Ladies Lounge: Glamour For an Indy Woman, Born 1913
Does the sight of a baby ever prompt you to wonder what the world will look like for that child...
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Road Trip: Vintage Fashion in Pattern
“Want to write about fashion from a historical perspective…?”...
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Sunday Adverts: Stout’s Shoes & the Circular Nature of Styles
This article and a portion of this website is generously sponsored by Stout’s Shoes If...
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Friday Favorite: Rink’s Store
It’s funny how circular life on this planet appears over a series of years; Indianapolis, is...
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Sunday Adverts: Rink’s for Coats
The last “Friday Favorite” was about the former Joseph Rink family home; next...
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Ladies Lounge: Warm Colors of Autumn
I don’t know about you, but this is the most eagerly anticipated autumn I can recall. Ever....
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Ladies Lounge: Indy’s Remote Connection to Vogue Magazine
Imagine you are from Indy (not too hard, right?) and moved away, and you’ve become close...
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HI t-shirt fundraiser: There’s No Place Like Home!
Today we launch a ‘fashionable’ fundraiser for HistoricIndianapolis.com that will show...
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Ladies Lounge: That Ayres Look, 1951 Derby Style?
Many thanks to Thomas Brown for sharing this gorgeous 1951 advert with a dress by Traina-Norell...
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Ladies Lounge: The Skirts Have It
“There’s nothing new under the sun,” so the saying goes–and never more so...
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Ladies Lounge: Spring Hats, 1957
Hats, hats, glorious hats! Oh how I love a great hat! these spring 1957 beauties are a little...
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Ladies Lounge: Ghosts of Easters Past
Anyone else recall the days when you had to look your very best for Easter? Where have these days...
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LADIES LOUNGE: WM H BLOCK CO SUIT
Oh to have been able to select an entire wardrobe from the early 50’s (local expert Thomas...
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Ladies Lounge: What would we wear to the Oscars if they’d been in Indianapolis in February
1956 No Doubt there would have been a lot more long sleeves, for a start. Some of those ladies...
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Ladies Lounge: Pinteresting
It’s often difficult to find vintage Indianapolis ads or other ephemera we’d love to...
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Ladies Lounge: How You Could Rock the Super Bowl Like a Lady-Oldschool Style
Flashback to a time when more of us actually were ladies– rather than puffed up siliconed,...
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Ladies Lounge: 2012 Golden Globes, Reimagined Worst to Best
With all the money, stylists, designers, and the like, how can Hollywood still turn out this many...
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Ladies Lounge: Vintage Handbags
This week’s Ladies Lounge sponsored by Minx Vintage & Home – 111 E. 16th Street in...
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Ladies Lounge: Indianapolis Brands, Winter Suits
Rarely does a gal receive more compliments than when wearing a vintage suit, yet so...
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Cocktail Dresses for Cocktail Time
When cocktail time rolls around, your outfit can be as intoxicating a concoction as the libations....
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