Tres Parisien, Part 2

For our second installment of eye candy plates from Tres Parisien, we bring you a charming blue floral dress named 'Pompadour', a white evening dress 'Passe-Partout' and a bright red plaid coat 'Sportive'. My limited research suggests this publication started in 1920s, but these certainly look more 1919 styles, especially 'Passe-Partout'. Am I crazy?

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Sports Shorts, 1942

Just a bit of war propaganda for the youth, 1942 version, put out by Stewart's Dry Goods. Mixed with a chaser of baseball news and trivia, Hollywood special effects trivia, Glenn Miller bio, contest, and, I kid you not, How to Tango. Plus fashion news. Some things do not change: baseball, trivia, the fascination with movie making, but some things definitely do. All I can say is that if a 13 year old boy came up to me today and wanted to know How to Tango..............

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1942 Stewart Dry Goods Co. Louisville, KY Booklet

March 30 Fashion Parade *Fifth Monday Fashions for Men*

We have a fifth Monday this month, which means it's time to show off our items for the guys!

An antique brocade waistcoat, dated between 1830 and 1860 from
MAG'S RAGS

1950's GQ magazine from SECONDLOOKS

Vintage 70s H Bar C California Ranchwear western cowboy rodeo pearl snap 3-D embroidered appliqued mapleton shirt -- Size 15-1/2 - M
from CAT'S EYE VINTAGE on RubyLane

Find more dapper vintage menswear from VFG members on the VINTAGE FASHION GUILD FASHION PARADE!!

VFG Member in the News!

MORE MAGAZINE recently challenged its readers to re-invent "the F-Word", and rising to that challenge was the VFG's own Maggie Wilds (aka DENISEBRAIN). What better F-Word to describe vintage than "finery"? The magazine asked readers to come up with and define an F-word that aptly describes an aspect of their lives, and as a vintage clothing seller, Maggie certainly works daily with what she refers to as finery!

The magazine's contest has been running a couple weeks now, with readers registering online to vote. Maggie is in the top 3 and an article was recently written about her involvement in the contest in THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW. After reading the article, head on over to THE CONTEST at MORE MAGAZINE to cast your vote for Maggie and vintage finery!

A VFG*** Must See*** Exhibit Los Angeles & Canberra

"Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008" opens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on October 26, 2008 and runs through March 1, 2oo9. Featured will be 150 of the magazine's iconic portraits from the past century. Included will be several photographs by Edward Steichen, who was Vanity Fair's chief photographer for 13 years. Don't miss your chance to see this original portrait of Gloria Swanson, photographed by Steichen in 1924 and published in VF in February 1928.

The exhibit will travel to the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Autralia, June 12 - August 30, 2009.