a modern past
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Renée Perle by Jacques Henri Lartigue
bonjour mes amis, i hope you’re having a fabu sunday. it’s pretty great around here cause it’s officially a day off! we’ve already been for a stroll, swim and shower, made brunch at home and have the rest of the day to play! funny that for the first itme in a long while my choice of activities is the computer. i’d been avoiding it like the plage for the past few weeks. after working full days i couldn’t even take the light of it by night.
jean henri lartigue
but with things finally straightening out, it feels a lot lighter and my little silver box can be used for fun again, not just the grind. whew! so today’s new and fresh but my obsession with the 20s for the past few days continues. since i’m not one to censor myself, i’m just letting it free flow, saving and posting pics i hadn’t seem before from a time that still intrigues me.
is it the glamour, the sleek and modern look that still seems so new?
it’s funny cause you can really see a shift from the teens and early 20s into what we see from ’25 on.
JacquesHenri-Lartigue bibi and dani in nice
bibi in cannes
changes in dress, attitude, a defiance of society and convention.
josephine baker
i’m really getting into the subtleties of the decade. i love how you can see changes year by year just by the silhouette.
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i love to go back in time thru ads. this one from louis vuitton shows the way we traveled.
it was so all about the well dressed woman.
the era seems surreal but somehow the ads for hermes and chanel, et al, make it more tangible. people really did life this elegant and cutting edge life we romanticize. (or i do).
chanel 1929
details de la mode Henry_Fournier_1928
ways to tie scarves
Sonia Delaunay patternpulp.com
and the people were real. it’s so easy to create a caricature of the era with flapper costumes and dances.
but these were muses who ran paris and the planet!
it’s still just the surface but it was fun to dig a little deeper into some of the legends that are still household names today.
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but who i know so little about!
i have to admit i had no idea kiki posed for man ray.
well that’s my lil’ indulgence for today. it’s a lot later than when i started and we have a party to get to.
hope you have a summery sunday night and enjoy whatever you’re up to!
christine95037 replied:
Hey Claudia -
Have you seen “Midnight In Paris” yet? I think you would really ‘get’ it. Lovely.
July 17, 2011 at 8:58 pm. Permalink.
Nita@ModVintageLife replied:
Love all these images. I’m fascinated by that time too.
July 17, 2011 at 10:07 pm. Permalink.
kate replied:
This was just fabulous! The era of my grandmother touring the world with her bridge building father and meeting my grandfather and dressing fabulously is a time, like the time my children were babies, I wish I could visit for a few days.
July 17, 2011 at 10:34 pm. Permalink.
Smalltown Mom replied:
Thank you for that trip back through time.
July 18, 2011 at 12:00 am. Permalink.
Rosa replied:
So sophisticated and fabulous! I’m sure none of those women would be caught dead in sweatpants!! Probably vacuumed the house in high heels with a cigarette hanging out of their perfectly lipsticked mouth! And never a hair out of place…
July 18, 2011 at 12:21 am. Permalink.
Splendid Sass replied:
Fabulous post, Cladia! Brings back memories from the good old days!
Hope that all is well with you!
Teresa
xoxo
July 18, 2011 at 12:22 am. Permalink.
meg manion silliker replied:
loving all these images. xo
July 18, 2011 at 4:48 pm. Permalink.
Milo replied:
Love the pics, LOVE the period!
July 18, 2011 at 6:10 pm. Permalink.
le petit cabinet de curiosites replied:
They were so chic
July 18, 2011 at 7:55 pm. Permalink.
maureen replied:
oh my! these women are so effortlessly regal & chic? how come Parisians can pull this look so easily? the 20′s is so inspiring!
July 19, 2011 at 2:57 am. Permalink.
Home schooling replied:
very interesting post, I have learned a lot from you, I will always apply
July 19, 2011 at 3:48 pm. Permalink.
Rosalie replied:
Fascinating. i can’t help wondering about the reactions of those poor parents and grandparents who just didn’t approve of this transition. Oh well, thank goodness for progress.
July 20, 2011 at 3:38 pm. Permalink.
Karena replied:
Claudia, such an elegant and chic time. People really cared about how they looked!
xoxo
Karena
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July 21, 2011 at 6:02 am. Permalink.
Lucinda Keller replied:
Oh the fabulousness! I need a new wardrobe!!! That silhouette! Yes- modern.
Really inspiring!
July 24, 2011 at 11:31 pm. Permalink.