Nio Niobi

Moyen Congo. Nio Niobi, circa 1931

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 1919 - Flying through the Arc de Triomphe, Curated by Chris Wild

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Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Author: Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991

Source: library.yale.edu/beinecke | Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Paul Poiret

Every decade has its seer or sybil of style, a designer who, above all others, is able to divine and define the desires of women. In the 1910s, this oracle of the mode was Paul Poiret, known in America as "The King of Fashion." Paul Poiret (20 April 1879, Paris, France – 30 April 1944, Paris) was a French fashion designer, French couturier, the most fashionable dress designer of pre-World War I Paris.

Source: benjaminkanarekblog | Library of Congress | Encyclopædia Britannica
 

Vintage Fashion

Evening Cape, House of Worth 1925, French, Made of lame 

Source: ornamentedbeing | LACMA

Dita Parlo

Lovely Dita Parlo, born Grethe Gerda Kornstädt in Stettin (present-day Szczecin, (4 September 1906 – 13 December 1971),  was a star of German and French films of the late 1920's and 1930's, who also worked briefly in Hollywood. She inspired both Dita Von Teese and Madonna, the latter used her name & character from L'Atalante for her Sex book and Erotica album.

Source: Bifi.fr, Wikipedia (French) 

Satin Mules

 satin mules with ribbon trim. French, 1900-20

Source: pinterest

Vintage Photo

Vintage Tour de France

Vintage Postcard

 Models in the early 1920s tend to be slightly heavier, with thicker legs and rounder bellies. Green is a common color for the swimsuits.| 1920s flapper swimsuit model

Vintage Photo

Paris, 1930

Source: thedarkwoods

Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun (25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a French artist, photographer and writer. Her work was both political and personal, and often played with the concepts of gender and sexuality.

Source: flickr | google

Vintage Photos

Poor Southern children in a rundown shack. | 1936 | Photographer:Margaret Bourke-White

Girl poised at window of log shack, shutter covered w. tattered newspaper, in poverty of rural South recorded for the Historical Section of the Resettlement Administration. | Gee's Bend, AL. | 1937 |Photographer:Arthur Rothstein

Interior of converted warehouse in northern British industrial town showing family living in poverty. | United Kingdom |1933

 

Man drinking wine and eating a sandwich on a public bench during the ongoing French economic crisis.| Paris, France | 1932

Source: images.google | life

Fernandel

Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin better known as Fernandel (1903–1971),was a French actor and singer who was for more than forty years France's top comedy star. He was perhaps best-loved for his portrayal of Don Camillo. His horse-like teeth and shy manner became his trademark.

Source: filmstarpostcards | flickr

Marie Glory

Marie Glory (March 3, 1905 – January 24, 2009), was a French actress. She was born Raymonde Louise Marcelle Toully in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne,  Normandy. She made her film debut in 1924 with a small role in Raymond Bernard's historical epic Le Miracle des Loups under the stage name Arlette Genny, which she used until 1927. For a long time, French actress Marie Glory was the longest living star of the silent era, but in 2009 she died in the age of 103.

 Source: wikipedia | flickr

Vintage Postcard

Vintage French postcard

 Source: tumblr.

Madeleine Vionnet

Madeleine in her studio 1920
Madeleine Vionnet ( June 22, 1876 – March 2, 1975) was a French fashion designer. Called the "Queen of the bias cut" and "the architect among dressmakers", Vionnet is best-known today for her elegant Grecian-style dresses and for introducing the bias-cut to the fashion world. 

Madeleine Vionnet 1939, by Christine, flickr