11.12.09

"the north wind doth blow..."


"...and we shall have snow." So reads the caption on this ad from an early 1920s copy of Women's Home Companion magazine. Regular readers of the blog know that I collect women's magazines from the first half of the twentieth century because I love the glimpse into our history, the sort of which is typically not covered in textbooks. I love to see what people were eating, wearing, making, reading, watching, loving, and needing. Much has changed obviously, but so much too is the same, as you'll see as I dip into my December issues this month. Take this ski outfit being modeled, for example:

How many kids today can imagine their great-grandparents wearing A&F, eh? ;-)

Have a GREAT weekend, everyone!!!