Category archives: History

Baracuta : Blue Label designed by Kenichi Kusano

Baracuta was founded near Manchester in 1937 by brothers John and Isaac Miller. The created a short jacket named the G9 (also called the Harrington Jacket). The G9 became very[...]

Dartmouth college students wearing Varsity jackets, 1963 (TAKE IVY)

The Varsity Jacket

The Varsity Jacket is a jacket traditionally worn by high school and college students in the United States to represent school and team pride as well as to display personal awa[...]

The Duffel-Coat - A Belgian Pride

Yes, you've readed well the title : A Belgian Pride !!!! Perhaps our British Friends won't be happy to read it but the Duffle Coat wasn't invented in England but in Belg[...]

(french) | Le Macaroni, nostalgique d’une aristocratie insolente.

Un siècle avant le Dandysme, est né dans l’Angleterre du XVIII eme siècle un mouvement précurseur : Les Macaronis. Comme bien des émergences de mode à travers l’histoire, c’est da[...]

A handwritten letter from Albert Einstein to philosopher Erik Gutkind soon be sold on Ebay

A handwritten letter from Albert Einstein to philosopher Erik Gutkind soon be sold on Ebay. In this letter, the famous mustache (already in our encyclopedia) expresses his views ab[...]

1902 - Jobs for women of the future.

What look like the jobs of the future for women in 1902? A series of postcards published by printing A. Bergeret in Nice,France, attempts an answer. Today, in fact, most of thes[...]

Vintage sexy magazines : your grand fathers were not wiser than you ...

Because men have always been men ... Here is a selection of sexy vintage magazines. From the 20s to 50s. A time when men loved women who had a little more than skin and bones, a[...]

Object from the past #3 : Graflex Speed Graphic 1940

It was while reading an old LIFE magazine from 1940 that I found this old advertisement for the Graflex Speed Graphic. The Speed Graphic Was The dominant Portable professional c[...]

Harrison Fisher : The artist of American fashion in the early twentieth century

Harrison Fisher. A man from a time when the photo had not yet replaced the pencil. And who introduced the fashion of his time, drawing American women and their toilets. It is the [...]

1640 First Edition of Shakespeare's Collected Poems

Printed in London, this first edition of Shakespeare's Collected Poems is an invaluable document (yet so ...) in the history of English literature, and literature as a whole. L[...]

Clementine Delait - She was one of the most famous bearded lady in europe !

Clementine Delait was one of the most famous bearded lady in europe. Born in France in 1865, it was not until 1901, at the age of 36, as Clementine grew a beard. During her life sh[...]

Walker Evans (1903 - 1975) - A true testament to modern America and the Great Depression of the 30s

Walker Evans is one of the most influential photographers of the last century. His photographs are a true testament to modern America and the Great Depression of the 30s ... But n[...]

Chrysler Highlander 1940 -1942 - The time of the family picnic

By archiving old LIFE magazine, I found this ad for the Chrysler Highlander in the issue of January 26, 1940: This "Scottie" is really beautiful, right? I love the Scotch pla[...]

Object from the past #1 - Ericsson telephone model DBH15, 1947

Designed in Sweden in 1947, attributed to Gerard Kiljan. These specimens were made in Brazil in the 1960s. The cream one is made of Plaskon and the black is Bakelite, two of the no[...]