Today I’ve got some fabulous inspiration to share from one of my favorite vintage finds ever! This comes from a scrapbook kept by Eva Kaplan- Class of 1927 from South Philadelphia High School.
Here’s some terribly adorable photos taken in August, 1926, with handwritten captions by Eva.
And on the back of this last photo, it says:
Ah, the good old days! Just goes to show you, our perspective of photos of ourselves hasn’t changed much in the last 80+ years!
“A couple of nifty collegiate peaches” indeed!!!
Interesting their use of slang. “rub it in” and “strut your stuff”. It’s neat to see we still use these phrases almost 90 later, even when others have gone by the wayside.
Oh they look so comfy!!!! Love these photos! Thanks for sharing! xox
Ah, such wonderful photos of times gone by. They made me smile inside.
Thanks!
Love them!!
I haven’t heard “Peaches” used that way before. Very interesting!
Oh, Lauren,
Those photos are wonderful. Is there anyway you could come up with a swimsuit pattern just like the ones in the pictures. I think it would be really nice to be able to sew one those swimsuit.
Thanks!
Lisa at the Vintage Fashion Library actually has a 1920s swimsuit reproduction. I have it in my stash but haven’t made it up yet. Here’s the link. It says it’s “out of stock”, but maybe you can message her and ask when she thinks she’ll get more in
http://www.vintagefashionlibrary.com/inc/sdetail/4588
Thank You So Much.
How gorgeous! They are so sweet.
And I think that they look waaaay more glamourous than the bikinis of today. Absolute dolls
What I find fascinating is how modern their attitude and style seems–especially if you compare them to what women wore only 10 years earlier. Wow, what an amazing generation!