Monday, September 29, 2025

La Mode (26 Septembre 1915)

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From World War II to World War I: let's take a look what was happening to fashion in the waning days of 1915. And the most startling inn...
Monday, September 22, 2025

Australian Home Journal (September 1940)

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 If Woman's Journal  looked to Paris for its fashion news, the Australian Home Journal  sought inspiration from Paris. First up: costume...
Monday, September 15, 2025

"In France, Poise Counts" (Woman's Journal, January 1939)

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 "It is with a sigh of real gratitude I register the passing of ugly hats", opines Moma Clarke in the January 1939 issue of Woman...
Monday, September 8, 2025

Bridal Couple (Between 1883 and 1886)

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This photograph has a connection to one of Australia's lost department stores! Inscribed on the back is the name and address of the stud...
Monday, September 1, 2025

Styles of '65: Separates (Marcus Clark's, Autumn and Winter 1965)

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 Some styles are classics.  The skirts and twin sets below could just have easily been worn in 1955—or 1975! B27W4— Fully fashioned pure woo...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Family Photograph (circa 1896 or 1897)

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 I found this in a secondhand ("disposals") shop in Adelaide.  It looks like a family gathering, but there is nothing to say who t...
Monday, August 18, 2025

House Dresses (Peterson's Magazine, October 1862)

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 By the beginning of the 20th century a 'house dress' was a simple dress in washable fabrics, designed to be worn while doing housew...