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Today artdeco-boulevard.de (previously zwischenkriegszeit.de) turns 10 years old. Since 2009, the site has been providing detailed insights into the fashion of the past. To mark its 10th anniversary, today the site publishes the exactly 100-year-old catalog of the New York department store Hamilton Garment Co. from the fall/winter of 1919-20. On display are day, afternoon and evening dresses, blouses, shoes, underwear, fur articles and costumes in a variety of price ranges for women.

The database contains 4,600 pages as of now.

A month ago, the July issue of the French magazine Le Miroir des Modes from 1917 was put online. Today, the publication of the August issue No. 2 of the same year 1917 follows.

On 18 of the total 44 pages, transitional models of women's dresses, coats, blouses and skirts for the coming fall season are presented, as well as children's clothing. The article on page 43 reports on women during the war (French: "Les femmes pendant la guerre").

The August issue of Modenschau No. 164 from 1926 brought the dressmaking woman the first transitional models for the rapidly approaching autumn. Among them were autumn coats, capes, autumn dresses, ensembles, costumes, blouses and dresses for girls.

The beginning of autumn was also the beginning of the ball season, therefore the first dance and ball gowns can be found in the magazine. The editorial reported on "Modern Portrait Photography." There are now 4,500 pages online in the database.

The French magazine Le Miroir des Modes from July 1917 presented a variety of summer dresses. The new line of the barrel skirt with hip accentuation and tight hem began to replace the war crinoline from the spring of 1917. In addition, work clothes and morning gowns for ladies, bathing costumes, dresses for teenage girls and children's clothes with matching patterns were offered.

In addition to the latest fashions, the editorial reported, among other things, on the population decrease due to the war and a technical school for women.

When the Charles William Stores Spring/Summer 1919 catalog was mailed from the end of January, the First World War had only been over for a few weeks. In the frenzy of victory, ladies' coats in the color "Liberty Blue" (p. 70 a. 71) and decorative ribbons in the colors of the Allies were offered – as were mourning ribbons for soldiers killed in action (p. 120).

Instead of the previous 79 pages, 250 of the 832-page catalog with fashion, furniture and other articles are now online. This brings the number of pages in the artdeco-boulevard.de database to over 4,400.