[This post is a continuation of a previous post about the early years of the Lilli Ann company.] By the…
I love California sportswear of the 1940s, and one of the most prominent labels was Graff Californiawear. It was the…
[Author’s note: I initially wrote this post in January 2015, but I lost a lot of images when I switched…
For a serious Hollywood designer, there is a surprising dearth of information about Don Loper. A lot of people know he…
This past weekend, my sweetheart and I took a road trip up the coast to Cambria, California to shoot our…
You know how sometimes you discover something that’s actually public knowledge, but you feel like it’s too good to be…
There were a lot of mid-priced sportswear companies out of California in the 1950s, making sun-ready fashions for pool, patio…