1940s Christmas Fashion during the Blitz

1940s Christmas Fashion – Party Frocks for Dec 1941. First published in December 1941 issue of Good Taste Magazine United Kingdom ” It’s Christmas 1941 and Britain is at war. but that won’t stop women from going glamorous and feminine for the festive season. No bombing raids nor threats from Hitler shall stop us from …

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Lady About Town – Vintage Style Winter Ensemble

Continuing our browse of Modcloths vintage style clothing for Christmas, let’s look at this lovely Winter ensemble of a Tundra style coat, worn with a Cossack hat, wine petunia heels and heart design tights. Plenty by Tracy Reese Turn to the Tundra Coat You’re busily piecing together film clips on your laptop when the captain …

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Modcloths Holiday Stylebook – Grab a Vintage bargain for Christmas

Pamper yourself this Christmas and drool over Modcloths stunning vintage style clothing, dresses, shoes,intimates and outdoor wear . To make it easy – and less guilt ridden – to click on their buy buttons, they have produced a clever Holiday Stylebook for you to flip through. You can check their dress ensemble for the day …

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The 1930s Golden Age of Glamour

The 1930s –  The Golden Age of Glamour for Women’s fashion. Often regarded as some sort of stop gap between the 1920s and the 1940s, the 1930s fashion era is often overlooked as a significant decade for style. Despite the Depression, it is remembered as the era of escapism, glamorous Hollywood starlets adorning billboards and …

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1930s Fashion – The Definitive sourcebook

1930s Fashion – The Definitive Sourcebook Long overdue and very welcome comes this visual treat for all 1930s fashion fans out there. If you are not yet sold on the glamor and Art deco resplendence that was 1930s style, then this book will give you an epiphany! Published by Goodman Feill for £30 – it’s …

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Downton Abbey Fashion – Lady Sybil – Paul Poiret and those Harem Pants

Downton Abbey Fashion – Lady Sybil – Paul Poiret and those Harem Pants Whether or not it was the intention of the producers of Downton Abbey – exactly 100 years after Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes burst on to the London stage in 1910 and Nijinsky danced into the hearts and minds of thousands wearing Léon …

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