Coco Chanel, 1929

Coco Chanel, 1929, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from "Decades of Fashion" by Harriet Worsley. Click image for 770 x 1126 size.

From the book: "A well-groomed Coco Chanel poses in her signature style: an easy cardigan suit, two-tone shoes, strings of pearls, and bobbed hair, a look which is still a classic of today".

Coco Chanel, 1929

Coco Chanel, 1929, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from "Decades of Fashion" by Harriet Worsley. Click image for 768 x 1116 size.

From the book: "This picture was taken in 1929, when Coco was forty-six, the year in which she opened an accessories boutique attached to her Paris salon. The pearls on the pin trimming her straw hat are extra large. Chanel played with oversized costume jewellery that did not pretend to be real."

Ginger Rogers?

Ginger Rogers, originally uploaded by dsata1.

Bee Jackson, 1920s

Bee Jackson, 1920s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from "Decades of Fashion" by Harriet Worsley. Click image for 778 x 1128 size.

From the book: "World champion Charleston dancer Bee Jackson wears a beaded and fringed dance dress, popular at the time, as the fringes would shimmer and shake and draw attention to movement. This dress is shorter than the typical styles of the era. Paste jewellery known as "slave bracelets" was often worn high up on the arm as well as the wrist."

ABC, 1920s

ABC, 1920s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

By Jorge Barradas? Via Dias que Voam.

John Held Jr, Life, A Simple Hook-Up, November 25, 1926

John Held Jr, Life, A Simple Hook-Up, November 25, 1926, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats. Click image for 475 x 621 size.