A look into 1920s fashion icons Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, Wallis Simpson, The Duchess of York and George VI. Pictures and Jewellery.

A look into 1920s fashion icons Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, Wallis Simpson, The Duchess of York and George VI. Pictures and Jewellery.
The signature fashion silhouette lines of 1920’s fashions were often achieved by using McCall’s or Butterick dress patterns.
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comThese Tailleur fashion plates are coat and costume (suits) trade plates from the Autumn of 1965. They show quite dressy, but timeless images which were very typical of clothing for more mature groomed women of the early sixties. The suit was a fashionable all purpose elegant ensemble and it was …
Print these 60s drawings and color them with your own favorite colors.
Explore 1960s fashion with our curated sheath dresses. Uncover evolving trends and the role of the corselette in shaping the era’s iconic silhouette.
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comUnlike the two previous pages of fashion history images, these costume history pictures lean more toward fashion changes that are meaningful in relation to the way people perceive the 1960s. The dresses and skirts are A-line and flare away from the body at the hips. Keyholes and cutouts at the …
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com1960s Fashion History – Costume History Drawings c1962 – 1966This page has a mixture of style elements evident in female clothing between 1962-1966. As with all fashion eras there was overlap of the styles of several years and not everyone immediately wore the mini or even shorter above knee skirts. …
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comThese are original family wedding photos of ordinary people in special occasion clothes taken between 1920 and 1930. They include weddings of 1921, 1923, 1924 and 1930. My special thanks to Carol Morgan of Cardiff who went to considerable trouble to send me these images. Like many people who inherit …
What looks like a torture today was the standard of fashion in edwardian era fashion.
Lifestyle in the 80s economy boom. Meanings of advertiser’s acronyms such as YUPPIE and DINKY. Business fashion history – Women dress for success in the perfect suit for the corporate ladder. Mass market effects with the return of occasion wear.