Shop vintage inspired 1930s style clothing and costumes for women and men. Dresses, suits, shoes, hats, and jewelry. Learn 1930's fashion history too.

Exploring how to get a 1930s look on a budget by looking at the 1930s retrospective trend during the 1970s, inspired by Hollywood films

And so ends the seasonal Olympics for street style photographers in Paris! Also known as Fashion Week, it's the time of year when these professional people-watchers jump through hoops to capture the hottest outfits of the City of Light, taking their cues from legends such as the Sartorialist and Bil

The 1930s were largely defined by economic struggle & political upheaval. Believe it or not, though, a lot of 1930s dresses were the very most in glamour.

I was planning to show you my newest makeover this week, but the photo shoot didn't happen, so it will have to wait until next week. Meanwhile, here are some 1930s images that are my most recent favorites. I love to browse them for inspiration either for actual garments, or...

Let's take a delightful stroll down memory lane and explore what made these eras so iconic in the world of fashion.

Exploring 1930s fashion and my growing obsession with the flutter styled skirts that were very popular during a time of austerity and great innovation.

In the 1930's fur was very popular in fashion- so were sequins and a long line - and the influence of movie stars on fashion began to grow. Perhaps the glamor was a needed relief from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Or perhaps the popularity of that new medium "the talkies" and the ability to make more complex movies, such as musicals, made dressing up more glamorous and fun. The beautiful gowns of the 1930's are still a fashion influence today on the Red Carpet, but some things like wearing real fur is now out of date. Do you recognize the similarities to today’s fashion?

I absolutely love 1930s fashion. At first I thought it would never look good on my short and curvy frame because all the fashion images from the decade feature very tall and narrow silhouettes (the hand-drawn images were not realistically proportionate in the least). After giving a few 30s outfits a try, especially mixing separates,

I was tumbling through Tumblr, one of my favourite places on the internet to discover history's lesser-known muses and there, on page thirty-something of my browsing, I stopped at a photograph of an androgynous woman taken by Marianne Breslauer, a name unfamiliar to me. As I began googling her work,

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Early 1930s skirt pattern for a tailored look. Note the offset button placket on each.

In previous decades, women would change clothes for every activity and for different times of day. As pockets were pinched by the economic decline in the 1930s, clothes that could be worn for multiple activities began to emerge. While one would not wear one’s house dress out to run errands, fine dresses were marketed as perfect for

1930s dresses, including 1930s dress styles, 1930s day dresses and evening gowns, and 1930s fashion icons and the influence of Old Hollywood on 1930s fashion