Vintage Times Magazine

This week instead of sharing a pattern I thought I would share a Vintage Times magazine, dated 10th December 1945 so just after the war.  It is not in very good condition but it is a thrilling read with lots of adverts to welcome the troops back and entice buying and some beautiful party dresses of that era.  That is actually why I brought the magazine I was going to mount and frame  some of the pictures of the dresses for my craft room but for some reason I have never got round to it.

As you can see dog eared and tatty, certainly a well used edition.

The party dresses for the Christmas season are just delightful, some really distinctive designs of that era, just beautiful.

 

There was also some very clever marketing, adverts aimed particularly at the services, men coming back from overseas, such as this one:

This is an advert for men's wear.  It states when the boys in blue and grey exchanged their uniforms for civvies, the choice, handmade shirts from Wilson Brothers were in great demand...

Bing Crosby himself  sponsored this advert for Personna precision blades.

This was a great advert, an explanation of canned food.  An every day occurrence for some in this day and age.

Finally this is an advert for Greyhound, after 4 year of been asked not to travel, this is the brightest Christmas in your lifetime troops returning home.  One of my favourite adverts.

 

There are lots more which now that I have looked at  again would make some great collages.  A great insight into the life and times of people the first Christmas after the war.  Time to rethink what I am going to do with it, I am open to suggestions.

 

See you soon.