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Summer 105 Years Ago

Posted on August 2, 2011, 6:55 pm, by admin, under History of Dressing, Summer Style.

Casual summer suits have vanished. They been substituted with polo shirts and shorts.  A hundred years ago it was different. Also summer should be in style. Photo: The Journal of Style/ Minister’s Gazette of Fashion (1906)

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Sun Worshipers

Posted on July 20, 2011, 1:31 pm, by admin, under History of Dressing, Summer Style.

  I found some of the famous Esquire magazines from the 1930s at the library. Here is a short feature on informal summer wear: “Sun worshipers at doctor’s cave beach When the sun bakes down on Jamaica, the intelligent man defends himself like the one on the left. A long glass of planter’s punch, a sunshade [...]

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