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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

vitazur: Jupp Wiertz (Germany 1888-1939) - The perfume of this winter - Vogue 1927.

vitazur:

Jupp Wiertz (Germany 1888-1939) - The perfume of this winter - Vogue 1927.

onceagarden: Vogue, March 15 1911  (Source: imprint.printmag.com)

onceagarden:

Vogue, March 15 1911 

(Source: imprint.printmag.com)

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books0977: Forecast of Autumn Fashions. Vogue, September 15, 1917. Illustration by Alice de Warenne Little. Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. — Anthony Burgess quotes  

books0977:

Forecast of Autumn Fashions. Vogue, September 15, 1917. Illustration by Alice de Warenne Little.

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. — Anthony Burgess quotes  

books0977: Vogue. Published March 29, 1930. Pictured is the French April 1930 issue. A woman in a white tiered gown holds a large book overhead against a pale blue background. Illustration by Georges Lepape (French, 1887-1971). Lepape, a fashion designer, poster artist, engraver, and illustrator, contributed splendid colored plates in stencil to the Gazette du Bon Ton. He then collaborated with major fashion magazines of the time including Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Femina, and Vogue.

books0977:

Vogue. Published March 29, 1930. Pictured is the French April 1930 issue. A woman in a white tiered gown holds a large book overhead against a pale blue background. Illustration by Georges Lepape (French, 1887-1971).

Lepape, a fashion designer, poster artist, engraver, and illustrator, contributed splendid colored plates in stencil to the Gazette du Bon Ton. He then collaborated with major fashion magazines of the time including Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Femina, and Vogue.

books0977: Vogue Cover, September 1932. André Édouard Marty or A. É. Marty (French, Art Deco, 1882-1974). Marty also had illustrations published in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, House & Garden, Le Sourire, Fémina, Modes et Manières d’Aujord’hui and Comoedia Illustre, among others.

books0977:

Vogue Cover, September 1932. André Édouard Marty or A. É. Marty (French, Art Deco, 1882-1974).

Marty also had illustrations published in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, House & Garden, Le Sourire, Fémina, Modes et Manières d’Aujord’hui and Comoedia Illustre, among others.

tender-isthe-night: George Plank - Vogue - March 1912

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George Plank - Vogue - March 1912

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oldrags: Vogue, October 8 1908  Hat Ad.

oldrags:

Vogue, October 8 1908  Hat Ad.

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tender-isthe-night: Vogue, March 1915, Helen Dryden.

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Vogue, March 1915, Helen Dryden.

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books0977: “Making Headlines”: Tom Welling and Maryna Linchuk by Steven Meisel for US Vogue, May 2008 Maryna Linchuk (1987-) is a Belarusian fashion model who has appeared on the covers of Italian and Portuguese Vogue. Steven Meisel (1954-) is an American fashion photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian Vogue and his photographs of friend Madonna in her 1992 book Sex.

books0977:

“Making Headlines”: Tom Welling and Maryna Linchuk by Steven Meisel for US Vogue, May 2008

Maryna Linchuk (1987-) is a Belarusian fashion model who has appeared on the covers of Italian and Portuguese Vogue.

Steven Meisel (1954-) is an American fashion photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian Vogue and his photographs of friend Madonna in her 1992 book Sex.

zinne: Vogue August 1900

zinne:

Vogue August 1900