With the Oscars upon us for another year it is timely to look back at the fashion and beauty advice offered up by Hollywood in the Art Deco era, aimed at Queensland women who aspired to the Greta Garbo look without the… Read More ›
Fashion
Video: Deco Beach
Be transported to the beach during a Queensland Art Deco summer and see for yourself the fun fashions and playful antics, backed by a lively little jazz tune. Want to see more videos about Queensland’s Art Deco history? Check out Video: Queensland’s Art… Read More ›
Miegunyah House Museum: Art Deco fashion collection
It is one thing to read about the Art Deco fashions that graced Queensland streets in the 1920s, but it’s quite another to see the original garments up close. Miegunyah House Museum has brought us this rare chance with its… Read More ›
Art Deco on show: The Brisbane Ekka
Since the inaugural event in 1876, the Brisbane Exhibition (or “Ekka” as it has been affectionately known since 1921) has embraced the dual values of tradition and progress, combining a celebration of the Queensland pastoral story with a curiosity for… Read More ›
Styling modernity: the 1920s bob
The Art Deco era ushered in a new, modern taste for the streamlined and geometric, evident in all areas of design from architecture and furnishing to fashion and transport. Hair was no exception and the 1920s saw women across the… Read More ›
Dame Fashion: The Queenslander Pattern Service
For over a decade, at the height of the Art Deco era, The Queenslander news weekly helped city and country women alike keep up with the latest in modern fashion. The Queenslander Pattern Service, which went through various incarnations between… Read More ›
Art Deco on the field: 1930s racing fashion
A day at the races was popular entertainment in the Art Deco period, part of the spectacle of seeing and being seen that was a hallmark of modernity. Then as now, women’s fashion was central to this spectacle. Each of… Read More ›
Sporting women: 1920s fashion
Queensland and sport go hand-in-hand, so sportswear seems a natural place to start when thinking about the influence of Art Deco sensibilities on local women’s fashion. Across the Western world, the 1920s saw a boom in women’s sporting participation, linked… Read More ›
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