Category: The Softer Side

All this cold weather that we’ve been having makes me very thankful for the winter clothing that we now have. My grandmother told many stories of her driving adventures in […]

The picture in my mind that speaks volumes of home is my mother working in the kitchen. Her attire consisted of a simple dress, low shoes and of course an […]

Some fashion questions: In the last half of the nineteenth century, the fashion style was named for what Queen? In the late nineteenth century, what was a skirt made with […]

Have you bought your copy of the VAE 50th Anniversary Book yet? If not, you’re missing out on an extremely interesting book of information on your club and it’s members. […]

Fashion design is greatly influenced by the automobile and the automobile has been greatly influenced by fashion design. One of the greatest designers was Raymond Loewy, 1893 – 1987, who […]

Near the end of the decade there were two entirely different silhouettes. Dior designed the “Sack” dress, which later became the chemise, a no-waisted dress that was short and narrow […]

After the war, women left their wartime factory jobs and returned to the role of homemaker. Families thrived in the suburbs with station wagons, picture windows, backyard, casseroles and Emily […]