Wardrobe Remix’s Past Life
October 27th, 2008
At the antique sale I came across an amazing old photo album. I always gravitate towards albums because I think they are really interesting, better than just single photos, because of the notes and little photo corners and other scraps that may have been glued into the book. This one was huge, every page was filled with photos and there were all sorts of papers in the back- school certificates, play programs, letters… it was so great. Unfortunately the book was $100 so there was no way I could buy it, but that didn’t stop me from taking photos of my favorite parts: 1930′s outfit photos! There were a couple pages of these photos in the middle of the book, and it seemed like they were taken just to document her outfits. This girl is like the past-life incarnation of a wardrobe remix star. Her outfits are cute, well put-together, interesting, and you can see how cleverly she combines the pieces from her closet. She looks great and is totally cute, a Kansas girl who had great style. I hope you like these photos!
Puff sleeve blouse
Plaid skirt
Ankle socks
Saddle shoes
Button collar dress
Tweed coat
Leather gloves
Patent leather heels
Hair bow
Peter pan collar blouse
Skirt
Patent leather (?) wide bow belt
White shoes
Head scarf
White cotton blouse
High-waisted shorts
Ankle socks
Saddle shoes
White cotton blouse
Pants with stripe (are they pants? they look like it…)
Leather oxfords
Wool hooded dress
White belt
Dark ankle socks
Leather oxfords
Dark wool jacket with fur cuffs
Badge worn as brooch
Blouse with tie (for school?)
Dark ankle socks
Leather oxfords
Peter Pan collar dress
Tweed coat with hood
Dark ankle socks
a cool attitude
Entry Filed under: fashion inspiration,vintage photos
15 Comments
Add your own1. Casey | October 27th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Oh my golly–thank you so much for snapping the pictures from the album and sharing them with us!
I love her outfits: you’re right that she’s a w_r star from the 30s. 
So fun!!!
2. Ali-bell | October 27th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
wow, she had a great wardrobe! and obviously loved it. That photo of her in the shorts could have been taken yesterday and we wouldn’t bat an eyelid…
3. Andrea | October 27th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
What an awesome find! Her clothes are gorgeous, and I could learn a thing or two about posing from her, too.
4. april | October 27th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Oh what a great find! Too bad it was out of your price range though. Thank you for posting these! I feel inspired!
5. Milla | October 28th, 2008 at 10:27 am
OH WOW! you just made my crappy day!
6. the tilted tulip | October 29th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Those are stunning! That girl can sure rock a hood!
7. Meg | November 1st, 2008 at 6:38 am
A treasure! So sad that someone may actually know who this is and doesn’t have the photo album. Wonder how it ended up in a shop? I think the girl looks a lot like Sofia Cuppola.
8. Meredith | November 2nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Oh my, what an amazing wool hooded dress! Too bad that wasn’t at the antique sale.
9. Leah | November 3rd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
What an amazing thing to stumble across! Her outfits are wonderful, definitely a w_r star of the 1930s. I’ve only just found your blog, but I love it already!
10. Remixer of the ’30s&hellip | November 9th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
[...] seem to get round to taking photos… I should try and rectify this) I was thrilled to find these photos from the 1930s on Clever Nettle – a 1930s girl documenting her daily attire in the style of a [...]
11. Wanderlusting | November 12th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Just up my alley – amazinG! I love all things fashion, vintage and the 20′s-60′s – Hope you don’t mind if I give you a shout out on my blog (I’m kind of doing the same thing, just with myselfin clothes)
12. Zen | November 12th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I love these photos! What a fascinating face.
13. From the desk of Mrs Gorm&hellip | November 13th, 2008 at 11:39 am
[...] Vintage photographs from an album found by Anja. [...]
14. clever nettle » Vin&hellip | June 1st, 2009 at 11:28 am
[...] be tuned to imagining outfit posts or something, because this isn’t the first time I’ve found old photos that made me think of wardrobe remix. Kind of nerdy, but still fun! I especially like making the [...]
15. clever nettle » Ant&hellip | November 4th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
[...] those photos in the middle ring a bell? I’ve posted about them before, it is that amazing album from the 20’s and 30’s that has all the old outfit [...]
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