Feminine customers showed so much embarrassment while having their shoes shined, that a sympathetic New York bootblack mounted a roller curtain on his stand. Now the wearer of the most abbreviated skirt can pull down the curtain to suit herself, and sit unconcernedly in the elevated chair for a “shine” without being annoyed by the [...]
Feminine wireless fans will be interested in the introduction of a tiny radio set which is made in the shape of, and is worn as, a garter. Wire is coiled around a piece of cardboard, which is covered with silk, and attached to this are two ordinary eyeglass snap chains, one fastened to the foot [...]
Intended for wear by the fisherman or hunter, a buoyant sweater that will keep the wearer afloat in water for several hours now is on the market. It is like the ordinary garment except for the rubber-tubing units down the front, which are filled with a material much more buoyant than cork. These units can [...]
In many parts of Germany, in the fields and along the roads, a new design in sunshades and umbrellas which fasten to the shoulders is being used. Especially adapted for the people who must have their hands free while working or seeking pleasure in the hot sun or on rainy days, the device has gained [...]
The latest dress idea borrowed from men by women is the suspender. Several large London department stores have been exhibiting suspenders in their windows as the latest approved method of holding skirts in position. The suspenders for women are made of a web material, and can be purchased in almost any color. Image/Copy credit.
A motorist’s cap having goggles of the same material as the cap attached, the whole being so shaped that the goggled section is the back part of the cap when goggles are not desired, is shown in the accompanying drawing. That is, the cap may be worn turned completely around, the portion bearing the up-folded [...]
An ingenious little flower vase, designed to be worn at the waist, has been invented by a flower-loving Frenchwoman. Its purpose is to provide water for flowers during the time they are worn, and it is so constructed that the water will not spill, even though the wearer should bend as much as 90 deg. [...]
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A collection of drypoint relief prints, handcolored with watercolor from the monograph, Les modes féminines du XIXe siècle, interprétées en cent pointes sèches aquarellées au pinceau, 1801-1900 by Henri Boutet. Henri Boutet, while following one by one the changes of fashion, is a fine and exquisite artist. It is recognized in its Ioli dividers, costumes reminiscent of a century and the loyalty of women’s fashions is both original and delicious. – from the Catalogue de livres modernes composant la bibliothèque [...]
An attractive convertible costume, which marks a desirable simplification in woman’s dress and doubtless is a result of the trend started by women war workers, consists of a jaunty bodice and bloomers of black satin and an apron of fine blue serge. For various indoor duties the bodice and bloomers meet all requirements, but when the [...]
When the new photographic method of measuring is adopted by the tailoring trade, a misfit should be a rarity. Low or round shoulders will be unerringly recorded by the infallible plate, and the cloth may be cut and joined in such a way that these, and other bodily peculiarities, may be masked or accentuated, whichever [...]
From the article “A Woman and Her Raiment” by Ida M. Tarbell, published in The American Magazine in 1912: One of the most domineering impulses in men and women is that bidding them to make themselves beautiful. But this instinct, which has led men and women from strings of shells to modern clothes, like every other [...]
Ariadne auf Naxos : Oper in einem Aufzuge von Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Musik von Richard Strauss, zu spielen auf dem “Bürger aus Edelmann” des Molière; Skizzen für die Kostüme und Dekorationen von Ernst Stern. Ariadne auf Naxos: an opera in one act by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Richard Strauss’s music to play on the ”noble citizens” of Molière; with sketches for the costumes and decorations by Ernst Stern. THE [...]
(Imagery courtesy of the National Library of Portugal/Tehrkot Media)
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Willard D. Straight was born on January 31, 1880 in Oswego, New York. Having spent four years in Japan during his childhood, he early on developed an interest in all things connected to the Far East. After majoring in architecture at Cornell University (1897-1901), he was appointed to a position with the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs [...]
In case you weren’t quite sure how to dress up Man’s Best Friend for when the kiddies come ’round on Halloween, here are a couple ideas from 1905 that just might do the trick and put an added smile on the trick-or-treater’s young faces! (Photographs courtesy of the Library of Congress/Tehrkot Media)
A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the actors, a man in summer attire and a woman in an ankle-length dress, walk toward the camera. As they cross a grate on the sidewalk they pause, and the escaping air blows [...]
