Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: That Ayres Look

From collection of Thomas Brown, one of our longtime faithful readers, comes this L.S. Ayres advertisement. This is the very first “That Ayres Look” advertisement that ran in Vogue, March 15, 1936. The featured suit,...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: American Magazine “Vacation 1947”

It’s about spring break time here, so it seems apropos to feature “The American Magazine” Vacation Issue from Spring 1947. This publication was geared towards women and though it does not specifically mention Indianapolis, it...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: Indianapolis Fashion Spring 1897

An article about “practical dressmaking”  from Spring, 1897...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Women’s History Month: Indianapolis Propylaeum

The original Propylaeum stood at 17 East North Street From Hyman’s Handbook of Indianapolis, published in 1897: “The Indianapolis Propylaeum was incorporated June 6, 1888, for the purpose of promoting and encouraging literary and scientific...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies of the Class of 1920- Glee Club & All

For those of you who know a girl born in 1998 who attends college directly after high school graduation, her college graduation is likely to be 2020–which would be 100 years after the young ladies...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: Wooltex Styles–Spring 1906

Ladies, let’s roll back the clock by a mere 105 years and look at a few of the fashions that would be on offer for you at that time. This is a brief selection of...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Introducing the “Ladies’ Lounge”

Advertised to upscale local ladies in 1916: fine clothing. Of course, some of the upper class traveled as far as Europe and beyond to secure unique and fashionable wardrobes. Others perhaps made a bi-annual pilgrimage to...

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