the metal zipper- bringing fashion past and present together

vogue into spring II

More awesomess from my vintage Vogues! March, 1941.   Delman shoes.     Jay Thorpe     Love the artwork!     Red Cent for color!        ...

vogue into spring II

More awesomess from my vintage Vogues! March, 1941.   Delman shoes.     Jay Thorpe     Love the artwork!     Red Cent for color!        ...

psych

A fascinating 1938 Vogue magazine article psychoanalyzing fashion. (Magazine and photos from my own personal collection).     "Everything we put on our backs, it seems, is a dead give-away...

psych

A fascinating 1938 Vogue magazine article psychoanalyzing fashion. (Magazine and photos from my own personal collection).     "Everything we put on our backs, it seems, is a dead give-away...

for the love of pyjamas

Who spends 3 hours starching and pressing Victorian through 1930s apparell and loves it? Me. I love the way something rumpled and creased is moved to crispness, the life breathed...

for the love of pyjamas

Who spends 3 hours starching and pressing Victorian through 1930s apparell and loves it? Me. I love the way something rumpled and creased is moved to crispness, the life breathed...

mr. fabulous

Missed Cary Grant's birthday yesterday, so here he is in all his suave glory. More images this evening over on the Facebook page!      Cary Grant paperdolls.    ...

mr. fabulous

Missed Cary Grant's birthday yesterday, so here he is in all his suave glory. More images this evening over on the Facebook page!      Cary Grant paperdolls.    ...

flex

It was Strong Lady Saturday yesterday over on the Facebook page! Strength and glamour!    1950s roller derby!     Neighborhood watch.     Biker babes and lipstick.    ...

flex

It was Strong Lady Saturday yesterday over on the Facebook page! Strength and glamour!    1950s roller derby!     Neighborhood watch.     Biker babes and lipstick.    ...

good-bye, Mr. Chips

R.I.P. Peter O'Toole."I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony."   (more images all day today in honor of the actor, over on...

good-bye, Mr. Chips

R.I.P. Peter O'Toole."I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony."   (more images all day today in honor of the actor, over on...