pins still on original card

Vintage Green Curling Iron    Antique Hair Crimping Iron

1932 ad Lorraine Hair Nets and Combs great Art Deco - Free U.S. shipping    Vintage Carded Bobby Pins - Set of 3    Vintage 1940s/1950s Barrette - Tortoiseshell Personality "Gladys" Barrette with 22K Gold Lettering

Vintage Speed Dryer GE Hair Dryer    Vintage Art Deco 1940's Sta-Rite Hair Pins Assorted Sizes Black in Original Box   Original Card with Gayla Hold Bob Bobby Pins - Vintage

Yay, Bobby Pins (and Barrettes)    1940s Eskimo Hair Dryer 775 Chrome with the Box

    Vintage IREX Hair Pins -- Great Graphics    Vintage Beauty Maid Bob PinsC-No-Net 1930s Real Hair Net in Orginal Packaging - large size No.5S Dark Brown

Hair waving items from the 1934 Sears catalogue

I found this wonderful page courtesy of Lileks.com a long while ago and just HAD to share it today. After looking over it I realised that I actually have more than half of these items in my own collection! I have used the water wavers quite often (my profile pic is a water wave set) and my rather substantial box of vintage hair doo-dads contains Curly Lox Curlers, Wide Wide Curlers, Kurly Kews, WW combs, Kurl Kuiks, Wavos and Kid Kurlers.

It’s also fun to see the original prices and descriptions of these items. The Baldwin Marcellers are amazing! I’ve seen some online for sale on occasion and they look rather complex to use! And the Nayrs Waving Cap, what a nifty looking device. Wish I could find an old one of those and give it try! Oh blow me down! There’s one for sale at Taste-T Vintage!!

Photographer in focus: Simply stunning Steichen

I was pulling out some of my books on vintage photography today and was reminded of how much I love Edward Steichen. I adore his simple lines and the way uses shadow and light. Steichen’s photos of gowns designed by Paul Poiret in the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 are some of the very first modern fashion photographs and he helped define an era of glamour and elegance. Along with fashion work, he also photographed stunning portraits of movie stars and well-known faces of the day including Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Anna May Wong, Pola Negri, Loretta Young, Lilian Gish, Amelia Earhart and Joan Crawford. Hope you enjoy these classic images.

http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/steichen/

           

          

          

          

          

          

          

         

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