Vintage Party Ideas for Your New Year's Eve

Here's to more wonderful VINTAGE in your New Year! Fashion pages from Australian Home Journal, 1949 and 1951

Australian Home Journal: Online Resource

Aren't these fashions from the 1940's and 50's delightful? They come from the terrific online source for "Australian Hom...

Back to School Fashions, 1959

Gotta love how the 1950's and 60's were so excited about 'back to school' and fall fashions in general. That was always the...

1949 - 1980 Fashion Video

Women's Fashions, Year by Year: 1949 - 1980 by Wallygreeninker When I was a kid, old fashioned movies were shown at school on rainy days...

Sunny Day Fun

When the burgers area ready, just pucker your lips and blow. Don't you dare spash me with that hose!

Spring Has Sprung

Time to pull out the spring florals.

California Design: An exhibit worth seeing

"California Design: 1930 - 1965: Living in a Modern Way" showcases a wide variety of furnishings, graphic arts and life-style acce...

RBW: Count Rene Bouet-Willaumez, Fashion Illustrations: June 1950

The three fashion illustrations here are editorial drawings from the June 1950 issue of "Vogue" magazine painted by Count Rene Bou...

1950's Dress by Anjac Fashions of California

A 1950's day dress by Anjac of Los Angeles is a perfect example of a mid-decade look for adult women. The wing collar is doubled, with ...

Balenciaga in San Francisco: the de Young exhibition

We were in San Francisco this weekend for the "Balenciaga and Spain" opening lecture and symposium at the de Young museum. This e...

1950's Vintage Fashion: Little Cover Ups

Little cover ups for spring and summer dresses during the 1950's came in many styles that included bolero and small capelets. The looks...

Vintage or Retro? 1950's Cropped Jackets

We love vintage cropped jackets with contrast trim. A recent article in the NYTimes compared 'retro' (copies of vintage) to vintage...

Mad Men Era: Green Silk Cocktail Coat

Vintage fashion from the late 1950's or early 1960's can be created in silhouettes that stop traffic. Mad Men style, it's somet...

Vintage Fashion: 1950's Shelf Bust

The shelf bust in vintage fashion is always a fun style to see. It is nearly daring, a bit outrageous, and always eye-catching. A recent b...

1950's Dress: Cute Cotton with Full Skirt

This wonderful dress from the 1950's was recently featured in a great line up of 50's dresses on Kellyssima blog. Thanks Kelly fo...

Lilli Ann: 1950's Jackets that Inspire

If the Lilli Ann company during the 1940's and 1950's is known for anything, it is their fearless use of eye popping details and dra...

Lilli Ann: Vintage Suits from the 1950's & early 1960's

Two examples of Lilli Ann suits, showing the span of a decade: 1950 to 1960. The well tailored suit jacket became an important element for L...

House Dresses: Fashion at home, cottony and cute

A stepchild of fashion, the humble house dress has been worn in one form or another for centuries. When women's fashionable gowns were s...

Bustle Dresses in the 1950s

Bustle-style dresses in the 1950's are easy to spot. Dresses with the most Victorian influences had a ruffle, drape or bow detail at th...

Don Loper & a Green Silk Jacket

This jacket is worthy of a complete stop in converation. An open mouth gape at the pure luxury and blatant exhibitionism of the collar. It ...