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The catalog of the New York mail order company National Bellas Hess, Inc. for spring and summer 1933 is now complete — previously only 23 pages were online. Dresses with puffed sleeves were the big fashion of 1933, and even coats featured leg o'mutton sleeves to accentuate the shoulders. Hats with matching scarves were fashionable for ladies, as were pajamas for leisure hours.

You will now find over 9,600 pages on artdeco-boulevard.de.

The first dresses for the hot midsummer days were presented in Modenschau issue no. 185 for May 1928. While the day and sports dresses still showed the simple fashion line, the afternoon dresses gained a new feminine touch with asymmetrical lines, cascade arrangements or pointed skirts.

The articles in this issue are "The Car for Everyone," "The Elegance of the Small Accessories" or "The Chinese Woman of Tomorrow." You will now find over 9,500 pages on artdeco-boulevard.de.

By the spring of 1923, the low waistline had fully arrived in fashion. Instead of 58 pages, you will now find 170 pages from the 354-page National Cloak & Suit Co. catalog for spring and summer 1923.
The fashion line was defined by the basque dress or robe de style with a smooth and tight fitting bodice and a very wide, full skirt, which was further accentuated by loosely falling side panels, tunics or apron parts. You will now find over 9,400 pages on artdeco-boulevard.de.

A preview of spring and summer fashions was provided by Modenschau issue no. 183 for March 1928. One-sided fabric draperies and pointed skirt panels gave afternoon dresses a new feminine touch, while street suits and costumes still remained decidedly masculine.

Fully digitized, translated and readable are the articles "The Housewife's Eight-Hour Day," "The Main Clash in the Family. Mother and Daughter" and "In Defense of the Mother." You will now find on artdeco-boulevard.de over 9,300 pages.

"When winter is drawing to a close, but there is still little sign of spring," the woman of the nineteen-twenties began to think about her spring wardrobe. In addition to the knee-short skirt and low waistline, Modenschau issue no. 170 for February 1927 presented styles with slightly puffed lower sleeves or deep and wide set-in sleeves.
Articles were devoted to the well-groomed hair of the fashionable lady of 1927 (p. 1) or to the "Gentleman in Spring" (p. 5), an article dedicated to men's fashion.