A collection of original designs by an "haute couture" designer from illustrations appearing in Harper's Bazar - Erte
Stella Blum Books
Stella Blum was an American fashion historian whose work illuminated the evolution of dress. She approached fashion as a vital lens through which to understand cultural and social history, often employing visual sources from period catalogs and magazines. Her scholarship provided detailed insights into the clothing and aesthetics of past eras.
Catalog illustrations show what American men, women and children actually wore during the 1930s, including shoes, coats, underwear, shirts, blouses, hats, dresses, purses, suits, and sweaters
This volume captures the essence of the fashion sections seen in the Sears, Roebuck, and other mail-order catalogs of the Roaring Twenties. Over 150 representative pages — representing more than 750 illustrations with original captions — trace the evolution of dress modes from the vogue of stodgy postwar fashions to the impact on costume of the crash of '29.
