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20s/30s style icons

1920s & 1930s Fashion Icons

Ian Drummond

Standout models, actresses and socialites with bags of style.

1920s & 1930s Fashion Icons

Ian Drummond

Standout models, actresses and socialites with bags of style.

Josephine Baker

Style Icon: Josephine Baker

Ian Drummond

The Bronze Venus; Josephine Baker, the first black superstar and enigmatic style icon of the Roaring Twenties and beyond.

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Style Icon: Josephine Baker

Ian Drummond

The Bronze Venus; Josephine Baker, the first black superstar and enigmatic style icon of the Roaring Twenties and beyond.

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Bright Young Things

The Bright Young Things

Ian Drummond

The debauched partying of a group of young aristocrats and artists in 1920s London lead to some of the most wonderful photos of that time period, some of the most...

The Bright Young Things

Ian Drummond

The debauched partying of a group of young aristocrats and artists in 1920s London lead to some of the most wonderful photos of that time period, some of the most...

Parisian fashion 1910s

1910s-20s Parisian Designers, Part 2

Ian Drummond

Part two of our 1910s-20s era Paris-based designers. With so many fantastic designers from this period, we are sure there will be a part three!

1910s-20s Parisian Designers, Part 2

Ian Drummond

Part two of our 1910s-20s era Paris-based designers. With so many fantastic designers from this period, we are sure there will be a part three!

1910s fashion

1910s-1920s Parisian Designer's, Part 1

Ian Drummond

A selection of some the foremost fashion designers working out of Paris in the 1910s and 20s. From Asian-influenced designs to jersey sportswear to Robe de Styles, these innovative designers...

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1910s-1920s Parisian Designer's, Part 1

Ian Drummond

A selection of some the foremost fashion designers working out of Paris in the 1910s and 20s. From Asian-influenced designs to jersey sportswear to Robe de Styles, these innovative designers...

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1920s Flapper's and It Girls

1920s Flapper's and It Girls

Ian Drummond

An introduction to 1920s flappers and It Girls like Clara Bow, Zelda Fitzgerald and more!

1920s Flapper's and It Girls

Ian Drummond

An introduction to 1920s flappers and It Girls like Clara Bow, Zelda Fitzgerald and more!