German Women's Fashion of the 1930's

[Lauren]

Hello!

I got my German Magazines ago in the mail and have been working on scanning and uploading the images. I wanted to share! My scanner bed is not large enough to accomidate the entire magazine since they are a larger format, but you can at least look at the pictures!

German fashion of the 30's is one of my favorite. They had such chic detailing and the cuts are just brilliant. These are from Mode Und Heim magazines from 1935, and are uploaded with FlashPaper. Your browser might prompt you for instillation in order to view the files.

http://www.shopbluemagnolia.com/30sgerman.html

 

[Amapola]

I love the long polka dot dress! I wonder what she is reading too!

 

[mysterygal]

I agree, the polka dot dress is beautiful! I also really liked the look of the bathing suit

 

[Lauren]

If you click on the covers you can see the magazine pages

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Lauren, this is so cool! I'm really happy with the format, too: just click on the covers and look inside!

We have GOT to put together one big "virtual museum" of Golden Era fashion: period trade journal/fashion magazine pictures, pattern books, and detailed photos of clothing/shoes from our own collections. As far as I know, nothing like this exists on the Internet ... at least it doesn't for Golden Era everyday wear.

A big project, yes, but we seem to be naturally moving toward it.


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[Etienne]

Wow, Lauren, those are great pictures! Love all of them:eusa_clap --Etienne

 

[RetroModelSari]

I LOVE the outfits! If anyone wants I can put up scans of my 40s patterns ;-)

 

[LizzieMaine]

I LOVE the outfits! If anyone wants I can put up scans of my 40s patterns ;-)

Getting all kinds of ideas from looking at these scans -- and, Sari, by all means -- let's see some patterns!

 

[Lauren]

I'm so glad you all like it! Thanks!

The guys might want to check out the last page on the last magazine on there right now... it has a guide to what to wear for all different occasions, but I guess it would help if you read German [huh]

Ooh! Pattern pics please Nothin' like drooling over patterns!

 

[KAT]

i ll read it to you and you make me a dress lol

(if you ever have problems with the german pattern...let me know)

 

[Lauren]

Thank you, Kat!
She interpreted a few pattern pieces for me It's the tracing out of those patterns and resizing them that's so hard... and you have to know which pieces are what before you resize them! I'll post pictures sometime of an aerial shot of the pattern sheets... look like a crazy road map! All the pieces overlap each other!

 

[RetroModelSari]

Afternoons dresses 1940:





Funeral dresses 1940:



Some lingerie (it has no date on the magazine, [huh] but I guess its either late 40s or early 50s - maybe someone can tell me?)





Damn I wish I could sew!!!

 

[mysterygal]

great patterns Sari! I especially love the afternoon dresses...very lovely

 

[KAT]

Thank you, Kat!
She interpreted a few pattern pieces for me It's the tracing out of those patterns and resizing them that's so hard... and you have to know which pieces are what before you resize them! I'll post pictures sometime of an aerial shot of the pattern sheets... look like a crazy road map! All the pieces overlap each other!

no problem...i like to help..you know how to contact me if you need help! i havent done it in a long time but i still know a little and i know how hard it can be..i got the same problem to figure out "big words" in english sometimes.
by the way..do you have the "FROHNE SCHNITTZEICHNER" or "DER GOLDENE SCHNITT"?

those were real popular back then, you could make your own pattern with those!

here some from "DER GOLDENE SCHNITT" (its a book that came out every once in a while) (im sorry its in german, click on the picture
http://www.return2style.de/duesenberg/schnitte/schnitte.htm

http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.de%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=der+goldene+schnitt&category0=


I got this one here, but never really had the time to figure it out
http://cgi.ebay.de/Frohne-Schnittzeichner-Frohne-pattern-designer-Schablo_W0QQitemZ8418920590QQcategoryZ23499QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and again..if anybody ever needs help with german translations...im here...or if anybody needs to order something ..im still in germany until june 20th

 

[Etienne]

Thanks, Kat, for sharing the pattern pictures! I love some of those dresses! BTW, what part of Germany are you in right now?--Etienne

 

[KAT]

Thanks, Kat, for sharing the pattern pictures! I love some of those dresses! BTW, what part of Germany are you in right now?--Etienne

your welcome
im right in west germany, state is NORTH RHINE WESTPHALIA at the end up north where the rhine river ends,close to the dutch border..Amsterdam is just 2 hours away...

http://www.uni-flensburg.de/sesam/images/map%20of%20germany.gif

 

[RetroModelSari]

Actually I just got "Der Goldene Schnitt" for me on ebay... Can´t wait for it to arrive! My next buy will be a sewing maschine

 

[Etienne]

Kat, my grandfather's family lives in Bad Krueznach (not sure of correct spelling). Do you know where it is? I visited there in 2001 but now can't exactly recall how we got there!

 

[KAT]

im sorry its OT

Kat, my grandfather's family lives in Bad Krueznach (not sure of correct spelling). Do you know where it is? I visited there in 2001 but now can't exactly recall how we got there!

http://www.mamilade.de/map/map.4_19_55543.jpg


http://www.travelsthroughgermany.com/website2/Maps/Maps/rheinland-pfalz-map.gif

(its 2 hours, 31 Min away and about 278,4 Kilometer which is about
172 miles..since we got the autobahn..we get there sooner lol and faster lol )

i do know how to get to Bad Kreuznach and i ve been there (its the state RHINELAND PFALZ, the state under mine), its really pretty there, ill be going there again by the end of the month when i go down to bavaria to visit my grandpa ..if you have any questions or you wanna talk , just go ahead and write me! would be cool...

 

[Etienne]

Kat, I'll PM you tomorrow or so and chat!--Etienne