notes.husk.org. scribblings by Paul Mison.

The History of Skirt Lengths from Ptak Science Books:

This graph illustrating the history of skirt lengths in the United States is oddly interesting and appealing, a job well done. I like that the graph lines fairly well reveal the amount of leg shown by the rising and lowering hemlines, measuring the height above the ankle from bottom to top.

theidiotsheet:

steven meisel for vogue italia, 8/02

(Source: foudre, via saintfactory)

foudre:

mariacarla boscono & natasha poly by willy vanderperre for w, 3/11

Advertising Standards Authority:

On the basis of the evidence we had received we could not conclude that the ad image accurately illustrated what effect the product could achieve, and that the image had not been exaggerated by digital post production techniques. We therefore concluded the ad was misleading.

(image source; story via, via)

Franklin Roosevelt, 1884, from a slideshow accompanying an article asking When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? in the Smithsonian Magazine.

Right Dress by Phil Gyford on Flickr.

Phil Gyford:

I was reading about the composer Burt Bacharach and was intrigued that his father, Bert, was an authority on fashion. And I bought his book from 1955.

What a cover.

brokenbottleboy:

Hey Protestors, Philip Green is selling your revolution cheap

Alternative title: The Revolution Will Be Commoditised. (Context: Guardian, BBC News.)

John Rawlings on foto_decadent, via Tom Armitage. The entire page of photos is worth a look- they’re all so modern.