#1910s winter fashion

[mote-historie]

Charles Martin, La Neige (The snow), Modes et manières d'aujourd'hui, 1913

[vintage-sweden]

Winter walk, 1917, Sweden.

[coolvintagecars]

Marmon 34 (1917)

[kilianromero]

Miss Violet (1910)

[la-belle-histoire]

Grand Duchesses Maria Nikolaevna and Olga Nikolaevna of Russia. 1916.

[ghw-archive]

Helen Dryden, 1912

[sacramentohistorymuseum]

January 15th is National Hat Day! Make sure to don your favorite cap, bonnet, fedora, derby, tuque, or whatever you like to wear on your head. Hats in history have served a variety of purposes such as sun protection, warmth, social status, to hide a bad hair day, and for fashion.

For today, Jared letterpress printed an image from a very thin lead electrotype from the Lewis Winter Collection. Lewis Winter, who had a wood and photo engraving office on 627 J Street in Sacramento from 1888 to 1910, designed a lot of cuts of clothing items for local newspapers and magazines.

This cut, which was never mounted on a block of wood to make it type high and likely hasn’t been printed until now, depicts a man (almost Napoleonic in appearance) wearing a giant bicorn felt hat. This was printed with purple rubber base ink using our Washington hand press.

[smbhax]

Illustration by Valentine Sandberg

‘Card 316, Skating Girl, from the series "Artistic Pictures" (T32), issued by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company to promote Richmond Straight Cut Cigarettes‘

‘Trade cards from the series "Artistic Pictures" (T32), issued in 1913-14 in a set of ten cards by Liggett & Myers to promote Richmond Straight Cut Cigarettes. Each card insert came with a foldable coupon. Customers could collect and trade in coupons for an extra large version of one of the images from the original insert set.‘

[luna-rainbow]

Hey, I don't know if you've already answered this (and this may be a weird question lol) but why did Hydra just let Bucky's hair grow long? Why didn't they just cut it? I've seen you do other metas and stuff like that (which I love, you're a great writer!) So do you have any ideas?

Aww thanks for enjoying the other metas 💕

That is a very interesting question that I’ve never thought much of 😅

From a Doylist perspective, the Winter Soldier arc was published in 2005-6. Ed Brubaker was born 1966. Men having long hair became more acceptable and even fashionable from about the 1970s (ie Brubaker’s formative years), and that style carried over to the late 1990s (or, if you’re like me who was in the JPop fandom, it was still popular for most of the 2000s). Longer hair in men was generally seen as subversive and cool, or untamed and unkempt, which were descriptors that would have fit Bucky’s reappearance in his new persona. It was also a good way of indicating that time has passed and his character has changed significantly. One other thing is, when it comes to 2D art, long hair flows, ie it’s easier to express dynamism, which is why so many superheroes wear capes. I believe (not having read the actual comics) Bucky’s role changed in The Winter Soldier run from a pure sidekick to something closer to an antagonist and partner, so the more distinctive character design reflects that too.

From a Watsonian perspective…I guess men’s short hair can be somewhat high maintenance in that you kind of have to trim it once a month at least. Who knows if the serum affects the speed of hair growth as well, because if it does then maybe he needs more frequent trims and it just gets long if they miss any. Presumably, given his history, he’s also not an easy customer to approach with a sharp implement, especially not that close to his face. And they’re always in such a hurry to pack him back in the cryo tube or to get him prepped for his mission that it just gets missed until it really gets in the way.

The other possibility is that the longer hair also changes his face shape substantially speaking as someone who didn’t recognise Bucky when the mask came off. It makes his face more angular and the shadows deeper. It probably stops his memories triggering as easily when he sees his own reflection. It serves to erase his original identity, along with his new “name” (although we have no evidence that he knew he was called the Winter Soldier while he was still brainwashed), new uniform and the bionic arm.

