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"Although nature still delights us with hot summer days, […] fashion designers are busily working on the fall and winter models." The Modenschau issue no. 212 for August 1930 brought the first transitional models for dresses, ensembles and autumn coats for the approaching fall season. In addition, the issue presents a selection of elegant afternoon and evening dresses as well as wedding gowns.

You will now find over 8,500 pages in the artdeco-boulevard.de database.

Another 104 pages from the Chicago Mail Order Co. catalog for spring and summer 1922 are now accessible with English item descriptions. Among the new pages are not only women's dresses, coats, shoes or costumes, but also pages for human hair pieces, handbags, gloves, home textiles, special offers and ornaments to garnish untrimmed hats.

In the database of artdeco-boulevard.de you can now find well over 8,400 pages.

The wide crinoline skirt with side draping determined the fashion in 1916. The now complete catalog of the New York mail order company Perry, Dame & Co. for spring and summer 1916 displays on 148 pages summer dresses made of georgette crêpe or chiffon as well as costumes, skirts, blouses, hats, underwear, corsets, shoes and children's clothing — previously only 19 pages of the catalog were online.

In the database of artdeco-boulevard.de you will now find far more than 8,300 pages.

"It has now become a matter of fact: the waistline has arrived at its natural position!" proclaimed the Fashion Report of the June 1929 issue of Modenschau No. 198. All summer dresses for the afternoon and evening, as well as ensembles and jumper dresses, show the higher waistline. In addition, the issue also presents beach and swimwear.

Articles reported on "Travel Without Timetable" or "From the Life Struggle of Celebrities."

Summer fashion in 1916 was dominated by the war crinoline. The issue of the U.S. fashion and women's magazine The Designer for May 1916 shows, partly in color, the latest day, summer and afternoon dresses with wide skirts.

One article was devoted to the "Woman at the Steering-Wheel." Ads promoted Munsing Wear, Congoleum rugs, Pussywillow face powder, Coca-Cola, Kodak, and Willys-Overland automobiles.

The artdeco-boulevard.de database now contains 8,200 pages.