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London fashion designers: the work of members of the incorporated society of London fashion designers, London, England, UK, 1945

A model wears a navy blue spring suit by fashion designer Madame Champcommunal of Worth

A model wear a black dinner frock by fashion designer Peter Russell

Actress Peggy Bryan models the wedding dress designed for her by fashion designer Bianca Mosca. The dress is to be worn by Peggy in the new British horror film ‘Dead of Night’.

A model wears a brown and beige all-wool checked suit by fashion designer Hardy Amies

(Imperial War Museums, London)

1936-1937 Négligée attr. to Madeleine Vionnet (France)

silk

(Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris)

excuse me that cat is belgian and he solves mysteries

1927 Marlene Dietrich (photo by Arthur Benda)

(Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg)

photoes for British Vogue magazine, March 1953 by Norman Parkinson:

Fashion designer Hardy Amies photographed with models June Clarke and Fiona Campbell-Walter

British fashion designer, and original editor of British Vogue magazine Elspeth Champcommunal, photographed with models Fiona Campbell-Walter (right) and June Clarke

Fashion designer Norman Hartnell with Myrtle Crawford and Margaret Phillips who wear his designs

South African-born British couturier Victor Frank Stiebel photographed with an unknown fashion model (Margaret Phillips?)

Fashion designer Victor Stiebel with models Margaret Phillips and Fiona Campbell-Walter

Irish London based fashion designer John Cavanagh photographed with Helen Connor and an unknown model

British London-based fashion designer Peter Russell with two models

British fashion designer Charles Creed photographed with a model wearing his designs

(Norman Parkinson Archive/ Iconic Images)

They had overnight flower delivery in the 1890s??

Look the Netherlands takes its flower industry very seriously

People underestimate how fast the Victorians could move things. There were no cars, so they had lots of trains instead - way more train lines than exist today, with much cheaper and more frequent services, because everything moved by rail so that was where all the investment went. This was the height of the industrial age, after all. And since there were no (or not many) telephones and no internet, they had multiple mail deliveries every day, because all communication was done by mail or telegram so that was where all the investment went. They had a same day mail service, even.

I'm not exaggerating about that, btw. My great-grandfather collected postcards all his life, starting as a little boy in Norfolk in the early 1900s, and among his collection is a postcard sent by a cousin who lived way up north. She posted the card first thing one morning saying that she was coming down by train to see her aunt and would be arriving at just after 3pm that afternoon - the same afternoon she posted the card. The card literally says 'this afternoon'. Posted first thing, and it arrived in good time for her uncle and aunt to know they needed to meet her off the train at 3pm that same day - and she knew posting it that it would arrive in good time. Same day delivery, and that was something like 1905.

Flower shipments from the Netherlands to London in that same era was a booming business, that's how all the markets were kept supplied. So yes, van Helsing could get flowers delivered overnight on a daily basis.

My annotated Dracula has informed me that when Harker said his robber steak was “in the style of the London cat’s-meat!” he was referring to “A tradition in London was the “cat’s-meat man,” a vendor who sold little bits of meat on skewers for consumption by cats”

I am overjoyed by this knowledge that there were Victorians just randomly getting lil kebabs for their CATS

I am so happy to learn this was a thing, looks like they were door to door pet food sellers.

1830 Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret - Portrait of Two Young Men

(Private collection)

Agatha Christie at the window of her house in Derbyshire (1913).

1930-1940 Tweed men’s hiking suit (jacket, vest and pants) (by “Piet. Jonkers 348” and  “LAIRD / MONTAGUE / BURTON / THE TAILOR OF TASTE LTD / SCOTLAND’s / SUPER SUITING”)

(Museum Rotterdam)

If Jane Eyre had married Maxim de Winter, she would have engaged Mrs. Danvers in head to head passive aggressive war and she would have won.

Absolutely. And the narrator of Rebecca would have helped Rochester hide Bertha.

Jonathan Harker would have been polite and kind to The Creature, and Victor Frankenstein would have noped right out of there as soon as he saw Dracula

Carolyn Wyeth.

J.C. Leyendecker

Are we talking about soap or…?

Via Owl! at the Library

Written for the Unconventional Courtship challenge on DW.

The idea is to take a summary of a gaudy romance novel and write a fic in any fandom you like, having adjusted the summary for your needs. It seemed fun, the deadline was flexible, and the mod is very friendly! So tried my hand. Never thought I’d write in the Emerald ‘verse, even though I really enjoed both the short story and the graphic novel. For those unfamiliar with the universe: Britain is ruled by tyrannical invaders, H.P. Lovecraft’s monsters. Holmes is an outlaw who fights to overthrow them. Title: R for Rache Author: mightymads Fandom: Sherlock Holmes - A Study in Emerald Pairing/Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, supporting characters Rating: T Length: 7691 Summary: Falling in love was not an option for Dr John Watson. Certainly not with the mysterious stranger who had been rushed into his surgery. Watson had felt an instant connection to the man and wanted to help him. But being the stranger’s ally would put the doctor’s life in danger. On the brink of a scientific breakthrough, an obscure chemist named Sherlock Holmes was now on the run. He had knowledge that the Royal Family would kill to possess. He desperately needed a person he could trust, and Dr Watson could be the one. But would Dr Watson choose the life of an outlaw over the quiet stability of the practice he’d managed to establish after returning from the war? Notes: Based on the summary for ‘Racing Against the Clock’ by Lori Wilde.

At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, walked through the park in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully. Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back to look for her.

The next day, when they had not yet found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter "written" by the doll saying "please don't cry. I took a trip to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures."

Thus began a story which continued until the end of Kafka's life.

During their meetings, Kafka read the letters of the doll carefully written with adventures and conversations that the girl found adorable.

Finally, Kafka brought back the doll (he bought one) that had returned. “It doesn't look like my doll at all," said the girl.

Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: "my travels have changed me." the little girl hugged the new doll and brought her happy home.

A year later Kafka died. Many years later, the now-adult girl found a letter inside the doll. In the tiny letter signed by Kafka it was written:

"Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way."

Song: “Murder”, He Says / Something to Remember You By

Artist: Dinah Shore with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra

Record Label: RCA Victor Records 20-1525

Released: 1943

Location: KTI Radio

Now I don’t pretend to think that everyone in Los Angeles talks like this, but then again people are more relaxed around there.

This is novelty jive number from the 1943 Paramount film “Happy Go Lucky” about unsavory slang. It was introduced by Butty Hutton in the film, but as a more raunchy and explosive rendition.

Oddly, Dinah Shore low-key and honey-voiced version was the one that caught the public’s ear, peaking at #4 on Billboard, beating out Helen O'Connell and Peggy Mann.

Most people remember Dinah Shore as the blonde TV personality full of Southern charm and encouraging people to “See the USA in your Chevrolet” with a friendly kiss.

But she first got her start in radio, and as a brunette, while entertaining the troops for the USO. Born Frances Rose Shore, she earned her stage name by often auditioning with the song “Dinah”. She was unsuccessful at obtaining a position as a vocalist with the Goodman and Dorsey Orchestras, but was able to make a hit career by pioneering the field of solo artists.

She obtained major hits with “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To”, “Yes, My Darling Daughter”, and “I’ll Walk Alone”.

Gordon Jenkins is a triple threat as a composer, arranger, and conductor for the likes of Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Louis Armstrong. Some of his best known songs include “P.S. I Love You”, “Goodbye” (written after his wife’s death), and “When a Woman Loves a Man”.

Listen to the flip side “Something to Remember You By” here.