Welcome, kittens and dawgs for All Things Vintage. Today’s letter prompt makes me think of Pretty Things like…
Pretty Perfume
Pretty perfume bottles
For a treasure trove of info on fragrance, perfume bottles, and such, then check out Cleopatra’s Boudoir Vintage Boudoirs of the Stars (blog no longer available). It was in that post, I borrowed the image of Barbara Pepper (first picture in Pretty perfume bottles set).
Pretty pearls for pretty girls
Pretty purses and phashions
I discovered a fabulous blog post by Aimee’s Victorian Armoire titled, A Salute to the Handbag: A Woman’s best friend. Also, I stumbled upon two other interesting articles on fashion in the 20s; Fashion that Roared: 1920s Evening Wear (broken link removed) and from Vintage Everyday, Beautiful fashion photography by Edward Steichen
Applauds and special thanks to the incredible A2Z Team for hosting all the April fun!
Arlee Bird @ Tossing it Out
Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh
Heather M. Gardner
Jeremy @ Hollywood Nuts
AJ Lauer
Pam @ An Unconventional Librarian
Damyanti Biswas @ Daily Write
Zalka Csenge Virág @ The Multicolored Diary
Joy Campbell @ The Character Depot
John Holton @The Sound of One Hand Typing
Now, I invite you to hop with me in checking out some of the amazing A2Zers playing along this year and I hope you’ll come back tomorrow for some inspiring and funny Quotes.
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I love pearls, though mine are all fake. The fashions of the twenties fascinate me. Fashion is an art form.
Love,
Janie
The antique perfume bottles are so beautiful. It would be nice if we still used them. I have a couple in my bathroom and I buy bulk bubble bath – so I fill the perfume bottle up because it’s easier to pour. Plus, it looks nice. And I have my qtips and cotton balls in antique coloured dishes too — it gives it a nice feel — which is nice since it is the “Girls” bathroom.
It always seemed to me to be the height of luxury to have a small ladies suite. You know what I’m talking about. That little room with the glass desk for the perfume bottles, make-up, make-mirror. All those feminine things. Naturally, next to it would be one those large oval mirrors on legs. Instead, all my junk is is in my bathroom… not really remote neat or pretty.
I love these vintage ads! Used to enjoy perfume too, then became allergic to it. The 20as fashions are such fun to see as well as the purses and those prices. You couldn’t even get a small change purse for that, now.
Oops! Should read 20s fashions.
I’ll admit, I always thought perfume bottles were cool. Such interesting designs. Especially the really old ones.
When style, glamour and grace was in style… Magnificent.
You’ve done it now, Cathy. I’ll never get off this computer today for going to look at the handbags. I’m a bag-a-holic.
I love interesting perfume and cologne bottles. Avon used to have really cool ones for men’s cologne. I remember that my daddy had one on top of his dresser that was a huge swordfish and it was bluish/greenish colored. It was great.
I had an atomizer (I think that is what they were called) years ago. It leaked the perfume (Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion) out onto the top of my dresser and ate the finish off of the dresser top. That was upsetting. The bottle that Passion came in was beautiful, too. It was purple and had a great shape to it.
Thanks for another great post – and the links to more sites about bags.
Have a great day!
These are great ads and I love the styles. I can’t imagine having that much perfume. i believe the one gal with the huge crazy eyes is a young Joan Crawford. I love Edward Steichen-great photographer. You should check out Louise Brooks with her pearls.
Definitely reasonably priced purses in the ad. Nice photos too!. Sometimes I’m not a fan of the perfume, but the ads and the bottles are pretty to look at.
Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
Hi, Cathy!
The first thing that struck me about this post is remembering how women (and men) always wore hats when I was a boy. (I think hats are making a comeback in the 21st century.) My mother was a clothes horse. She owned a number of different hats, various length strings of pearls, fur coats and a variety of “pocket books” (purses). Women were not considered well dressed unless they donned a hat and those other trappings of femininity and smelled like a woman, which meant that they wore a pleasing perfume scent. The familiar scent of my mother’s perfume was a source of comfort to me from the very start of my life.
Thank you, dear friend Cathy!