The third reason is that the long unkempt hair could be used as a psychological tactic. It’s emasculating and demeaning, especially for someone born in the 1910s and normally known to be well-groomed and tidy. It’s an element of control over his bodily autonomy that he cannot change without them allowing it or at least giving him access to implements to cut it. It contrasts him with the other soldiers, including the other “Winter Soldiers” we see in CACW, who are allowed to sport typical masculine haircuts, and serves as a continual reminder that he is “other”, if not considered somewhat subhuman.

So that’s my two boring cents. I wonder if anyone else has other ideas.

[fairmerthefarmer]

I’ve been thinking about the Magicians Nephew, right now specifically Polly Plummer and in an attempt to get back into doing art outside of work.

I’ve been thinking of what she’d maybe look like in the book and then as she ages (except it turns out I have such a hard time visualizing the passage of time in decades I was not alive in)

most of the references I looked at for clothes was anywhere from 1900-1940s. Maybe some late Victorian in her younger dresses? Not sure. Mostly Edwardian.

I like to think of her definitely going to school, and then becoming a journalist. She’s super sharp and level headed in the Magicians Nephew, and also has an interest in writing.

Also she definitely wore pants.

More rambling stuff under the cut if you’re specifically like me and fixated on Narnia for most of your life

Ok so c.s. Lewis isn’t very well known for his like, accuracy/timelines making sense. (The beavers somehow had potatoes and other vegetables despite it being a 100 year winter).

The magicians nephew takes place in somewhere between 1900-1910, cause that’s his childhood. And then LWW takes place in the 1940s, so like at the oldest Digory and Polly would be in their 50s by then, but also Digory is an old eccentric professor with white hair?

(I could be wrong and maybe that does work timeline wise, and I suppose in different eras, 50s is a lot older. My brain just doesn’t compute that at ALL. At the very least the movie version of the professor DOESNT look like he’s only in his 50s with how they made him look.)

I am also not a clothing expert at all, but it’s cool looking up fashion from different eras. I slightly interpret Polly as having a rich family because her first thought seeing digory is “oh he’s dirty”. I think it’s a thing that richer Edwardian children were usually dressed in light colours which wrapping my head around is tough, cause like, are their play clothes also white?

[paperuniverse]

Rarepair Week Day 2: Wedding

@hetalia-rarepairweek

I was originally planning on half-assing the historical aspect of this then next thing I know I have five tabs open looking at historical wedding dresses and learning about how white tie was the more popular choice for formal wear hmm.

Anyways this is meant to be a recreation of what I think Slovakia and Czechia wore on their wedding day back in 1918 when they became Czechoslovakia! Both in colour and black in white.

Also some historical notes under the cut cause while there's probably some historical incorrectness I had fun with it!

I was originally going to have Slovakia wear a hat since they were worn by the majority of men, even the lower-class. I don’t think they would have had a lot of money right away cause they just broke away from Austria-Hungary so I don’t think Slovakia would wear a top hat, which was the most formal and expensive of hats. Instead at his wedding I think he would have worn a homburg which was also popular and in black was also considered formal. Also, I it looks better imo than a bowler hat lmao.

His suit is an evening suit which was formal attire although seemed to mostly be worn in the evenings. Apparently, their suits were fucking heavy. I guess even men suffered from all the layers. But they wore dress shirts with attachable collars and cuffs underneath all this, so they didn’t need to wash these heavy suits all the time. I guess this is the equivalent of me in winter wearing a tank top under my three layers as a sweat barrier.

While the 1920s were fashion really changed for women and got less strict with shorter hemlines and such in the 1910s wedding dresses did become looser and corsets weren’t typically worn during weddings cause dancing became much more common. So, I definitely think these two had dancing at their wedding with a cute first dance with Slovakia and Czechia <3

Wedding dresses then did still cover a lot, with long sleeves and high necklines. Can’t show that sexy neck off I guess lol. They also had lots of lovely lace and beading designs in them, most of them I saw had to do with flowers and so I incorporated that into Czechia’s dress too. Women also had flowers in their hair and veils… which I forgot to draw on Czechia hsdkf. I’m just gonna say she took it off for the photo.

