Tag: 1940’s

W5RAn best-of-wknd:

W5RAn best-of-wknd:

Dorian Leigh in Balenciaga, cover by Richard Avedon, Harper’s Bazaar, December 1949 This clearly owes much to regional Castilian dress in its use of contrasting bands ...

 

Dorian Leigh in Balenciaga, cover by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, December 1949 This clearly owes much to regional Castilian dress in its use of contrasting bands ...

 

polka dots

polka dots

Blue and white tie-silk is used in this afternoon dress with deep neckline by Majestic, photo by Martha Holmes, October 1948 . credit: Sophia

 

Huipil

Huipil

Maya women in Guatemala wear traditional blouses, or huipil, as emblems of their ethnic and community identity. The multicolored geometric designs brocaded on the front, back, ...

 

vintage 40s handbag

vintage 40s handbag

. . . Dear Golden

 

French Vogue 1949

French Vogue 1949

. cover design by Giulio Coltellacci . .

 

Vogue fashion

Vogue fashion

1949 . style . classic red lipstick . . . MsBlueSky

 

vintage architecture

vintage architecture

Caldwells Cafeteria, 1334 Sumter St., Columbia, S. C. Created/Published: Pub. by Columbia Cigar &Tobacco Co., Columbia, S. C. Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print ...

 

W5RAn best-of-wknd: Vintage Curves

W5RAn best-of-wknd: Vintage Curves

1948 . oldsmobile . 2-door . coupe . design . detail . curves . detroit iron - Robert Strovers artistic pursuits link

 

Christmas tree

Christmas tree

Rachel Forster Hospital, New South Wales, December 1944 by Sam Hood From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au