~ Eaton’s, Spring and Summer 1965
via Library and Archives of Canada
~ The American Pictorial Home Book, or Housekeeper’s Encyclopedia, by Mrs. Harriet Almaria Baker Suddoth, 1883
Note: I believe the writer is referring to a style of glasses known as pince-nez (eyeglasses clipped to the nose by a spring) like the ones being worn by Anton Chekov, below.
~ The Millinery Trade Review, 1917
via Google Books
“The Spice of Variety is Shown in these Style Suggestions to the Woman in Doubt”
~ The Handbook of the Man of Fashion, by the author of “Etiquette for Gentlemen”, 1847
~ The Birmingham Press, Thursday, January 9, 1908 (Birmingham, New York)
via Old Fulton New York Post Cards
“We waste a lot of time tying our shoes,” said Mr. Crocker today … “Sometimes they come untied and we have to stop and tie them up again.”
~ Hush Puppies shoes, 1971
via vintage everyday
“Attention male chauvanist pigs. Relax. When the “Libs” call us names like that it really means they think we’re rugged, masculine, virile. Like these new Hush Puppies.”
~ Trench and Camp newspaper, (Camp Upton, Long Island, N.Y. edition), Volume 2, Number 33, May 20, 1919
via
University of Minnesota Libraries
“If the fabric were not so modest of pattern the jacket sketched might be considered audacious.”
~ The Twentieth Century Cook Book, 1914
via internet archive
“The woman who does her own cooking will do it easier and take greater pleasure in her work if she is properly dressed.”
~ Butterick Fashion News, November 1941
via New Vintage Lady
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“FOR DEFENSE:
Drive a car - learn how to repair it…
Work for the Red Cross…
Sign up with the Fire Department…
Take a course in first aid…”
~ The American Gentleman’s Guide to Politeness and Fashion, Henry Lunettes, 1863
