Category Archives: fashion & clothing
59 Vintage Photos of People Wearing Swimsuits during the 1920s
31 Gorgeous Photos of Beautiful Girls During the 19th Century
Women’s fashion of the 19th century is renowned for its corsets, bonnets, top hats, bustles and petticoats. It was largely dominated by full skirts, which gradually moved to the back of the silhouette. However, towards the end of the period, there were significant changes in design to make these dresses became more compact, and moreContinue reading “31 Gorgeous Photos of Beautiful Girls During the 19th Century”
54 Vintage Photos Showing Vietnamese Women’s Street Style in Saigon during the 1960s
Ho Chi Minh City, commonly and formerly officially known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam, situated in the south. In the southeastern region, the city surrounds the Saigon River and covers about 2,061 square kilometres (796 square miles). Prior to Vietnamese settlement in the 17th century, the city was a scarcely populated areaContinue reading “54 Vintage Photos Showing Vietnamese Women’s Street Style in Saigon during the 1960s”
21 Amazing Vintage Photos of Rock Stars Wearing Short Shorts
In 2015, a study that “examined 1980s heavy metal groupies, musicians, and fans at middle age” found they were “significantly happier in their youth and better adjusted currently than either middle-aged or current college-age youth comparison groups.” What was the difference between then and now? Short shorts, of course! Shorts can be a divisive topicContinue reading “21 Amazing Vintage Photos of Rock Stars Wearing Short Shorts”
Wonderful Photos Showing Street Fashion in the Netherlands during the 1920s
44 Fascinating Photos Showing Men’s Street Style During the 1970s
(Photos from Nick Dewolf photo archive)
43 Vintage Photos of Swedish Dance Bands From the 1970s
Dansband (“dance band”) is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik (“dance band music”). Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. The terms dansband and dansbandsmusik were coined around 1970, when Swedish popular music developed a signature style. The genre developed primarily in Sweden, but has spread to neighbouring countries Norway, Denmark andContinue reading “43 Vintage Photos of Swedish Dance Bands From the 1970s”
39 Amazing Photos of Women From the Mid-19th Century
40 Stunning Fashion Photos Taken During the 1920s and 1930s
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was a Luxembourgian American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. He began by studying pictorialist photography and his early work expressed the romanticism of the early 20th century with artful, dark, and foggy images of the countryside. His photos of gowns for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 areContinue reading “40 Stunning Fashion Photos Taken During the 1920s and 1930s”
