1938 and 1966
Charles W. Cushman Collection

Two more from WiganWorld.

When I bought my first AppleMac I did it in order to jump onto the 'Information Superhighway' as it was called at the time.
The constant exchange of images and information that has unfolded since is incredible and for me, in costume terms, the most fascinating is usually the everyday, the mundane.
When I look at old family photographs of my own it's often a small domestic detail that arouses the most emotion; the curtains we had in the old house or the trousers my grandmother wore to cover her swollen, rheumatoid knees at a time when few women her age wore anything but skirts and dresses. These domestic, personal details which are not on show at a photographer's studio or a formal event are the notes we collect to aid and enrich the storytelling process of Costume Design.

Cowboys and Indians

Vintage cowboy and indian costumes, again courtesy of Shona Patterson.

Favourite bits from the POP exhibition at the Museum of Fashion and Textiles.

See also this old post - Sackcloth-Themed Search.

Occupational Portraits

 

Yesterday's Spitalfields Life had some really great photographs taken by John Claridge in the 1960's, they're published for the first time and accompanied by a typically sensitive article from The Gentle Author.

Pepita is Dead

Pepita is Dead in Madrid is a vintage shop and rental house stocking mostly 1960's and 1970's dead stock. It's packed with unworn clothing, they have loads of kids stuff which is always hard to find and everywhere I looked original labels were dangling off garments, the graphics themselves making me want to buy things.
It's like going back in time and into a clothes shop, circa 1976, to shop for costumes.

Favourite Label

Definitely one of the top three from my label collection.