One of my favourite vocal artists is French-born Juliette Gréco. Jean-Paul Sartre once said of her that she holds a million poems in her voice. With her long dark hair and leftist associations she became the muse of the French Rive gauche circle in the 1950s.


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I hope this is OK. I've got a handful of amazing magazines from the 1930s and 1940s and I've been meaning to scan them for a long time, now. Anyway, I've scanned a couple of pages from one of them. There are lots of amazing advertisements that I want to scan and share but for now I've got some silly pictures that go with the stories in the magazine ( Read more... )

I've made up some banners for spreading the word about this community, since people are more likely to be persuaded by pretty visuals than rambling words, eh?

Copy and paste the text anywhere you please. Stick it in comments on your friends' journals. E-mail one to your mom. Spread the word!

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Some of my favourite photos from the 1950's are by photographer Bruce Davidson. I love the way he captured youth and young love, and I find the photos really inspiring, so here is a small sampling of my personal picks from his series Brooklyn Gang.


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JALOU gallery has an online archive in which you can browse every single edition of L'Officiel from 1921 to today. The earlier numbers are a veritable treasure trove in vintage advertising, fashion and articles.

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condé nast has a store where you can purchase prints, which is very fun to browse.
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