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Jimmy's Jam

Jimmy’s Jam

New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker (1881-1946) was commonly referred to as “Beau James for his flamboyant lifestyle and his taste for fine clothes and Broadway showgirls. June 4, 1932 cover by Theodore Haupt. Mayor Walker was also a product of the powerful Tammany Hall machine that traded in political favors and outright bribery. When he took office in 1926, the economy was riding high, and few…

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Two women in evening dress   -    Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom, 1934

American,1905-1986

American Vogue

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Fashion Drawing in Vogue

William Packer, Preface by Rosamond Bernier, Designed by Elizabeth Wickham

Coward-McCann Inc., New York 1983, 240 pages, hardcover, 31 x 26.5 cm.    1st edition, ISBN 0-698-11242-3, the dust jacket shows signs of age,

euro 80,00

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The celebration of the art of looking good has always demanded talent, vision and style, and the artists recruited to fill the pages of Vogue since 1909 – when it was taken over by Condé Nast – have possessed these qualities in abundance.Their brilliant drawings chronicle not only fashion but also, with wit and delicacy, the whole comedy of manners that is the international social round. William Packer, painter, writer and art critic, has collected the very best drawings from seven decades (1920s–80s) of Vogue. This inspired volume features the work of hundreds of artists, including: Edouard Benito, René Bouché, Pierre Brissaud, Salvador Dalí, Jean Dupas, ‘Eric’, Polly Francis, Ruth Grafstrom, René Gruau, Paul Iribe, Tom Keogh, Georges Lepape, André Marty, Harriet Meserolae, Jean Patou, Douglas Pollard, Marcel Vertès and John Ward.

16/12/20

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Coty, Perfumes and Face Powder (1933)

Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom, Ruth Grafstrom

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Ruth Grafstrom Lot of Works - $199

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She Wore the Pants

She Wore the Pants

It’s hard to fathom that a woman wearing trousers used to cause such a stir, but for international film star Marlene Dietrich it was an opportunity for the publicity that invariably came with defying the norms of fashion and sexuality in 1930s. July 22, 1933 cover by Constantin Alajalov. In May 1933 Dietrich was headed to Paris on a steamer, relaxing on the deck in a white pantsuit. Prior to her…

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The Milne Menace

Dorothy Parker was no fan of A. A. Milne of “Winnie-the-Pooh” fame, and neither was her dear friend Robert Benchley, the latter having had the misfortune of reviewing Milne’s latest Broadway play, They Don’t Mean Any Harm, which opened on Feb. 23, 1932, and closed (mercifully, one gathers) after one week. March 5, 1932 cover by Leo Rachow commemorated the US Vs. Canada hockey match at the 1932…

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McCall's, "One Important Thing" (1940)

Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom, Ruth Grafstrom

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Fourteenth Annual Of Advertising Art (1935)

Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom