Le Miroir Des Modes

French magazine from 1929.

Bandeau and Bloomers

"For the slender figure." Fashion illustration from the February 1923 issue of the Women's Home Companion magazine.

Screen Secrets Magazine

Screen Secrets vintage movie magazine, featuring Marie Prevost, Pathe Star, on the cover. December 1928.

1921 Fashion

"Much Drapery and Many Hanging Ends Characterize the New Models."

From McCall's magazine, May 1921.

Down at one side, but up at the other...

1924's latest in hats. From the April 1924 issue of Woman's Home Companion magazine.

1922 Fashion Ideas

From La Mode magazine, May 14, 1922.

Good Looks

This is an article from the March 1924 issue of Woman's Home Companion, called "Good Looks: all about the dispensable uglies." It talks about blackheads, oily skin, etc. And the illustrations are actually by John Held, Jr!

"Why I wish I had married."

I found this article in the May 1921 issue of McCall's magazine. The introduction states:

"Are you sorry you are single? If you had your life to live over again, would you marry the man you once rejected? This article, the first of a series, by the married and the unmarried, is the frank confession of a business woman who never married but wishes she had. Read her story and tell us what you think."

This is one of the quotes from the business woman who wrote the article:

"I frankly admit that I would exchange my ten thousand a year salary as an interior decorator for the children and husband I never have had."

This is a very interesting read and helps paint a picture of the changing times for women in the 1920's. The conclusion of the article is below (just click on images to enlarge enough to read.)

The Shocking New Moral Code of Modern Youth

This article was in the March 1925 issue of Physical Culture magazine. According to the author,

"I have already dwelt at length on the extremes of unwise conduct to which our young people go, with their joy rides, their ways of dancing, their petting parties, their freedom in sex relations, and the like. I might have gone with some detail also into the domain of actual crime, such as automobile stealing, banditry, burglary, and assault committed by mere boys."

Society was changing in the 1920's, and this article is just one example of many in which the behavior of the youth of the day was often lamented.

Inspiration Magazine, 1921

This was a tiny little, eight page publication issued out of Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was filled with fashion and housework tips.