I imagine this 1940s couple getting this car as a gift, or the husband giving it to his wife before he leaves back to fighting overseas. She looks so proud and you can see them posed togethe… Read More

I found these slides at an estate sale of someone who had died. I don’t know why anyone would sell them, but I guess she had no relatives. There are lots of photos of American soldiers… Read More

I imagine this woman climbing to the top of a mountain, looking around, and taking the landscape pictures with her Brownie. I think maybe she took the picture of the road sculpture on her dr… Read More

Step back in time with our vibrant collection of Kodachrome slides from the 1959 Parade. Experience the joy and community spirit of a bygone era through the rich colors and timeless quality… Read More

Uncover essential ironing hints and tips to maintain your vintage clothing's charm, featuring unique techniques with the 1940s IronRite Ironing Machine. Learn the art of steaming velvets, pr… Read More

Explore the fascinating "history of ironing and clothing care" with insights from the 1940s IronRite Manual. Discover how ironing has evolved from a simple task to a crucial part of personal… Read More

Hey, I've just gone through the last few pages of 'Liberty's Victorious Conflict,' a book from my latest scanning project, and it's quite the journey through the World War I timeline. You'll… Read More

Step back in time with our scanned pages of 1920s fashion advertisements, highlighted by the exquisite collection from the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. These pages offer a glimpse into th… Read More

Here are the last pages from the old guy’s scrapbook of old car ads! These last illustrated automobile ads from the early 1900s  include 8 pages of Willys Knight Automobile ads th… Read More

Here are 4 illustrated ads for a 1920s Nash roadster, an early 1920s Overland Car, and 2 pages of ads for Maxwell Motors. The post Old car ads: Maxwell, Nash, and Overland car ads appeared… Read More

Here are some old ad clippings for Jewett automobiles, Hudson cars, and Paige vehicles. "Enclosed comfort", "Joyous pep"... There are two pages of Hudson car ads which include The Hudson 640… Read More

Advertisement for a Gibson Girl pyography pillow. This ad promises to send the buyer a Naan Plush Pillow Top in gold, tan, or light green, stamped with the Gibson girl design shown and ready… Read More

I think pinup model Rebekah Liegh is perched on and in a 1957 Chevy, but I'm not sure? I do know that her cute sleeveless plaid vintage dress, from my collection, is from the 1960s. The pos… Read More

It happens to us all. Occasionally we buy a piece and are disappointed, or overlooked a flaw noted in the description, or don’t agree with the seller that the item was in “great/… Read More

This turn of the century children's alphabet book contains illustrations and descriptions of 27 birds from all over the world including parrots, poultry and songbirds. The post The A B C Boo… Read More

This week I've been inspired to scan old magazines and post them after finding a hoard that I'd bought years ago and thought were lost in my several moves! Since I have that space with all m… Read More

The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of… Read More

The history of some clothing can be most fascinating. This is what I learned about the history of Kirk's Suede Life, the maker and label on this vintage leather coat that I just sold: The p… Read More

This was my first time attempting to digitize film with my iPhone and run a 16mm film projector. To test it, I bought the cheapest 16mm film that I could, which was labeled "16mm Film - Car… Read More

I stopped updating with new vintage fashions for sale earlier this year because I had the chance to further my career at another job, and then my boyfriend moved in... 2021 was pretty awesom… Read More

This next article includes plenty of scantily clad pictures of Lucille Ball and Marie Wilson (as Irma, the dumbest blonde on TV). Irma in the "My Friend Irma" show, especially, is mentioned… Read More

Revisiting and posting an update to my 2021 vintage selling journey. I've continued to make vintage sales and I really truly cannot stay away from vintage clothing, I saw my last blog about… Read More

I had just 3 days to scan two Civil War era photo albums! Here are the front, back, and sides. I'm officially kicking off the digital downloads section of my shop with these high res scans… Read More

These pictures were labeled "Civil War or Spanish War Veterans". They're actually slides from the 1960s, when someone had tried to copy or preserve the originals. Pretty interesting to see t… Read More

"Today's musical comedy stars replace the Grecian bend of The Florodora Girls with abandon, and little else" reads the headline. It mentioned the famous gals who have come from the anonymity… Read More

