Apparently stuck for a way to make toilet paper – particularly rolls of colored toilet tissue – more attractive to ’50s housewives, advertising executives turned to the world of glamour and fashion for an assist.
Here’s a look back to the most beautifully stylish vintage clothing for women from the mid-1920s, with tips on how to choose the finest fashions.
This collection of vintage evening gowns is so over-the-top, you don’t have to even like fashion to appreciate the oomph factor of these formal dresses.
If you’re making yourself miserable because you can’t diet your size-12 figure down to a size 8, relax. Skinny is out of style.
Color, color, color! Has there ever been such a season in the history of fashion when so many beautiful colors have appeared on the scene at once? Used together or separately, no wardrobe is complete today without the little colored dress!
In an age when comparatively few people have room for ball gowns, top French fashion designers live in surroundings which make their most opulent evening dresses look like the natural outfits to wear.
How were the Wizard of Oz costumes created for the classic movie, starring Judy Garland? See some of the original sketches of the fairylike, frolicsome and sprightly costumes that were an outstanding feature of this fantasy.
Shortly before her clothing line debuted – and back when her son, Anderson Cooper, was 8 years old – the multi-talented heiress Gloria Vanderbilt came out with her own print magazine: Gloria Vanderbilt Designs for Your Home.
Toni Owen, the fashion designer of the unusual ’50s eveningwear coordinates shown here, says separates are perfect if you like to dress for evening dates without overdressing.
An Edith Head original from Hollywood! “The Birds and the Bees” hug-me-tight blouse For 1 Lucky Woman in 400 In Bates Disciplined Mist Lawn $10,00
Expert advice on window coverings We asked three experts for advice, because hardly a week goes by without a letter that reads: “No matter how
What kind of man are you? Or How to buy a suit in 1976 If you’re active, successful and over 25, you have a lot in
Here are three 1938, 1930 and 1940 fashions for women designed in 1938-1939 by Pearl Levy Alexander for André: Vestee suit — Spring/Summer 1939-1940. Advanced
47 dangerous old playgrounds that our great-grandparents somehow survived 
Woodstock: What people said the famous music festival was REALLY like (1969) 
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How I was saved from the Titanic: A Titanic survivor’s story (1912) 
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