“Sharoodʼs Style Catalog, Spring & Summer 1926”
“Sharoodʼs Style Catalog, Spring & Summer 1926,” primarily a catalog for womenʼs fashions includes some menswear. Cover shows a young woman in front of an orange draped entrance.10-1/2” x 8” DATED: 1926.
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“The Milliner”
“The Milliner,” monthly magazine of hat fashions. June 1924, Vol. 35. 35 black and white pages includes articles about hats. Dark blue cover with white images of hats, compacts, pearls and roses, in center is a black and white photo of a seated woman, bouquet of roses in her lap, wearing a hat and holding a parasol. Chicago, Il $3.00 a year in U.S.A., 12 x 9-1/2” DATED: 1924
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“Voice of Fashion”
“Voice of Fashion.” Patterns for women who want to sew their own dresses. Black and white sketches of womenʼs dresses, pattern pieces with measurements on one side and descriptions of the fabric, color, design details, buttons and other items needed on the opposite page. First page shows and discusses how to take your measurements, correct cutting, how to baste, change the waistline, work to scale etc. W.H. Goldsberry, Chicago, Il. Subscription Price “$1.50 per Year in Advance Single Copies 40c.” 15-1/2 x 10-1/2” DATED:1897.
a View Vol. XI, No. 45, Fall 1897.
b View Vol. XII, No. 46, Winter 1897
Fashions of the Hour
“Fashions of the Hour, New Year Number 1927, Marshall Field & Company.” In addition to fashion there are travel articles, “Coming Events in Chicago,” informational articles such as “Correct Uniforms for Maids,” coverage of the art scene and other local happenings. Two famous Pulitzer Prize winners, Ernest Poole and John T. McCutcheon are also represented. Highly stylized pink cover with white and leaf green shows a woman and her dog. Drawings, pictures and print on inside in black and white. DATED: 1927.
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Portfolio of Lady Duff-Gordon
1 Portfolio of Lady Duff-Gordon Spring and Summer 1917 Fashions. Watercolor Cover shows a sprightly young woman tip toeing through the clouds with 3 fauns (from Roman mythology, half human with goat legs, feet and horns) in soft hues. Each dress has 2 pages, on the right describes when and where you might want to wear the dress such as “When You Come Home,” with a paragraph describing it and setting the scene when it is worn, “This friendly little model carries a note of happy welcome which makes it a pleasant picture for the home-coming ones. It is very homey and sweet, and should be worn only by slim girl-figures on the threshold of life.” Page includes back view sketch and price. On the opposite page is a black and white photograph of a woman modeling the dress. 63 pages, bound with 2 staples and a cord. 12-1/2” x 9-1/2, Sears, Roebuck and Co. DATED: 1917.
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The Style Book of Slenderizing Fashion
“The Style Book of Slenderizing Fashion,” Lane Bryant Spring and Summer 1935, “our 34th year.” Yellow and orange cover with two women, one in a blue suit, the other in a blue dress with white design. 11” x 8-1/2” Lane Bryant, New York. DATED: 1935.
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What Well Dressed Women Will Wear This Fall
“What Well Dressed Women Will Wear This Fall.” 15 pages, black and white sketches of women modeling clothes. Cover shows a man admiring one of two women two stylish women, done in black and gray with orange touches. The Bradford-Weise Co., Rockford, Il. “The Store that Sells Wooltex.” 11” x 7-1/2” DATE: Circa 1915 through early 20s.
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