The most common floral arrangement for bouquets were white roses, lilies, and forget-me-nots which mean things like love, purity, loyalty, and remembrance. Some men in photos had flowers pinned to their suits so I gave Slovakia a matching white rose to Czechia’s white rose and lily bouquet (was too lazy to search what forget-me-nots looked like).

[ratchet-decades-challenge]

Tabitha Burdick fashion circa 1890-1910

Genetics/Makeup: overlay (pyxids + heihu) | eyes | eyelids (faaeish) | hairline| eyelashes |  eyeshadow | lipstick

Formal (1st look): hair | hat | dress (struggling to find this one) | gloves 

Everyday (2nd look): hair + hat | dress | gloves

Sleep: hair | nightgown

Swim: hair (buzzard, peggy) | hat | bathing suit

Summer: hair | hat | dress

Winter: hair | hat | scarf | dress | gloves | boots

CC Creators: @buzzardly28, @historicalsimslife, @pyxiidis, @heihu, @linzlu, @kijiko-sims, @gilded-ghosts, @faaeish, @chiefwhiskers, @vintagesimstress, @nords-sims, @saurusness, @alhajero, @rustys-cc, @rheallsim, @dancemachinetrait, @mlyssimblr, @simverses

[lovely-oh-so-lovelyyui]

Reiji - House of Chanel

Inherently, I think this went well especially with Chanel being such a traditional fashion house but also with its very feminine undertones. In comparison to some of the others, calling Chanel Reiji’s brand was more symbolic than realistic but I’ll explain.

Chanel in all its years since 1910’s has the same iconic look, the tweed structured suits, and the armoured corset dresses with delicate but impactful embellishments. It makes sense for Reji, he has this blunt yet sophisticated personality which physically manifests in his clothes; always well put together, tailored and steamed.

His suits may change but they maintain the same composition and colour palette, to the untrained eye they don’t look different but if you look closely he pays a lot of attention to what he wears.

He’s aware even as a vampire he still has the face of an 18 year old boy, there’s still that youthfulness present in his face, he makes up for it by wearing glasses he doesn’t really need but they highlight the aristocratic cutting of his face - with his sharp upturned nose, and bright red eyes.

He doesn't have his mother’s curls or his father’s pin straight hair but rather a wavy touch to his locks, he knows how it makes him look when it’s down, younger, softer …gentle and that’s just despicable! So he carefully styles his hair with mousse slicking it back, making him look more stern.

Reiji is also a lot more sensitive ( he’s a fussy, whiny little rich brat), so he can’t stand pungent smells ( blood, guts, drugs), that doesn’t mean he makes excuses to lose his composer so he has this strong cologne that is like sandalwood and kind of fruity? Like winter berries and tea leaves or something no one expected it to smell so good but he makes it work. Not to mention his hygiene is always top tier, so he has this freshly washed cotton and minty undertone. 

So that's his main style right? So I was in between Dior and Chanel - and Chanel won of course 

Mainly I mentioned before Chanel has more feminine undertones which I think expands well with Reiji’s complex relation with his brothers; whilst the misogynistic response to his trauma is still present he almost takes on a maternal role towards his family as much of the fandom has noticed - the reasons as why he does this is quite ironic actually. In his entirety, the persona of someone being capable is important for him, if he cannot be successful in maintaining - not only his family's name and reputation through the dictatorship of his brothers - how he holds himself in public how does he expect to be King?

Yet, all the care and attention to detail he gives is almost seen as motherly. The sheer unseriousness of it is not lost on me, even with all the rampant comments on the inferiority of women within the Sakamaki Home, the most well-adjusted and competent man is seen as feminine.

