The Nightshirt Coat plus Hat and Gloves of Ocelot - Harpers Bazaar 1944

<b>Pure Drama. What's her story?</b><br /><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/HarpersBazaarSept1944/HarpersSept1944.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/HarpersBazaarSept1944/HarpersSept1944.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />"The nightshirt coat in citron green Juilliard wool. It has all the time-honored features-little button-down collar, four buttons on a brief front hand, full wrist-buttoned sleeves. About $90. Saks Fifth Avenue; Neiman-Marcus, Dallas. John Frederics outsize pillbox, and gloves of ocelot. Jewelry from Trabert and Hoeffer-Mauboussin. Helena Rubinstein's Red Coral lipstick and White Flame Cream Tint foundation."<br />(A repost from November, 2010)

The Nightshirt Coat plus Hat and Gloves of Ocelot - Harpers Bazaar 1944

Pure Drama. What's her story? "The nightshirt coat in citron green Juilliard wool. It has all the time-honored features-little butt...

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Spring Is In The Air - Hats and Accessories from 1956

<h3><b>Ruth Mary Packard writing in the Ladies Home Journal in March, 1956 gives important advice for spring hats, purses, shoes, jewelry and gloves...what every well-dressed woman needs to know.</b></h3><h3><b>"Your hat has more size...let it enhance but not overwhelm you..it must be scaled to your features as well as your figure. The shape is important...be sure it is becoming. Leghorn is the straw of the season, in natural, black and pastel colors."</b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuGCnwtw9yMYfqTfijtbJoOeJhI7oeR4h6hGAFEsd8Q3AMP1MfT9S7tfeGxpfxT4zxyRtCqih_HfkM3p1ckUSb7zYsxORwL6CIirSuwK0ZfI_FHDFP9BTvurudXbK4Y4jiCnhKV0_xWg8/s1600/March56LHJournal-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuGCnwtw9yMYfqTfijtbJoOeJhI7oeR4h6hGAFEsd8Q3AMP1MfT9S7tfeGxpfxT4zxyRtCqih_HfkM3p1ckUSb7zYsxORwL6CIirSuwK0ZfI_FHDFP9BTvurudXbK4Y4jiCnhKV0_xWg8/s1600/March56LHJournal-6.jpg" /></a></div><b> "A shower of yellow flowers on a small pale yellow straw hat by John Frederics for a yellow tweed suit by William Popper, or for neutral costumes."</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4aPBtnBNsgUUX8Y937gHSkNrHiEag8dBiP-gF9VjaZCEFtKcCeN9_a6DPIXOuL-NDAwKQMnupXxQNs3SiooP_bYI_YmeiLP-ooHuTGFaW14kZARGh_LcLOt9ljh_seygis1MdmUMp5Fy/s1600/March56LHJournal-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4aPBtnBNsgUUX8Y937gHSkNrHiEag8dBiP-gF9VjaZCEFtKcCeN9_a6DPIXOuL-NDAwKQMnupXxQNs3SiooP_bYI_YmeiLP-ooHuTGFaW14kZARGh_LcLOt9ljh_seygis1MdmUMp5Fy/s1600/March56LHJournal-5.jpg" /></a></div><b>"Pongee-beige pumps (one in calfskin, one in suede with calfskin tips) matching Nettie Rosenstein's top-handle envelope. Bangle bracelets pick up the color of the calfskin pump at right."</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzoohFCA7qSDErVJvEtDuH_43QmdIqaRrlC3a_S4OUn991w8Ex2RHcBjjYNY2Boei8IN_9Iyv0Z9Vf4g6VwbQ1isWLVwhUY7aEOAw7xSc6aXmWVF9IFWX-ZGr2_9PFC62kn15VWD_e7F8/s1600/March56LHJournal-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzoohFCA7qSDErVJvEtDuH_43QmdIqaRrlC3a_S4OUn991w8Ex2RHcBjjYNY2Boei8IN_9Iyv0Z9Vf4g6VwbQ1isWLVwhUY7aEOAw7xSc6aXmWVF9IFWX-ZGr2_9PFC62kn15VWD_e7F8/s1600/March56LHJournal-4.jpg" /></a></div><b>"The leaf hat in blue by John Frederics, with a wearable, medium-sized brim, worn with a linen-weave silk dress by Mollie Parmis."