My inspiration and start for reinventing VintageReveries. See the video of my current setup, investments I made, thoughts about mistakes, and more. My next entries will be about re-implement… Read More

Wow. What an interesting 1950s perspective on the history of nude photography! The post Art Studies 100 Years Ago Were as Daring as Today’s appeared first on VintageReveries - Vintage… Read More

Burlesque has provided men with a variety of entertaining pinups. Notably, Ida Bayton's white violin act in "The Taxi Girls" in 1914, and Lili St. Cyr's bubble bath striptease that helped la… Read More

In World War I, Mary Pickford became the favorite pinup of soldiers when she dressed in uniform and toured the nation selling Liberty Bonds. In World War II, "demand for it [pictures of Bett… Read More

Pictures of women in World War I and World War II. How early feminism and wars influenced women's fashions. The post How World War I and World War II influenced womens fashions appeared fir… Read More

THIS is a very interesting article about how politics and politicians shaped women's fashions during the first half of the 20th century. The early feminist movement asked for many changes, a… Read More

Women's changing fashions and shapes thru the 1900s! This first page quotes a skit about womens' changing fashions from 1903-1953 written by Lois Long of the New Yorker and performed on "The… Read More

Here's a scan from CheeseCake – An American Phenomenon. It's a spread with Ed Sullivan's Toastettes and film snaps of Marilyn Monroe's appearance on the Jack Benny show. "It was wonde… Read More

This next article includes plenty of scantily clad pictures of Lucille Ball and Marie Wilson (as Irma, the dumbest blonde on TV). Irma in the "My Friend Irma" show, especially, is mentioned… Read More

Here's an article about how rubbery faced Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar have "given viewers a steady diet of broad, yet biting, satire and made them like it. Among their targets have been male… Read More

"The Bust Line May be Best Line in TV". This article explores how television was currently reshaping the Pinup phenomenon, remarking on Faye Emerson's low cut gowns in the late 40s, but then… Read More

"It's the inevitable cycle.... in 1910 it was the bust, and cleavage went down to the limit. In the 1920s the sex emphasis was on the legs. In the 1930s it veered to the back and posterior… Read More

This is an interesting article on how the Motion Picture Production Code affected the evolution of cheesecake pinup, and changed the recipe. The post The Production Code and Continued Evolu… Read More

hoopskirts to bathing suits, this Cheesecake Pinup magazine takes a look at the history of sexual innuendo in humor and media. One of the first cartoons is from the 1860s, showing the wind… Read More

How did the term "cheesecake" pinup originate? Origins of cheesecake, and the first pinup model and cheesecake photograph. An article about the history of American pinup. The post How the te… Read More

This was the most amazing 1950s magazine to photograph! Is this Marilyn Monroe on the cover? I wish I could have bought this vintage pinup magazine for myself! It's dated 1953. The post Che… Read More

Pictures speak louder than words. In these last pages are images of World War I fighter planes in combat, famous air fighters, pictures of recuperating soldiers, descriptions and photos of h… Read More

Here are some pictures of air planes used in World War I, and even one of a dirigible guarding the English coast! Military use of airplanes was still very new at this point, and shown are… Read More

I am not sure why I didn't buy this photographic history book... It has some really good pictures of World War I in it, and I believe it was written and published before World War II. The po… Read More

These "French Look Bust Wires" were interesting to shoot... not because of the wires themselves, but the instructions for fitting any bra or garment to make a "French Look" of the quintessen… Read More

I was doing product photography for a friend, and couldn't help but take a few extra pictures of this pinup calendar from 1958. "Hilda" is a "generously endowed nymph who casts propriety and… Read More

What a cool treasure, to find a fashion book published at the dawn of World War II. It's been interesting to expand my fashion vocabulary, and to learn so many new things about the history o… Read More

Almost at the end of this fashion dictionary! I'm a bit relieved but also a little sad. I've learned SO much about vintage clothing identification and fashion terminology, but this is one of… Read More

Ever wonder how to name or identify the stitching that you might find on pieces of vintage clothing? Here are some excellent definitions, descriptions, and illustrations for types of stitche… Read More

