Saturday, May 05, 2007

Leonore Smith, design class sketches, 1924

Found in David Whittemore's site.

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Friday, May 04, 2007

Leonore Smith, design class sketches, 1924

Found in David Whittemore's site.

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Thursday, May 03, 2007

Leonore Smith, design class sketches, 1924

Found in David Whittemore's site.

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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Coty Tan Ad, 1925


1925 Coty Tan Ad, originally uploaded by mica12244art.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

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

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.

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

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Monday, April 30, 2007

Martin and Cecil Beaton illustrations, 1920s

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

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

Hair Styles, 1929


Hair Styles, 1929, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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

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