1920s
1920s dresses & flapper-style clothing: The most fashionable fabrics, lengths, necklines & more
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.
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1900s
Old-fashioned haircare tips for more beautiful hair, the way they did it 100 years ago
Pretty hair should be fluffy, it should be glossy, and it should be even in color. Find out how to get these classic looks in this collection of old-fashioned haircare tips!
1800s
The Victorian lady’s way to keep warm: See fashionable fall & winter clothing from 1891
Tailor-made jackets in velvet are now quiet the thing, and made medium-length, double-breasted, turned-back collar and pockets on either side; very much, in fact, on the order of the English top coat.
1950s
New accessories from old plaids: How to use worn old clothing to sew something new (1950)
You can create new fashions from old clothing! Here, see how a moth-eaten bathrobe and skirt, an outgrown blouse, knee-worn slacks were converted into sparkling new accessories.
1950s
Skirts, suits, dresses & coats: Style guide for top trends in ’50s fashion (1955)
It’s happened at last — fashion grows up this season. Gone is the little-girl look — the doll dress, cinched waist, and crinolines — it’s the woman who is now the darling of designers.
1950s
Simple one-piece hats you can make: How to sew yourself some style! (1955)
One little piece of bright felt by the yard, cut in a simple shape, a few quick stitches, no blocking at all – and, presto! – a hat! Here are some simple vintage one-piece hats you can make
1910s
Vintage women’s fashion: The stylish small hat (1915)
The small hat We lament its coming and we hope for its going, but still we cling tenaciously to it Why has the small hat
1950s
1950 hat trends: The cloche, cap, scoop brim & other headwear for her
From 1950: A white hat, a flower hat, a wide feather-light straw so sheer that the sun shines through… This spring, hats have a lovely quality of becomingness.
1950s
The most stylish 1950s spring fashions for women: Fitted coats, shorter skirts, checks, coral pink & more
When it comes to 1950s spring fashions for women, there are more straight shoulders than last year. Are skirts shorter? Yes, but not unbecomingly so. Fourteen or fifteen inches from the floor, according to your height. The newest hat is almost shoulder-wide.
1960s
Her hat designs are far out! Making headgear for astronauts (1965)
United States astronauts who go to the moon may wear headgear designed and produced by a ladies’ milliner.
1900s
The most stylish hats of the season: The saucy tilt still apparent (1906)
Hats of the season Nothing strikingly new in the advance millinery models – The saucy tilt still apparent Feminine fashions are about as uncertain a proposition
1940s
Stetson hats for him and her (1947 & 1948)
How to look your best… …meeting a traveler or traveling to a meeting (1947) Wear the right hat for the occasion! Stetson Hats How
1910s
Dye your clothes to refresh your wardrobe with new color (1910)
Dye your clothes to refresh your wardrobe with new color: With dye pot and stencil brush The time of year is upon us when it
1910s
Craft: Make Revolutionary War-style soldier hats (1913)
There is never a boy child who does not love to play soldier. The young soldier will be happier if he has a soldier cap. Either of the paper ones represented here in reduced size will answer the purpose.
1800s
How to knit an antique-style opera hood (1862)
Knitting an old-fashioned opera hood Make a chain of 90 stitches. Then knit one row across, then seam a row, knit a row, seam a row,
1920s
Go window shopping in Washington DC in the 1920s
J C Harding & Co, Inc. electrical goods “Housecleaning made easy” – appliances, radio, vacuums Shoe store (1925) Display of Dr Scholl’s shoes and
1900s
Vintage style: The sweeping popularity of ribbons and bows (1906)
Sweeping popularity of ribbons The ribbon girl has arrived in all her glory. It is some years since the ribbon epidemic has been assigned a
1950s
Young America votes for Eagleknit headwear (1956)
The name brand in kitted headwear In knitted headwear, the popular vote goes to Eagleknit by a thumping majority. You can’t equal Eagleknit’s record for
1940s
Vintage diner & patrons (1940s)
A sailor and his gal having a meal Note the fantastic vintage Solotone Jukebox speakers on the wall at each table. (Click on the photo
1950s
Quiz: Who’s under these famous hats? (1955)
Keep it under your hat by Max Brandel Each of these hats represents a famous person. Can you identify them from their distinctive headgear? (Answers below.)
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