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Before Christmas, it's worth taking a look at the consumer dreams of the past. The now complete mail-order catalog of Spiegel, May, Stern Co. from Chicago from fall and winter of 1929-30 shows fashion for the whole family as well as household textiles, furniture, household supplies, car accessories, etc. In 1905, Spiegel was the first mail-order company in the U.S. to offer all merchandise to private customers by installment purchase.

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Today, as a small update, the addition of the missing pages to the Haensel-Echo issue No. 14 from 1933-34 takes place. Instead of the previously only seven pages, the issue is now completely online.

In addition to the detailed color illustrations of elegant men's fashion, sports fashion, coats for men and women, and evening wear for men, the accompanying texts and photographs on the processing of Haensel finished products can now also be found in the issue, as well as an illustrated history of the caricaturist Paul Simmel (1887-1933).

In the November 1928 issue of the Wiener Record Mode No. 96, published today, several color pages are presented with the most beautiful evening fashion for ladies. The special feature of the fashion line for the evening dress of 1928 was the one-sided lengthening of the skirt by irregular pointed or fluttering parts. Ribbons, bows and buckles made of rhinestones gave the models an additional touch of exclusivity.

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Ninety years ago, the New York Stock Exchange collapsed, marking the start of the Great Depression. This anniversary lends itself to the publication of Modenschau Issue No. 202 from October 1929, which provided the prelude to the 1929-30 winter fashions.

Fashion photographs by Paris and Berlin photographers Henri Manuel (1874-1947) and Ernst Schneider, as well as the U.S. Press Agency, showed the new fall fashions. A color plate in the center of the issue presents the most beautiful ball and dance dresses of the season.

Published in July 1929 by the publishing house Société Graphique, Paris, the seasonal album Star No. 23 for fall 1929 and winter 1930 presented on 52 pages the then new line of women's fashion in French language. On 32 black and white as well as 20 pages in four-color print you can find great morning and afternoon dresses, elegant evening dresses and ball gowns, wedding dresses, sports fashion or even several pages of children's clothing.

In the database of artdeco-boulevard.de you will now find over 4,700 pages.