Today I went down to Hudson to have lunch with a school friend (that sounds very 1930s-English, doesn't it?), and after we ate we went around to a few of the antique shops! As I'd already bought four antique fashion magazines on eBay this morning - three were from the 1920s, so it counts as … Continue reading A Successful Day
Category: 1900s
Fashion History Mythbusters: The Tan
Since Coco Chanel and her chums made sunbathing a trendy pastime in the 1920s, the sun tan has barely been out of fashion. - Channel4 Around the mid-1920s, the fashionable set did an about face on tanning. ... when legendary arbiter of style, Coco Chanel, got tan while vacationing on a friend's Mediterranean yacht, the … Continue reading Fashion History Mythbusters: The Tan
A Little Genealogy
New York History Blog gave Great, Strange, and Rarely Seen a nice promo! If you're in or near the area, please drop in at the opening reception on Thursday or at least come by to see it, it's wonderful. When I went to my grandmother's for Easter, I picked up a couple of boxes of … Continue reading A Little Genealogy
Mimic of Modes 