More Vogue Adventures

Brrr, it's cold outside today.  I wore my Lilli Ann coat outside to the bus stop today.  It's hard to believe that it is over 50 years old and looks like new.  The pockets are free of holes and I am free to carry some change or a key if I like.<smile>  Have any of you wore your coats so much that you had to be careful which pocket to put things in and were too lazy to stitch it up or kept forgetting until you put the coat on?  Ha ha, I admit it, I have.

There haven't been many days with the crisp warm autumn sunshine.  I'm hoping we get a few in before it gets really cold!  I'm getting the ol' vitamin D out and starting to take this.  I already miss the warm days.  Today, I'm getting myself down into the basement where I have a sewing machine to work on fixing up a beautiful very art deco dress I bought off of ebay.  It is going to be perfect for next week's shoot.  There are a few seams that need to be redone and a couple tears to patch up and it will look like it did 60 years ago:) <Well, hopefully:)>


Since we are also on the theme of "Within The Pages of Vogue".  I figured this would also be a great opportunity to share this article from the New York Times from 1940.   I have an issue of Vogue from September of 1940 and buried within the pages was this article on Schiaparelli from The New York Times.  I love it when you find these neat surprises from past owners.  The lady who once owned this magazine also liked Schiaparelli enough to cut out an ad and place it inside a Vogue magazine.  I believe you can click on the article to enlarge.  Imagine how much these suits would go for today?
I just noticed that not one of these ladies is smiling.   They all look so serious but totally glamourous.

Hattie Carnegie on the cover 1940.  This is a great issue.

Some images from within:

From Within The Pages Of Vogue

Below are images of a Vogue trade bound volume that has several Vogue magazines in it from 1946.  I wonder if the trade version differs from the newsstand version of Vogue?   This was a great year because more resources  became available with the war ending.  The fascinating thing (besides the images of course) is that buried within one of the pages was an artists sketch with a swatch of material at the corner.  This Vogue volume is a trade edition and once belonged to Carlye Dress Corporation.  Interesting eh?  I love that this sketch has been sitting in this book for almost 70 years!  I could have spent all day photographing images from this volume because there are so many fascinating ones but I selected a few to showcase:

Below are images from the trade volume:

Before I even knew this was Adrian, I flagged this to photograph because it was such a beautiful suit!

Rawlings:

Fascinating letter from nylon industry about shortage of hosiery:

I love, love, love this image, so timeless!

Sign me up for one of these bags...where can I find one? 

Hope you enjoyed a peek through this trade volume:)

Gilbert Adrian

I had no idea until reading the below article that the designer Gilbert Adrian was also a fine artist.  But, it makes sense because there is a great visual appeal about his fashion designs.  As I mentioned in a prior post, his creations are highly collectible and bidding wars ensue.

I thought the below article on Gilbert Adrian was fascinating.  You just never know where you will find interesting articles.  I found it in Look Magazine from 1951.   There was no mention about Adrian on the cover or in the description when I bought it. 

This is another great and fascinating thing about vintage fashion is the correlation of art movements to fashion...love it!   I have a great book on Cubism and fashion that I hope to share images of in a future blog post.

Adrian is known for high-end fashion design for the stars and film.  The movie "The Women" has many of his fashion designs in it.   Have to see if I can find the full movie online!  The fashions are fabulous in this movie.  Anyone see it?  Adrian died in 1959.  His paintings have a surrealism about them.  I'm sure he was influenced by Dali.   I had to Photoshop together some of the images since Look Magazine is rather large.  But, if you click on the image, it makes it easier to read.  It's kind of interesting how you see this typical family portrait behind such a surreal tribal painting.  It's like they are unaware of the painting behind them.  Say cheese for the camera:))

The colors in the painting echo the dress. Very interesting!  But, you don't see a splash of red in the dress.   The dress remains with a cool color scheme.  

How structured and feminine is this suit?  Amazing!  Note to self:  Add to wardrobe:)

Adrian dress at FIT 1944

 

Yellow Cargo

I picked up this film still from an antique shop about a month back.  The party scene caught my attention.  I love to see vintage images that are so clear and you can catch a glimpse into some of the glamour  of the period.

The movie is on YouTube and was renamed "Sinful Cargo" from 1936.   It's actually kind of a dry movie and the still makes it look like an exciting flick.  

I plan on buying more of these vintage photographs.  They are really interesting to study and so detailed in person.  I've been looking on ebay a little today and I love browsing through all the B&W stills.  Ebay sorts it by period so you can look at B&W photographs pre-1940 and 1941-1949, etc.  I invite you all to take a look it's really fascinating.


Look at this image isn't it marvelous?  It's from the 1930s Jean Howard.

Dior Launches New Magazine

I've been digging around the internet trying to figure out how to get my hands on a copy of this magazine, but I'm unsuccessful.   First issue came out this month.  I love the photography take on the New Look.   Doesn't it look fabulous?

Marion Cotillard, she's amazing, modeling.   Jean-Baptiste Mondino, photographer ...