The sacks and fashions of the early 1920s

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:40:02 +1100

I have been scanning pages of a department store catalogue from 1923 which may interest people involved in a certain banquet later this year. If the ready-made fashions of Melbourne are not inspiring (they aren't to me - sacks! All of them, sacks!) you might prefer these scans of 1920s Gazette du Bon Ton. Even without the ability to read Japanese or (much) French at least I recognise names like Worth and Paul Poiret.

I have also used this exercise as an excuse to order the complete House Of Eliott. For the record the total cost if bought locally is in the region of $250. From the US, $87 inc postage.

The fashions of suburban Melbourne are not this interesting.

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:44:52 +1000

This is the first time I've ever wanted to talk about clothes on this blog and I've had to create a whole new category. But it was worth it. Via (Inside a Black Apple) I've found Hel-Looks, a tribute to Fruits magazine. The creator photographs street fashions in Helsinki and uploads them together with a tiny interview. It's awesome and addictive. I have spent a large part of today looking at every image, dating back over a year. Here are some of my favourites.

Some of these Helsinkians understandably cite Bjork and Harajuku as their influences. But if you look through a few of the other images you'll see that high street fashions are obvious, even among people who claim to maintain their own style (skinny leg jeans, pointy boots, major labels), but at least an equal number praise Finnish big-hair rock band Hanoi Rocks and old men as style gurus.

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The sacks and fashions of the early 1920s

The fashions of suburban Melbourne are not this interesting.