It’s the Modern World, the End of Times, the Decline of the West, the Revolt of the Masses. It’s the 1920’s. It’s going to be Very Silly.
Some links I found today while therapy surfing.
Chronicles of Captain Flame - Pirates!
Found through PopuLaari, a Finnish blog with all kinds of crazy old-time stuff.
Coconino World - More comics from today and yesteryear than you can shake a baguette at. I must recommend the website dedicated to French cartoonist Gus Bofa, active in the first [...]
Fashion-wise, 1920 was a year when the undulating, opulent orientalism of the tens began to face serious competition from the simple and effective lines of modernism and futurism. Paul Poiret’s fashion house was still the uncontested sultan of orientalist art deco in Paris, but a certain Mademoiselle Coco Chanel had already appeared in town…
A costume [...]