#1930s knitwear

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Ad for Angora Marigny in the January 1931 French Vogue.

(source: Gallica)

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A hand-knitted navy wool swimsuit with red seahorse

1930s

Kerry Taylor Auctions

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Knitwear blouse, 1930s.

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Fashion plate, 1938. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

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Bishop Sleeve Sweater Knitting Pattern, 1930s.

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Mortimer P. Bunyons - The inventor of "Pocket Pool".

Needlecraft - The Home Arts Magazine April 1935

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This year's christmas knit! The "Juniper Jacket" knit in Ask "Fløte" and "Du grønne glitrende", with "Bouquet"-buttons, all from Fabel Knitwear.

A 1930s and 1940s inspired jacket with festive colorwork.

I had to go up two sizes so that it would fit me and my guage. I am very pleased with it, but I learned that I have to loosen up when i knit. Definitely a New Years knit-resolution!

Merry christmas!

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Clothing and Shoes (Repro)

True vintage from the 1930s and 40s is often fragile, damaged, and expensive. Here are my favorite modern brands selling vintage or vintage-inspired designs:

Price key:

$: $50-150 (basic pieces, simpler designs)

$$: $151-300 (well-crafted garments, premium fabrics)

$$$: >$300 (luxurious, exact reproductions)

All the Vintage Lovers ($)

A vintage Etsy shop offering made-to-order classic designs. While not explicitly repro, the variety of wide-legged pants suits the 30s on.

Allure Originals ($-$$)

Androgynous, classic designs in the 1930s and 40s style. Most pieces are one-offs.

American Duchess ($$-$$$)

Repro footwear for more formal and costumey ensembles.

Bellaha ($-$$)

Quality linen timeless garments. While not explicitly repro, the shop's classic undertones read as 1930s forward.

Emmy Design ($-$$$)

Well-fitted, high-quality repros befitting of many ages.

Epicoene ($-$$)

A gender-inclusive microlabel offering 1940s and 50s-inspired garments.

FineThee ($-$$$)

Curated vintage and handmade pieces from fine fabrics. Repro pieces range from 1930s-adjacent to modern.

House of Kitchstitch ($)

Handsewn 1940s and 50s pants, specializing in denim but also offering swing trousers and shorts.

Kinzzza ($$-$$$)

Handmade, antique-styled linen basics. Perfect for almost any decade.

Let's Backtrack ($-$$)

Feminine, cotton dresses inspired by the 1930s to 50s.

Memery ($$)

Repro footwear and knits more suited for everyday wear.

Oldfield Outfitters ($$-$$$)

Vintage-inspired British countryside gear channeling the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.

Roksolana Knits ($$-$$$)

Bespoke repro knitwear and vintage-inspired pieces. The shop offers a wide selection of patterns and colors, albeit with a long waitlist.

Sunny Side Couture ($-$$$)

Vintage sportswear and suiting in the 1930s and 40s style.

The Seamstress of Bloomsbury ($-$$)

Late 1930s, 40s, and early 50s British aristocratic fashions harkening the wartime spirit.

Vecona Vintage ($$-$$$)

Classy 1920s to 40s suiting and dress. Most notable for its three-piece ensembles in both men's and women's sizing.

Woolwhite ($$-$$$)

Timeless knitwear and overcoats. While not specifically repro, many designs are vintage inspired and range the late 1920s on.

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Knitwear blouse, 1930s.

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X-Men 2 (Nov 1963)

Stan Lee/Jack Kirby.

It's the second ever issue and the characters - both the gang and random bit-parts - are already mocking the appearance of the villains. Justifiably, to be fair, this is the Vanisher and he looks completely ridiculous. I can't even tell from the art what his costume is meant to be - possibly some kind of avant garde knitwear?

The first issue went ahead and introduced Magneto, who of course also looked pretty silly and didn't yet have any of the depth we would all come to know and be horny for love, but at least he had interesting powers and an obvious schtick. The Vanisher has teleportation and runs a scheme for employing washed-up 1930s gangsters, or something.

Meanwhile at this stage - as with saving the army base in the last issue - the X-Men are very much not freaks and outcasts but seem in fact to be integral parts of America's Cold War deep state.

On that point, fun fact: this issue came out a week before JFK was killed. Has anybody accounted for the X-Men's whereabouts on the day in question? (Don't answer this, I bet there fucking is a comic about this.)

Anyway in the end Xavier owns the Vanisher with facts and logic while the gang beat up all his goons on the White House lawn.

I'm sure there's more interesting things to be said about this issue but I really can't get past the question of what the hell this costume was meant to be.

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For the crafty asks 💖🍓💌 :)

💖 Which one of your creations are you the proudest? Show off!

My wedding dress. It's not very good, looking back with a lot more experience in garment construction (I hadn't discovered shoulder slope or alterations for the short waisted yet), but I'm still proud of it. I made it out of a gold silk/cotton blend because white makes me look tubercular. Also the fabric was washable. 

This is the top of it. I don't have a very good picture of me standing in it where it isn't sort of wrinkled from the car ride over.

🍓Do you have a dream project? What would you craft if you had infinite time and money?

An entire wardrobe for specific eras - one for the 1920s, one for the early 1930s, one for the mid-1930s, and one for the late 1930s (specifically 1939, one of my favorite fashion years). Everything would be done in cotton, silk, linen, or wool, likely self-drafted because why not?

This would include knitwear because in this fantasy I have finally learned to knit properly. 

If I could ever wear corsetry, I might dip a toe into the late 19-teens. Those fashions were adorably bonkers. 

💌 Do you know other bloggers who inspire you to create? Recommended a few!

For sewing and vintage fashion (sadly a lot of blogs have gone defunct as people migrated to Instagram or Patreon):

Witness2Fashion

About my Buttonbox

My Life 100 Years Ago

The Fashionable Past

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