Monday 30 November 2009

Friday 27 November 2009

Thursday 26 November 2009

Acne Cream & Mitsuya Cider, 1900-1929

(Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". Click image for 632 x 900 size.

Wednesday 25 November 2009

A.H. Fish, An artistic adventure with a catastrophic ending, 1920s


A.H. Fish, 1, 1920s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

Priming, followed by...

Touch ups.

A.H. Fish, 2, 1920s

Professional assistance.

A.H. Fish, 3, 1920s

The conquest.

A.H. Fish, 4, 1920s

The disappointment.

A.H. Fish, 5, 1920s

Tuesday 24 November 2009

A. H. Fish 1923, Baron de Meyer 1932

Scanned and quoted from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977. Click image for 704 x 1000 size.

Top:

A. H. Fish illustration. "A beautiful woman has no need -- nor time -- to be anything else. Among her virtues she must include courage, patience and perseverance, but the ends justify the means. Success in her chosen career allows her to achieve everything a woman could want -- a jealous husband, envious friends, and the admiration of her grandchildren. Besides, it gives pleasure to appreciators and jobs to many nice and worthy people."

Bottom:

Photo by Baron de Meyer, Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics ad, 1932.

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A. H. Fish, Illustration 1923

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Baron de Meyer, Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics ad, 1932

Monday 23 November 2009

A.H. Fish and Cecil Beaton illustrations, 1920s

Scanned from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977. Click image for 752 x 1000 size.

Top, A.H. Fish illustration, 1925.

On the building it's written "Abdomen Allah," and "Turkish Baths," "Entering the door on the left of Abdomen Allah, the latest fashionable building, we see an impressive female clientèle going for the baths, the Turkish baths, the steam baths, the massages, and other tortures prescribed by the terrible Turkish regimen. Observe that the ladies look like five of the most well-fed Ottomans of the Roman Empire. But wait... Incredible as it may seem, the quintet of Vogue mannequins you see exiting on the right are the same monumental matrons that, on the left, used to occupy much more than their fair share of tridimensional space. And the baths accomplished this miracle. Now they will be able to face their dressmakers with their heads held up high and fit inside small sized dresses without ignominy, shame, or rubber girdles."

Bottom, Cecil Beaton illustration, 1927.

Saturday 21 November 2009

Thursday 19 November 2009

Kilpin, cloche hat, c.1925


Kilpin, cloche hat, c.1925, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 455 x 600 size.

Mannequin, French. Cloche hat made by Kilpin, Ltd. Pink straw with appliqué trim, British, c.1925.

Tuesday 17 November 2009

Cigarettes Piast


Cigarettes Piast, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

"Piast, Les Meilleures Cigarettes" ad, with Josephine Baker.

Friday 13 November 2009

Jazz age dress by Sonia Delaunay, 1920, 1928

Tafeta dress in printed silk by Sonia Delaunay, 1920, 1928. In the Museu Nacional do Traje e da Moda (National Museum of Dress and Fashion,) Portugal.

Monday 9 November 2009

Jazz age dress


Jazz age dress, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from the book "Grandes Museus de Portugal," Editorial Presença. Click image for 455 x 623 size.

Jazz age dress in the Museu Nacional do Traje e da Moda (National Museum of Dress and Fashion,) Portugal.

Sunday 8 November 2009

Jazz age dress

Jazz age dress
Jazz age dress, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from the book "Grandes Museus de Portugal," Editorial Presença.

Jazz age dress in the Museu Nacional do Traje e da Moda (National Museum of Dress and Fashion,) Portugal. Click image for 573 x 800 size.

Friday 6 November 2009

Kay Francis


Kay Francis, originally uploaded by ondiraiduveau.

Georges Lepape & Sonia Delaunay, 1925

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George Lepape, 1925 cover for British Vogue.

Sonia Delaunay 'Simultaneous' dress, next to a 'Simultaneous' car, January 1925.

Wednesday 4 November 2009

Marcello Dudovich, Fiat Balilla ad, 1934

La nuova Balilla per tutti, poster. Colour lithograph. Italian, 1934.
Fiat archives.

Scanned from "Art Deco 1910-1939" edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Chislaine Wood. Click image for 490 x 700 size.

Tuesday 3 November 2009

Henry Clive


HENRY CLIVE , originally uploaded by ondiraiduveau.

Recipe for "Caipirinha" cocktail


Recipe for "Caipirinha" cocktail, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from "Vintage Cocktails" by Susan Waggoner and Robert Markel. Click image for 541 x 700 size.