I love getting to the Southern Oregon University library and scanning these vintage magazine photos. Here are some lovely dresses from Harper's Bazaar 1936, starting with this beautiful brocade. Harper Bazaar Sept 1st 1936, beautiful and so classy! Would love to see it in color, but most of the magazines really didn't do a lot of color until the 50s and 60s. A great pair of lounging pants, love the painted Koi, Harper Bazaar July 1939. Coat has hand blocked brillant fish on natural pongee…

Chic Parisien hand colored fashion prints, models, dresses, couture from 1936

Ann Sothern 1930's Vintage Fashion Inspiration For Vintage Expert Kate Beavis, blogger, writer and speaker on homes, fashion, weddings and lifestyle. #1930sfashion #twentiesfashion #1930s #vintage #vintagefashion #thirties #1930svintagefashion #retrofashion #retro #katebeavis #vintageexpert

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Ilustrator: Marian Blynn

I case you’re not on my Facebook page, you may not have heard that I’m in process of developing a new 1930s pattern. Well, it’s not actually “new”, it’s one I had previously released in my beginning days as a single size reproduction. Well, no photos of it yet (bwahaha! I like to keep you […]Continue Reading...

Wonderful warm weather fashions, 1936. #vintage #1930s #catalogs

Actress. Also known as Claudia Martin Murrell Martin Brown Roberts. One of seven children, she was the daughter of actor and singer Dean Martin and his first wife Betty MacDonald. Born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, but raised in Southern California, Martin eventually followed her famous father into the acting business....