</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqIWXgmRQOIVEj6CS7jt761c_dBA6dF2Y3P-PXzULH0dSl9ZJMSFdnayPbZ90W59uzq6NOX88R2DC8bKXh5lZTiwYVqM-PCT0ROOwyR6j94UwTSAwwqOsz2_jibLKRXf6gUzuELd9EO1P/s1600/March56LHJournal+-+Version+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqIWXgmRQOIVEj6CS7jt761c_dBA6dF2Y3P-PXzULH0dSl9ZJMSFdnayPbZ90W59uzq6NOX88R2DC8bKXh5lZTiwYVqM-PCT0ROOwyR6j94UwTSAwwqOsz2_jibLKRXf6gUzuELd9EO1P/s1600/March56LHJournal+-+Version+2.jpg" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"A patent-leather slipper edged with white goes with a linen bag with bamboo frame. Sunburst jewel by Frederic Mosell, is a pin for many occasions, for a dress or a suit." </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj9hZsEq7icyLQ3rBEl4c-I8JP9lb4Fs0ti1-vErRIm5sPvJh29horxcsEbQfrIfSWA-lCIHWzVntRPs9ulUQ8AC66KMuY-9efxSwnxd2vHtV6gayeqnBinZOmuG3fisk78GW2F2PYzDU/s1600/March56LHJournal-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj9hZsEq7icyLQ3rBEl4c-I8JP9lb4Fs0ti1-vErRIm5sPvJh29horxcsEbQfrIfSWA-lCIHWzVntRPs9ulUQ8AC66KMuY-9efxSwnxd2vHtV6gayeqnBinZOmuG3fisk78GW2F2PYzDU/s1600/March56LHJournal-3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"The charm of pale beige, gold and light bright red in spectator pumps that are right for all wools and tweedy mixtures, a slim ladyfinger of a bag in bright red strawcloth by Morris Moscowitz, a new shape to carry with suits."</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6Y9tHGzpCqc_rxJScVQIa6k2SrAbKVODiBP0eR-PJ-7-nTkF0pQPSUtVkmTm8f9QTWIkdEBtdQlV4AUg1HVUuTiOaGbA_G-ewtDGE6aD47kkjW8ouq7KMdXlnzuCkO7MEw5OfOHTqdxI/s1600/March56LHJournal-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6Y9tHGzpCqc_rxJScVQIa6k2SrAbKVODiBP0eR-PJ-7-nTkF0pQPSUtVkmTm8f9QTWIkdEBtdQlV4AUg1HVUuTiOaGbA_G-ewtDGE6aD47kkjW8ouq7KMdXlnzuCkO7MEw5OfOHTqdxI/s1600/March56LHJournal-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"The hat of the year, the shape that sets a trend - in natural Milan draped with silk polka-dotribbon, by Aldolfo. The bag is strawcloth by Coblentz; the dress is a simple silk shantung by Jerry Parnis, quiet accompaniment for the excitement of the hat."</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGIcYrKJ4i91WoQy8BjFnYWDABw_U-qv0faaF26V7f4hcPk9rV9FhtedvUe2Ge6BO1tlf9Qo18c09AAhPtl4uB5NnL9gzO7GfPkMVIrUxbHWdBgRJrf-Zg9l2pjXw73pXY2cngDxYnCly/s1600/March56LHJournal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGIcYrKJ4i91WoQy8BjFnYWDABw_U-qv0faaF26V7f4hcPk9rV9FhtedvUe2Ge6BO1tlf9Qo18c09AAhPtl4uB5NnL9gzO7GfPkMVIrUxbHWdBgRJrf-Zg9l2pjXw73pXY2cngDxYnCly/s1600/March56LHJournal.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"Pale yellow combines beautifully with cocoa, browns, coral reds. Here are a shell-trimmed cotton-tweed bag, long slender pigskin gloves, a grained-leather spectator and a calfskin toe-strap slipper - all for town wools and tweeds."</b></div><b><br /></b>

Spring Is In The Air - Hats and Accessories from 1956

Ruth Mary Packard writing in the Ladies Home Journal in March, 1956 gives important advice for spring hats, purses, shoes, jewelry and glove...

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