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No Accounting for Taste

De De Johnson: California Casual

November 19, 2019

  De De Johnson was born Delores Henderson in Missouri in 1901 to Mary and Orian Henderson. Mary was just 17 when she married, and…

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Hansi Originals

March 28, 2019

I found this jacket at the flea market a few years ago, and it sat around waiting for me to research it for at least…

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Greta Plattry

December 5, 2018

Greta Plattry was born Margarete Hutschnecker in Berlin, Germany on February 15, 1909. She married Fredrich Plattring in 1931 and had a daughter, Gabrielle, around 1934. They…

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Lilli Ann: The 1950s

April 4, 2017

[This post is a continuation of a previous post about the early years of the Lilli Ann company.] By the early 1950s, Lilli Ann designer…

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Graff Californiawear

March 29, 2017

I love California sportswear of the 1940s, and one of the most prominent labels was Graff Californiawear. It was the product of Lena Ceretto and…

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Mildred Orrick

March 10, 2017

Mildred Orrick was born Mildred Boykin in West Virigina in 1906. Her father Richard was a preacher, and the family moved across the South from…

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New Orleans photo journal

September 29, 2016

I love, love New Orleans. I’ve been there four times and every time I leave I can’t wait to go come back. I’m obsessed with the…

Old houses, Travel
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Louella Ballerino

August 10, 2016

“Quiet Louella Ballerino has created a perfect furor down here. Everybody corners you to ask, ‘Have you seen Ballerino’s things?’ — so of course, everybody…

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Dorothy O’Hara

July 14, 2016

[Author’s note: I initially wrote this post in January 2015, but I lost a lot of images when I switched hosts, and I felt like…

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Ballerinas on the beach

July 11, 2016

In the late 1930s and early 40s, a popular silhouette for beach fashions was a slim torso flaring to a short skirt, as seen in…

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