Old Fashioned Pretty » thirties

Hat of the Week: Sculpted Cloche

Sharon — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:29:06 +0000

Hat(s) of the Week: Vintage Vogue

Sharon — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:54:21 +0000

As promised, this week I’m just going to post up some vintage hat photos straight out of Vogue magazine in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. These are all care of MyVintageVogue. Click on the thumbnail to see the full image…

Ralph Lauren & the Mercedes-Benz SSK

Sharon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:57:34 +0000

This is the Mercedes-Benz SSK, built between 1928 and 1932. With a top speed of 120 mph (190 km/hr) it was the fastest car of the late 1920s, and most of the forty or so that were produced (yes, so few!), were used as racing cars and destroyed that way. Now there are only four or five remaining with totally original parts, and around 100 replicas with parts from original vehicles. Wiki informs me a 1929 model auctioned at Bonhams in 2004 sold for 4.17 million GBP (around US$7.4 million). That makes it the second most expensive motor vehicle ever sold in history.

Ralph Lauren has in his private collection a 1930 model known as the Trossi Roadster, which he had meticulously restored and flaunts a pretty dramatic body. It’s a Batmobile if ever I saw one. Read about this wild car here.

The Art Deco Mouth

Sharon — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:28:56 +0000

Hat of the Week: Tilted Violet

Sharon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:39:59 +0000

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2009

Sharon — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:30:39 +0000

I’ve posted this on SwingFashionista.com already, but I just keep coming back to it, so I wanted to post it up here as well. Just such a dramatic collection, futuristic yet nostalgic…

Wow, just wow

Sharon — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:28:39 +0000

This photo is so beautifully evocative… wow!

Romance is a thing of the past

Sharon — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:28:40 +0000

Horacio Coppola: Buenos Aires in the 1930s

Sharon — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:49:53 +0000

I’m in Buenos Aires right now, a beautiful city that feels like Barcelona, Milan and Paris rolled into one, but with a good layer of dust. The city had its heyday in the 1920s and 30s, and photographer Horacio Coppola captured this glamorous period in Argentina’s eventful history. Here are a few beauties…

Here Kitty Kitty

Sharon — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:23:07 +0000

Some of you might know I have a thing for kitties (like most gals). This find on Flickr made my day. From Circus Krone in the 1930s.