"You are the only English woman I know who manages to be really chic in really hideous clothes".

No.3    Elaborate fashionables
a splendid menagerie[1] (also known as fancy-full gallants[2]) place particular importance upon appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self.[3] Historically, especially in late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain, a dandy, who was self-made, often strove to imitate an aristocratic style of life despite coming from a middle-class background.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

depression style queen


Learning to make your own clothing was especially valuable
during the lean times of the Great Depression.
4-H Club members gained this useful skill through clothing projects.
Mary Sjoberg of Cook County excelled in sewing,
and was named Cook County Style Queen in 1933.


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