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Just in time for the turn of the year comes the 8th and last update of the year. The Fashion Year 1925 is completely revised, expanded, much more extensive and now of course with sources and bibliography. In 1925, androgynous fashion is at its peak.

4 years later, the line of women's fashion again takes an unmistakably feminine direction, giving a foretaste of the glamorous, feminine fashion of the 1930s. In the German Illustrated Modenschau No. 203 of November 1929, ball gowns and evening dresses for the coming 1929-30 winter season are presented. Formal dresses and winter coats can also be found in the issue. Enjoy the new update!

Today's update adds 59 scanned images from the 1926-27 Charles William Stores fall and winter catalog to the site. This means that there are now over 1,200 images online in the picture gallery from 30 American mail order catalogs and 22 fashion magazines and company magazines from the period 1916 to 1933.

The Fashion Year 1926 has been revised and significantly expanded in recent weeks, and of course a source list has been added.

Chilly days and turning leaves announce the approach of winter, to which fashion is also adapting. This is no different today than it was 80 years ago. The August 1931 issue of Modenschau No. 224 gave a first preview of the 1931 fall fashions and provided many patterns for the coming transitional fashions, for which matching patterns could also be ordered.

The 15 pages from the Modenschau issue No. 224 present autumn and rain coats, visiting and afternoon dresses as well as costumes - but also evening dresses and wedding gowns can be found in the offering of this issue.

All pictures of the individual fashion years are now uploaded in 600 x 800 pixel format. The text "The First World War and Fashion - 1914-1918" on the Fashion Development page has also been revised and drastically expanded in recent weeks.

In the summer of 1930, the economy continues to cool down significantly. But this fact does not change the anticipation of the coming summer, for which even the well-dressed lady wants to prepare with new clothes.

The fashion magazine Modenschau No. 209 of May 1930 offers interesting suggestions and patterns for new swimwear, travel costumes, midsummer dresses and even evening gowns for tepid summer nights. 18 new pictures from the magazine show, besides the latest fashion, also the new fashion line of 1930.

Two texts of the Fashion Development page - "Fahion In A Social And Historical Context" and "The Fashion Of The Belle Époque Until 1914" - have been completely revised in the last few weeks. All resizable images of the Fashion Development page are now uploaded in 600 x 800 pixel format.

In 1916, women's fashion is characterized by very wide skirts - the so-called war crinoline. While World War I rages in Europe, the mail-order business continues unabated in the United States, which is not yet involved in the wartime conflict.

The latest French models are the inspiration and starting point for Philipsborn's 1916-17 Fall/Winter catalog offerings, and a total of 44 new scans from that catalog - much of it in color - have found their way into today's update. As a result, more than 1,100 fashion images from 1916 to 1933 are now available.

The fashion years 1922 to 1924 have now received a source list, with the fashion reports covering 1922 and 1924 significantly revised and expanded.