Victorian etiquette: 16 rules for men on dress and personal habits (1889)
Some tips on conduct for gentlemen of the Victorian era, including number 13: 'Avoid wearing a grin on your face and you will avoid looking destitute of wits.'
Victorian etiquette: 27 rules for men when out in public (1889)
By Nathan B Medbery, author "Social Etiquette"
Etiquette topic: Which treats of manners to be observed when in public
27 simple suggestions on condu... Read more...
Vintage Bloomies! Antique Bloomingdale’s ads
Bloomingdale's originally opened in 1861 when the Bloomingdale brothers began by selling hoop-skirts on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Then in 1872, the... Read more...
Smart summery swimsuits for women (1955)
Summertime cottons by Catalina
For summer, nothing is more "fitting" than a Catalina cotton! These glamorous swimsuits slim the hips, diminish the wa... Read more...
62 full-color summer fashions from 1922
Here are six full-color fashion layouts - with 44 different outfits - as published in The Delineator during the summer of 1922!
Swimsuits to be pretty at seashore and pool (1948)
Take care to be pretty at seashore and pool
By Betty Clarke, Beauty Editor
It is a very peculiar thing, indeed, that women who can be so ladylik... Read more...
A look back at the fashion trends of the 1960s
Astronauts, adolescents set fashions during soaring '60s
By Helen Hennessy
Whether a current fashion is a calico look or a velvet look, a hemlin... Read more...
The sixties was the biggest fashion decade (1969)
Sixties Biggest Fashion Decade
Whether the Seventies can bring anything like the fashion explosion of the Sixties is an unanswered question. No oth... Read more...
Sweet sugarplums: Christmas dresses for little girls (1962)
Every little girl wants a dress for Christmas
Sweet as a sugarplum: A tucked shirtwaist top, a wide, gathered velveteen skirt and a bias-striped sash... Read more...
Blue Bell Wrangler Jeans from the 1950s
Families in Western-fit Blue Bell Wrangler Jeans (1955)
Families who are up and doing wear Blue Bell Wrangler Jeans.
A red hot brand (... Read more...
Monster Mash: Halloween costumes from the 1960s
Collegeville Halloween costumes (1966)
Black Cat - Cinderella - Monster - Pirate - Hobo - Skeleton
Monster-Glo Costumes (1966)
Bl... Read more...
Boo! Vintage Halloween costumes from the 1970s
Famous Ben Cooper Halloween costumes (1972)
Miss America
Fairy with wings
Batman
Superman
Every girl will want to be a pretty gir... Read more...
The newest beach clothes & bathing suits (1955)
Swimsuits: Quaintness up-to-date
Old-fashioned cottons with ruffles still leave skin bare for the beach
Although they are brief in size and brash ... Read more...
Fashion lessons from the ’20s: How to spoil the effect of beautiful clothes (1926)
How to spoil the effect of beautiful clothes
It isn't what you wear, it's how you wear it
Fashion before and after photos
No doubt you have... Read more...
Fab Father’s Day gifts from the forties
If you've ever been curious as to why neckties and aftershave are considered the quintessential Father's Day gifts, wonder no more.
Polka dots make pattern news (1959)
There’s big news this spring for the home sewer who likes polka dots. Here, in variety, are dotted fabrics in a number of the newest pattern designs.
Polished, professional & pregnant: ’80s maternity clothes
Polished, professional... and pregnant (1987)
From the time you begin to show, you want to look your professional best. These tailored -- and sophist... Read more...
44 full-color fall & winter fashions for women from 1922
Here are six full-color fashion layouts -- with 44 different outfits -- as published in The Delineator during 1922. While this vintage print magazine ... Read more...
Long, full sleeves the rule for 1922
Long, full sleeves the rule for 1922
Sleeves are going to great lengths these days -- and Fullness, with a Capital F, is the thing. The fullness may ... Read more...
Billie Burke: Spend more thought than money (1912)
Billie Burke writes on taste in dress
by Miss Billie Burke
Always dress as well as you can
This does not mean to be in any way extravagant, but... Read more...
Washing laundry with ammonia, soda & borax (1898)
Unlike so many old washing recipes that call for ingredients we rarely have on hand today -- such as hypochloride of lime, powdered alum and potash --... Read more...
Jazzy flapper fashions from 1920
Putting Jazz in the Fashions
Today There Are Jazz Stockings, Phosphorescent Hats, Jazz Slippers, Pantaletted Jazz Skirts and Jazz Veils, and Ther... Read more...
Linda Gray of ‘Dallas’ models silk dresses to sew (1982)
For the rich girl look at penny-pincher prices, sew silk!
Opulent enough even for Linda Gray (Dallas' superspender Sue Ellen Ewing), who models them ... Read more...
Mme Demorest’s Emporium of Fashions (1862)
Mme Demorest's Emporium of Fashions - 473 Broadway, New York
We think our lady readers will be both interested and benefited by having their attent... Read more...
Pregnant? Conceal your condition with maternity wear
If you're expecting a baby (1941)
If you're expecting a baby... Free! Maternity style book - Lane Bryant maternity clothes enable you to dress stylis... Read more...
Fashion fad of the seventies: Hot pants (1971)
Hot pants: A short but happy career
At first, it seemed depressingly probable that legs would disappear under prim and dowdy-looking midiskirts.
... Read more...
