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The straight, men's cut paletot was the ideal overcoat for young women in spring 1925. In addition to dresses with a sheath-like cut, the 140-page catalog of the New York mail order company Hamilton Garment Co. for spring and summer 1925 also shows individual models with bell-shaped skirts. Photographic illustrations show clothing for 2 to 14-year-old children (pp. 68-75).

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Bell skirts, delicate drapery, flounces, draped, gently falling fabrics, longer skirts and the youthful princess line — known as the "New Silhouette" — conquered women's fashion in 1930. Another 100 pages from the catalog of the Chicago Mail Order Co. for spring and summer 1930 are now online and show women's hats, dresses, shoes, children's clothing, underwear and men's suits.

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By the beginning of 1925, the straight fashion line had finally established itself and skirts were once again reaching calf length. In the catalog of the Chicago Mail Order Co. for spring and summer 1925, 110 pages of which are now online, you can find the small bell-shaped cloche hats or richly beaded evening dresses imported from Paris (p. 37) and hand-made summer dresses from Puerto Rico (p. 31).

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"Quicker than we ever thought, women have become accustomed to the new silhouette", stated Modenschau no. 204 from December 1929. Indeed, evening wear at the turn of the year 1929/30 featured the high waist and the elongated skirt with points and trains. In the magazine you will find the articles "Every Year Again…", "Be Beautiful through Taste" and "Prominent Women in Front of the Microphone".

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After the First World War, the watchword in the USA was "return to normalcy". Fashion too sought to return to the pre-war era with longer skirts and the re-established slim fashion line. In the catalog of the upscale New York department store B. Altman & Co. for fall and winter of 1919-20, you will find women's fashion, underwear, children's clothing and men's clothing in the upper price range.

The artdeco-boulevard.de database now comprises more than 11,000 pages.