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Archive of 2022-2023: Warm winter outfit in style of the 1924

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In my lookbook, there are no outfits from the 1920s, or it would be more correct to say there were no ones before these years. The 1920s are very specific, unusual and different. These are not the clichés of "The Great Gatsby" or "Downton Abbey" that abound on blogs showing short modern dresses above the knees and glamorous over-photoshopped women smoking thin cigars with a mouthpiece. In fact, it was an ordinary time when people lived and these people wore ordinary everyday clothes. Moreover, their skirts never were above the knees. Moreover, at the beginning of that decade, they were very long in general. Cloche hats were certainly in fashion, but they were not the only ones. This is also one of the clichés of nowdays to consider that, apart from the cloche hat, they wore no any other headgears. In fact, if you look at the hat magazines of those times, you can see that this was not so. Even more, in several issues I have looked through, the cloche hat was not ment

Archive of 2022-2023: Cool winter outfit in style of the 1915 with real vintage toque hat & cardigan

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And again, I am showing you an outfit with red. In general, red is a universal shade - it can be combined with almost all colors. The main thing is to have confidence in yourself and not be afraid to experiment.  The red color in this outfit is represented by a vintage cardigan that replaces a blouse, a thin belt, gloves, a bag and lipstick.  Finding really vintage fitted cardigans is very difficult. Basically they are very expensive.  And most stores - both vintage and secondhand - are flooded with long and shapeless modern options.  My cardigan is an excellent example of vintage - fitted and decorated. Moreover, rhinestones are not glued and not made of plastic, but sewn and made of glass. I paired the cardigan with a high waist button detail flare maxi skirt. To emphasize the high waist of the skirt, I tucked the cardigan into it.  I put on a fitted jacket over the cardigan. This time, I picked up a toque-style hat for my new toilet. But what is this hat? The history of the hat bega