Tag Archives: summer

edwardian businesswoman

How one woman made a success at dress making and Summer Recipes

This article is just very pithy, but uplifting. It’s a true story of how a woman, left widowed with two small children at the age of 30, became a seamstress and then started her own dress making shop. The next page is summer recipes and hot weather cooking advice: “Recipes which may be prepared several hours [...]

1930s mothers day hat fashions

1935 Hat Fashions, Womens Hat Advertisements

These are some very smart summer hat advertisements showing off the wide variety of womens hats that were in fashion in 1935. Wide brim, short brim, anything but the old cloche of the 20s! As I’m writing this vintage blog entry on Mother’s Day, one of the ads reminds me that “Remember, Mother’s Day is [...]

1935 mens, women's, children's family fashions

1930s shirts and hats for men, blouses for women, and outfits for boys and girls

This was another rather random seeming advertisement page. On this scanned page are advertised shirts for men, including “Sandforized” that include a tie and initialized tie clasp, mens summer hats, boucle knit sweaters for women, silk crepe de chine scarves for women, a little boy’s 2 piece outfit (for ages 3-8), and an adorable organdie [...]