Love old fashions and enjoy this site. One correction. The economy did not recover in the late 1930’s. Unfortunately, it took the war to bring back the economy. And hemlines went up to save on fabric as uniforms were needed. Thank you.
Thank you for this insightful video lecture! I absolutely love the innovations of 1930s dresses and knitwear. Knitting from vintage patterns is always a challenge, and patterns from the 30s are particularly devilish in their construction and sparse instructions.
I know you did this 4 years ago but I am so happy that you used images of women of color. Or at least African American women. And inclusion the impact of fashion on different communities like the LBGQT communities.
Nice presentation of fashion and trends of the 1930's. Mae West was not channeling him, he was channeling her. She was a big vaudeville star and a huge name on Broadway a long time before she got to Hollywood, and there were tons of her imitators out there. She's the original, not the other way 'round, but I am interested in reading more about Gene/Jean Malin.
Nicely presented. It's unsurprising that the 1930s continues to be the most referenced decade in fashion (or maybe the 70s?) The sudden and unambiguous drop in hemlines in 1930 is one of the only times when the "look of the decade" was firmly in place at the very beginning of the decade. Similarly, the look of the 40s was obvious by 1939. Many people assume the short hemlines were a direct result of fabric rationing, but those 1939 looks preceded the start of the war. It's well known that the look of the 50s was presented in 1947, years before the beginning of the decade.
Love old fashions and enjoy this site. One correction. The economy did not recover in the late 1930’s. Unfortunately, it took the war to bring back the economy. And hemlines went up to save on fabric as uniforms were needed.
Thank you.
Thank you!
Thank you for this insightful video lecture! I absolutely love the innovations of 1930s dresses and knitwear.
Knitting from vintage patterns is always a challenge, and patterns from the 30s are particularly devilish in their construction and sparse instructions.
love the 30s 🤍💙🤍
I love the pencil line fashions of the 1930s and the slinky evening wear of the well-to-do. How exciting, if you were monied!
I know you did this 4 years ago but I am so happy that you used images of women of color. Or at least African American women. And inclusion the impact of fashion on different communities like the LBGQT communities.
Very informative. Thank you so much for this!
Informative and thoughtful. Well researched and full of period detail. Excellent!
Lovely video! Thanks for sharing! :)
Amazing video! Learned so much!!
Thank you. This was informative and well done.
Great information, I love this! ❤
EXCELLENT.
What a great channel! I’m hooked! 👍🏽
Nice presentation of fashion and trends of the 1930's.
Mae West was not channeling him, he was channeling her. She was a big vaudeville star and a huge name on Broadway a long time before she got to Hollywood, and there were tons of her imitators out there. She's the original, not the other way 'round, but I am interested in reading more about Gene/Jean Malin.
Thank you! I'm so glad to learn more about this!
Gorgeous
Nicely presented. It's unsurprising that the 1930s continues to be the most referenced decade in fashion (or maybe the 70s?) The sudden and unambiguous drop in hemlines in 1930 is one of the only times when the "look of the decade" was firmly in place at the very beginning of the decade. Similarly, the look of the 40s was obvious by 1939. Many people assume the short hemlines were a direct result of fabric rationing, but those 1939 looks preceded the start of the war. It's well known that the look of the 50s was presented in 1947, years before the beginning of the decade.
Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Very nice
it's a very good job
I never knew those things about LGBT culture and Mae West! So interesting!
Thank you
so educational tysm
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The Great Depression
ended drastically after
the decades of prosperity
for nearly everyone of
they're own class.
Can you not just show us the fashions? Nobody wants to hear you speak.
Hi Virginia- This was created for a class that I taught during the pandemic. I am delighted that you found me, and hope you enjoyed the visuals!