In other readings of Reiji though his feminine undertones are more purposeful, they come from the fact that him and Shu are perpendicular to one another because of Shu’s immense strength being seen as this "laid back protector archetype" as intrinsically masculine so Reiji’s more mentally vulnerable, cunning, shrewd approach is seen as more feminine ;dissect that how you will. My favourite though is Reiji picking up on etiquette by copying his mother who was a figurehead for women in the vampiric society.

Also reflected in Coco Chanel who is  like, not a nice woman but she did have her moments - a cause for much scandal was her pioneering for trousers and women's athletic wear believe it or not, she was a big equestrian ( is that not the most Reiji sport ever?) and encouraged women to wear equestrian kits. 

I think this also goes really well with his character in terms of politics, the synonymous nature of being a traditionalist yet paving the way is a part of Reji. He very strongly believes in the House of Sakamaki and what it stands for but he also like his father wishes to further vampiric society from it’s barbarism; in some ways he is a cultural snob but in others he’s quite attentive to the the silver lining that maintains modernism and the old ways.

The House of Channel also does this; it has always had its roots cemented in the old ways of aristocratic luxury items, but unlike many other fashion houses it does try to adapt to the changing times sometimes successfully, others not so successfully.

On a less serious note, in general I think it suits his aesthetic as well; as I’ve mentioned the iconic Chanel suits, but also the Corsets? Like Reiji is a big corset man I don’t care what anyone says, the timeless figure of archive Chanel pieces, the monotone colour scheme of darker colours. Moreover, even the chic pieces take inspiration from old money outfits: the arranged tulle of the Victorian era, the heavy contrast, the heavy gold pieces and brooches.

In comparison to Reiji’s fashion, with his fitted suits and tiny waist with the chain of his watch fob, as well as heavy contrast colours: blacks, reds, whites and navy’s. 

Also the chunky jewellery makes sense in my head, it’s like masterfully placed so it doesn’t overwhelm him but I think the jewellery Reiji has includes: obviously the different chains for his antique watch, but also chunky rings seem more his thing than thin ones especially ones with carefully placed family jewels (rubies, emerald's, obsidians - as I said: snob) , this would do for more traditional attire too. 

His outfits in the demon world definitely include brooches, and chains and pendants to embellish his outfit, eye makeup isn’t a big thing for him because it’s so fussy but he would definitely do darker eye makeup to bring out his eyes. He’s quite theatrical, and definitely plays into the ashy white vampire skin ( this is the skin of a killer Bella).

Overall, I refuse to believe he does casual clothing- like Reiji in sweats ( esp the juicy couture ones ) is a horrendous image. So yeah Reiji is a Chanel girl!

Also I can’t believe I completely forgot this but in the beginning Coco Chanel was overlooked by the media, in terms of her designs in the beginning of career because of a little brand called Polo…owned by Ralph Lauren that was also making athletic wear but also quite good friends with Coco Chanel 

It’s almost like A certain someone who I said represented Ralph Lauren (Shu) overshadowing Chanel at first before she split off to make her own name.

[coolvintagecars]

Regal 35 (1911)

[fishklok]

I wonder how old Mashed Potato Johnson is supposed to be

He's described as the "world's oldest living blues guitarist" and I assume they meant the original Delta Blues guys (because there still are living blues guitarists--Buddy Guy is on tour right now) and his deal with the Blues Devil is keeping him alive. This would make him born around the early 1910s (1911 if we use Robert Johnson's birth year)

I imagine this part in the comic takes place in the 70s, not just because of the fashion but because the other guitarist he's playing with (cropped out of this screenshot) looks a lot like Johnny Winter.

If MPJ was born in 1911, that would put him in his 60s in this panel. He's aging very well.

His album, Death of the Cool, is clearly an homage to Miles Davis', Birth of the Cool, which was released in 1957.

I think it's easier to say that The Blues Devil is just extending his life and no one questioned it.