It's interesting to see the types of skirts, sleeves, and sportswear illustrated and defined! Hopefully this helps you in identifying and describing vintage clothing... I can't help but read… Read More

I find this fashion dictionary's timeline of silhouettes thru the ages to be interesting, because people in certain eras interpret describe history differently than at other times. History i… Read More

My scanning got interrupted today. Here are just 3 pages defining such things as robe d'intrenieur (a hostess gown), ruche, rumba costume, saque (and the 1930s sack garment), different types… Read More

As I'm recovering from my wonderful New Years celebrations last night... I'm posting 18 more scans from the 1938 fashion dictionary, The Language of Fashion. These pages cover nets (continue… Read More

Defining and illustrating various types of necklines. How useful to describing and selling vintage clothing online, as well as when buying it! The post Types of Necklines Defined. Fashion Te… Read More

It amazes me how many different kinds of lace there are, and this fashion dictionary goes thru the pains to illustrate and describe some pretty obscure types! I hope that this is helpful for… Read More

Here are more scanned pages from The Language of Fashion dictionary. Of most interest, to me atleast, was the illustrated and defined types of heels. In 1938, it looks like what I think of a… Read More

Among other things, these next 10 pages define and illustrate the different types of mens and womens hats. Special emphasis seems to have been placed on the types of hats that were fashionab… Read More

Here are 12 more scans from The Language of Fashion, a fashion dictionary published in 1939. I found the "different types of fancy dress" most interesting in these pages, and funny that it i… Read More

These pages contain many useful fashion terms and definitions! Illustrated is a directoire costume, Dolly Verde Costume (1870), different types of dots (differentiating between those applied… Read More

Yay! The end of the fashion terms beginning with the letter "c" and on to the letter D! These pages cover corset covers, cuffs, curves, cross stitching, culottes, cottons and more. The post… Read More

Different types of coats, illustrated and defined. These include the Box Coat of the 1930s, the Blouse coat of the 1920s, coachmens' coats, 17th century buffcoat, coolie coat, Balmacaan, Dus… Read More

Here are more fashion definitions from the "C" part of this 1930s fashion dictionary. It's quite a feat to be scanning it all! These pages define different types of cheques, chemises, and c… Read More

These next four pages are primarily defining and illustrating the different types of caps, and then several types of capes are shown. Cap types include the Charlotte Corday Cap, the Juliet C… Read More

The illustrated "blouses" section was pretty interesting, especially since I sell vintage clothes. It's nice to have precise definitions, general illustrations on how the garment was worn, a… Read More

Here we go! I plan on scanning and posting this whole fashion dictionary, The Language of Fashion by Mary Brooks Picken (published in 1939). If you'd like the full rez scans, they will be av… Read More

There is the preface and table of contents from The Language of Fashion. The preface contains a pronunciation key, old fashion words vs new fashion words, a note about how color is described… Read More

I am so excited to get The Language of Fashion by Mary Brooks Picken (1938 edition) as an early Christmas present! I am even more thrilled by my friend's thoughtfulness. Even more excited th… Read More

Here are the final pages of the July 1913 issue of The Modern Priscilla. It wraps up and concludes the fashion and cooking articles, as well as shorter articles, including the Priscilla Juni… Read More

Honestly, the best thing about these pages are the advertisements. These pages contained a small ad for maternity corsets, which I found particularly interesting. Also advertised were canne… Read More

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 dr… Read More

These next few pages are a miscellany of advertisements and pithy articles. Another adjustable dress form advertisement, perfume advertisement, Blue-jay corn plasters ad, an advertisement fo… Read More

These fashion illustrations show what women wore in 1913, and what was in style. Apparently, embroideries were the rule, and placed where there was the smallest excuse for them. This illustr… Read More

These next pages from the July 1913 Modern Priscilla include instructions, patterns, and illustrations for hand made shirt waists, guest towels, and doilies. The advertisements included Coca… Read More

This one page illustrated hat making article instructs the reader on what kinds of crochet stitches and materials to use to make a basic fashionable hat out of raffia. Ads on this page inclu… Read More

Here are some patterns for a collar of heavy crochet, and instructions on how to embroider on mosaic canvas. Ads on these pages included Barbour's Crochet Thread, Post Toasties (cereal), "S… Read More

