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| Urhg, okay, where is all the clothes you just posted from? Because, urgh, it's so pretty, I just urghh | ◤ |  stjernfelt |
- The two nautical dresses: Hell Bunny “Horizon” [black] and “Motley” [white]
- Two-tone t-straps: Comfortview “Faith”
- Swing trousers: 20th Century Foxy [comes in a bunch more colors]
- Peter Pan collar dress: Folter Clothing “Back to Ghoul”
- High-waisted shorts: Voodoo Vixen
- Black blouse: Pinup Girl Clothing “Lauren Top”
- Pillbox: Sur La Tête “Panther”
- White-trimmed black dress: Collectif Clothing “Fabiola”
04/05/13 @ 05:10am
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didn’t think I’d forget about these, did you
next up is dahlia, I think, she’s gonna be fun
found an old attempt at this guy’s style in my throwback art folder and thought i’d try again
Easter: Who’s Your Tailor, 1918 via The New York Public Library
Boyfriends. And the young man on the right looks like Wilfred Owen.
GOOD.
18/03/13 @ 04:33am
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blockhead baby of the mojave
15/03/13 @ 07:53pm
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when you let me make a character, of two things you can be certain
that I will make a shitload of clothes for them, and that I will put way too much thought into it
I do actually own that jumper I keep drawing myself in, by the way
bettie page makes their stuff out of high quality material, so I can’t recommend them enough - I know it’s hard throwing down all that money at once but at least you’re getting what you pay for
I was really worried. I didn’t want my life to change too much. And it hasn’t. You hear horror stories about people getting stalked and not being able to leave the house. I’ve not had any of that. People recognise me sometimes but I can still walk down the street. And I was worried about an onslaught of negative press but actually it’s all been really supportive.
GQ (UK) October, 2010
dropkick me jesus
![L-R:
lolita, ancient persia, shepard
my favorite time period [couldn’t pick one so I went with the twenties], victorian england, norma desmond
london punk, vegas showgirl, tuxedo
feeling somewhat like cutey honey rn
thanks for all the requests, guys! had to stop at some point, though, my hand was getting tired from all that tiny lineart](http://25.media.tumblr.com/c469fc9d4da0088d1be3f1816048a6ad/tumblr_mfw80tMnKB1qzg1pfo1_500.png)
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- lolita, ancient persia, shepard
- my favorite time period [couldn’t pick one so I went with the twenties], victorian england, norma desmond
- london punk, vegas showgirl, tuxedo
feeling somewhat like cutey honey rn
thanks for all the requests, guys! had to stop at some point, though, my hand was getting tired from all that tiny lineart
11/12/12 @ 12:52am
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So I actually drew these quite a while ago and wanted to turn them into a series, but finals are sapping my ass and I’d like to keep the art post wheel turning. I may still, but there’s a long, long queue to be cleared out first.
I’m just a sucker for Mei’s paramilitary fashion designs, when it comes down to it. I’m also seeing if I can take those designs and incorporate some social-norm variation: Age, class, money, profession.
This is why you shouldn’t let me root around in your concept art.
| Figured you might be a good person to ask this-- Do you have any resources on Western hemisphere lady fashion circa 1930-1950? | ◤ |  buttbuttluc |
Movies, really. Visual saturation with movies from the period, or screenshots from them. It seems like too easy an answer, but that’s where I go first. The escapist Fred-Ginger movies are great for evening dresses, the screwball comedies are great for more casual outfits. Sometimes you get both in one. It doesn’t really even matter if the movie’s that good - if it was made around then and set around then, the clothes would be historically accurate.
It’s also worth it to look at candids - fancy studio shoots, yes, but candids are more natural - to see what awesome and regrettable outfits stars wore on their days off. A casual romp down the Tumblr tag of any Old Hollywood actress will net you a bunch, because Tumblr’s Old Hollywood community is big on this stuff. If they like someone, they want to archive every photo of them they can get their hands on.
The only thing people have to keep in mind with fashion in Hollywood is that it’s, well, Hollywood. Everybody’s going to be a little cleaner, a little better-dressed. Which brings me to my second source: Sewing patterns. The 30’s through the 50’s was an era when a LOT of women still made their own clothes, so they’re a better source of styles ordinary women might have worn. In the era you’re looking for, pattern packages were often graced with an illustration of what the finished products were supposed to look like, and Google Images is rife with them.
Women still wore hats in this era, too, and for the 30’s and 40’s, I can only tell you to go hog wild. There was some non-Euclidean millinery going on back then. A Google Image search of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford will give you an idea of how big the visual spectrum of possibility was, and if you’re going for a more flamboyant character, this is a place where you could play that up.
Erté 1924 by elena-lu on Flickr
you’re all entitled to my christmas list
no I do not seriously expect to get all of those dresses my mother just said “give me options”