[telekinetictrait]

"I have my happiness, which I guard like a wolf, and I have authority now and a certain amount of daring, which, if you remember correctly, I never had before." (Two Serious Ladies – Jane Bowles, 1943)

the first half of the 1940s was, of course, dominated by world war two. just as with world war one, more women were involved in the war effort, and those who weren't often took the jobs dominated by men. icons such as rosie the riveter propagated a sort of idealized "tough girl" image, with her denim coveralls and clenched fists – yet red lips, defined lashes, and thin brows. she was just masculine enough to fit the mold of serving one's country, and still feminine enough for the general public to accept. once again, fabric rationing led to certain garments and styles being reused and revamped. some designers, like claire mccardell, worked within the confines of wool and silk rationing to create clothing made of denim and jersey knits. "ready-to-wear" clothing was becoming more popular, especially in the united states, allowing fashion trends to spread faster and further than before. at the end of the decade, christian dior debuted his "new look", which would set the stage for the iconic mid-century silhouette: cinched waists (thanks a lot, dior...), full skirts, and round shoulders. this "new look" emphasized the stereotypical ideal of femininity and ruled post-war fashion.

okay, maybe the tangent about claire mccardell wasn't that important, but i did just see a museum exhibit about her, so i wanted to include it.

(ps. i know 1942 isnt entirely accurate but it was a fit of inspiration, and it takes like 20 minutes to get my game open so i was not willing to exit when i already had two looks done)

1800’s/ 1900-1909 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929 / 1930-1939

cc links under the cut!

see my resources page for genetics

oakley : candycottonchu's vintage waves / gilded-ghosts' big heat beret / bustedpixels' fifth avenue fashion top conversion / gilded-ghosts' victory skirt / base game gloves / historysims4's stretching nylon socks / waxesnostalgic's cuban heel mary janes

océane : javitrulovesims' clayified wings hair / gilded-ghosts' dizzy dame hat / needleworkreve's rita eyeshadow + betty lipstick / mochadonuts' ruthienne dress / blueraptorsden’s vintage stockings / historysims4's uptowner heels

odelie : strangerville hat + jacket / seasons gloves / gilded-ghosts' sleuthhound slacks / base game boots

ollie : javitrulovesims' clayified wings hair / cottage living hat / needleworkreve's rita eyeshadow + betty lipstick / sentate's 1949 grace necklace / satterlly's retro anna dress / historysims4's stretching nylon socks / waxesnostalgic's cuban heel mary janes

onyx : joshseoh's blaire hair conversion / gilded-ghosts' big sleep dress / base game saddle shoes

ophelia : twentiethcenturysims' dorothy hair / base game pearls / twentiethcenturysims' french hen outfit / historysims4's stretching nylon socks / jius-sims' mary jane pumps #2

orlando : gilded-ghosts' wartime waves and bows / lordreboot's catherine jumpsuit

osannah : gilded-ghosts' noir or never hair / paranormal hat / needleworkreve's rita eyeshadow + betty lipstick / sentate's 1949 dior bar jacket / blueraptorsden’s vintage stockings / waxesnostalgic's cuban heel mary janes

ottoline : gilded-ghosts' swingin siren bun + dizzy dame hat / needleworkreve's rita eyeshadow + betty lipstick / simsbrush's 1940's winter coat / plumbjam’s wool leggings / simtone’s oxford heels

owen : tekri's betty jo hair / needleworkreve's rita eyeshadow + betty lipstick / simplesimmer's emilee dress long v2 / plumbjam’s wool leggings / waxesnostalgic's cuban heel mary janes

thank you to @candycottonchu @gilded-ghosts @bustedpixels @historysims4 @waxesnostalgic @javitrulovesims @needleworkreve @mochadonuts @blueraptorsden @sentate @satterlly @joshseoh @twentiethcenturysims @jius-sims @lordreboot @simsbrush @simtone @tekri and @blogsimplesimmer !!