Fashion Illustration: 1930′s Ads

Special Vintage Drawings

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Fashion illustration from the 1930′s enjoyed by many of our readers have an affinity to  for artists like  L. Fellows,  Leslie Saalburg, and J. C. Leyendecker. While we mostly discuss editorial pictures, I want to focus on fashion illustration from magazine ads today. Back in the day, it was normal for a publisher to design an ads together with the advertiser. Though as you can imagine, a magazine publisher could only employ a limited number of fashion illustrators to serve all their clients. In order to demonstrate each brand’s unique image, the fashion illustration were often very different from each other.

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Interestingly, ads from the early 1930′s have a stronger resemblance of the 1920′s illustrations ads, which were more simplistic and relied more heavily on lines than details. Nevertheless, even during that time period, there were huge differences in drawing styles, and soon you would see illustrated ads that were just as nice as the illustration you all enjoy so much. Now, let’s discuss a few ads and styles:

Renaissance Fashion & Fencing

Partial Armour, Italian, C.1570-90. ©Permission of the Trustees of the Wallace Collection.

LONDON.- Witness the cutting edge of fashion as you’ve never seen it before! This exhibition tells the untold story of this fascinating and little known area of Renais- sance art: revealing the fantastically skilled artistry behind the rapier; at once a weapon, fashion item, and rich jewellery object; representing the rise of a new and upwardly mobile middle class, sixteenth-century con- cepts of masculinity and the emergence of the duel of honour. Summer 2012 represents the perfect opportunity to investigate the historical and social development of the ancient art of sword-fighting. The modern sport of fencing is one of the nine original Olympic sports but is also a piece of a much older story which began with the Renais- sance fashion for carrying and fighting with swords in everyday life. A man of means in the sixteenth century went nowhere without his sword, and was always prepared to use it. – - Read more

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Johnny Depp, photographed by Annie Leibovitz. Styled by Jessica Diehl.

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The Fabric of the Cosmos

Pixeldust Studios produced over 1,000 animations and visual effects that will be featured in the upcoming, four-part NOVA television series, The Fabric of the Cosmos. Based on the best-selling book by author Brian Greene (The Elegant Universe), The Fabric of the Cosmos will air on PBS for four consecutive Wednesdays, beginning Nov. 2. For Ricardo Andrade, Pixeldust Studios’ founder/executive creative director, The Fabric of the Cosmos presented a unique opportunity to imagine the mysteries of the universe in visually engaging and accessible ways. – – follow more Read

The Fabric of the Cosmos

Pixeldust Studios produced over 1,000 animations and visual effects that will be featured in the upcoming, four-part NOVA television series, The Fabric of the Cosmos. Based on the best-selling book by author Brian Greene (The Elegant Universe), The Fabric of the Cosmos will air on PBS for four consecutive Wednesdays, beginning Nov. 2. For Ricardo Andrade, Pixeldust Studios’ founder/executive creative director, The Fabric of the Cosmos presented a unique opportunity to imagine the mysteries of the universe in visually engaging and accessible ways. – - follow more Read

British COSTUME DESIGN spotlighted

Finally, an exhibition for those of us who care who wins the Academy Award for best costume design. Cut! Costume and the Cinemaputs 43 examples of the best of British costume design in the spotlight. Here’s a dazzling sampling of what you’ll discover at the Glenbow, all custom-fit for some very famous female forms.

From left to right:

Ever After - This Renaissance-themed gown made Angelica Huston’s evil stepmother an attractive adversary to Drew Barrymore’s updated Cinderella.  Designer: Jenny Beavan.

Sense and Sensibility - A simple day dress, made from cotton muslin instead of silk, highlights the reduced circumstances of Kate Winslet’s Marianne. Designers: John Bright and Jenny Beavan.

The Phantom of the Opera - Worn by Emmy Rossum, this ballgown was one of 300 costumes hand made to meet director Joel Schumacher’s high fashion standards. Designer: Alexandra Byrne.

The Duchess - A military-style day ensemble helped Keira Knightley channel 18th-century iconoclast Georgiana Cavendish and earned its designer the 2008 Oscar. Designer: Michael O’Connor.

Finding Neverland - Kate Winslet’s dressing gown, inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement, is one of exhibition co-curator Nancy Lawson’s favorite pieces. Designer: Alexandra Byrne.

Cut! Costume and the Cinema. Until Sept. 28. Glenbow Museum, 130 9th Ave. S.E., 403-268-4100. glenbow.org.  — Story courtesy of Shelley Youngblut

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I thought what’s going to happen is the pieces are going to be lost. She had an incredible eye and she truly loved her pieces, they’re like a diary. I didn’t want to buy them and wear them, I wanted to buy them and keep them because I think it’s very interesting for students and people who are interested in fashion to see.

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$38.5 billion in cuts? Yeah, right [Left].

“…does that include a cut in Salary for the President, the Senate & the House accompanied by every State, County and every  City Official? !…….NOT really.”

But Grandma might have to try crawling on her belly since She may not be able to get that wheelchair she needs to get around the house. Or maybe fore go that portable ‘respirator’ that’s been helping her breath. And. If she’s on Dialysis, well, she might just have to increase her vegetable intake in hopes of recovering her ‘Kidney’.  That’s providing she can afford the escalating price of groceries. Then there are the Little Kiddies. They just  might just have to rely on City College instead of a Private University they are overqualified to attend anyway, cause they are ‘so well schooled’ . But. They can always work a full or part time job (if they can find one) in order to supplement the Cost of Tuition. Plus, we will No Longer have to worry about Supplementing the Arts cause the government will just eliminate that ‘all together’. And then there’s Public Radio, TV and Press.  Oh please!  Plus get rid of ALL the ARTS, that Museum nonsense that American‘s engage in too much anyway. There it is.With a firm reduction of funding for HEALTH, EDUCATION, ARTS, HOUSING, RETIREMENT BENEFITS, PUBLIC SAFETY, FOOD, DRUG and SCIENTIFIC Research, we as Americans, will be able to afford, Living and Enjoying the Great American Dream. Yippiiiiiie!

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