Here are some scans showing easy crafts and things to make to sell at a church sale or bazaar. These include needlebook covers, spool cases, pin cushions, work boxes, and more… w… Read More

You can see how the issues of womens' suffrage had made it into the mainstream by 1913! This story about a love triangle between a suffragette, a gold digger, and an eligible bachelor was fo… Read More

Here are some ideas on finishing edges and making attractive collars. Illustrated and described are Venetian Lace collars, "new look" collars (which foretell the later 1920s "art deco" look)… Read More

The Edwardians were known for their lace dresses, lace shirts, lace blouses, lace underwear, lace doilies, and lace everything.... and here are some instructions and patterns for making lace… Read More

Isn't this Ivory Soap ad a classic? "Yes, it will wash if you use Ivory Soap and a little care... Ivory Soap 99.44% pure". Following that advertisement is a page of photographs illustrating… Read More

Here are some advertisements for Cream of Wheat, and Mennen's Toilet Powder baby powder from 1913, as well as the table of contents and cover of The Modern Priscilla July 1913 issue. The Mod… Read More

Here are the lovely, full colored, illustrated shoe advertisements that make up the last 2 pages of the 1924 Saint Louis Fashion Pageant magazine. What decadence! I almost hated to be at the… Read More

These last pages contain the list of participating St. Louis fashion houses and an index of advertisers, as well as general business to business ads and misc. fashion advertisements. What an… Read More

These 2 pages go into further descriptive detail of the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant than the programme did. I was able to use online text recognition software to extract the text from the… Read More

Here are some a variety of 1920s advertisements from the back pages of the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. They include a full page advertisement for Lammert Furniture Company (at that time… Read More

More fashion illustrations of what men and boys wore in the 1920s! It's funny to see that ties were in fashion, for men and boys, and boys wore knickers. 5 pages of advertisements for mens… Read More

This starts out with a full page ad for The Snugset Clothes Company, which has an illustration of a fashionable man in a suit and alot of text (Men's clothes that wear as well as they look!)… Read More

This ad is trying to sell the prospective business owner into starting a variety department or general store, and offers assistance with arrangement of merchandise, advertising (sale plans… Read More

Here are 2 miscellaneous advertisement pages from the 1924 Fashion Pageant that I just scanned. They contain ads for Dolls, Toys, & Holiday Goods at Fabricius Mercantile Company, America… Read More

Here are 5 more pages of advertisements for St. Louis businesses from the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. It’s getting near the back of the fashion show programme, and the ads are smal… Read More

7 shoe advertisement scans from 1924. Business to business marketing for shoe manufacturers in St. Louis, and old advertisements for shoes! The post 1920s Shoe Advertisements: Women’s… Read More

These look like advertisements for two more different shoe companies in St. Louis! I kept seeing the name “McKays”, especially “novelty McKays” shoes, and realized fr… Read More

Here are four scans of shoe advertisements from the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. Can you believe that there were this many, and more, shoe companies, designers, and shoe factories in Sain… Read More

Here are two more vintage advertisements from the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. The first is for Schwarz & Wild, with a salesroom at 1508 Washington Ave, St. Louis MO. They apparently… Read More

Here are 3 more pages from the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. I really like the shoe advertisement the best, with the lovely lady wearing an off the shoulder dress in an Oriental… Read More

This begins the promenade of fashion models, showing off the latest styles. There is a stage diagram and notes that “each model once on the right side of the auditorium and once on the… Read More

Here begins the programme of the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. It starts with the Overture, Scene 1., Woman Unadorned… “An unadorned feminine figure, alone in all its lov… Read More

This just proves that babes in swimsuits have long been used to advertise products for men. In this 1924 advertisement for neck ties, a photograph of a girl in a swimsuit is surrounded by il… Read More

Here’s are 2 ads for furriers in St. Louis. On the first page, the model is wearing a decadent full length fur coat and cloche hat, looking every bit the upscale vision of the ideal 19… Read More

This is really interesting- a 1924 business to business advertisement for shop decor and displays. Pictured, was a background setting for window displays or interior, in polychrome colors on… Read More