I thought with all the monochrome sixties shift dresses around at the moment, I’d have a go at designing my own. What do you think..? Here are my other sketches, if you want to take a look 
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Gruau fashion illustration
Fashion illustration by René Gruau. I wonder what this was for, do you think it was an illustration for lipstick, earrings, blindfolds…?
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Fashion design sketchbook: 1930s evening dress
Another 1930s-inspired design, this time a pale blue satin evening gown with a beaded silver and gold deep V neckline. I’ll move onto another decade soon – any suggestions or requests? You can see the other designs from my fashion design sketchbook here.
You’ll note the one shoe – sorry! I still haven’t got any better at drawing feet and shoes 
Vintage recap: Ronald Reagan as a teen lifeguard, lots of fashion designs & when 1950s fashion goes wrong
- 1950s fashion gone wrong…
- 1960s Paris fashions
- Stylish 1960s nylon advert
- Vintage fashion design: 1930s day dress
- Hollywood costume designer Edith Head
- Audrey Hepburn modelling in 1950s Harpers Bazaar
- Vintage look book: 1950s sundress
- Vintage living: creating a vintage 1920s and ’30s look in your home
- 1930s Ostrich feather evening gown
- A young Jane Fonda, 1960s
- Experimental 1940s beauty photos with a wind machine
- Dovima in dots for 1950s Harpers Bazaar
- Debbie Reynolds in a red fur coat
- 1940s Vogue
- A costume that Marilyn Monroe should have worn…
- Lisa Fonssagrives at Paddington Station, London, 1951
- 1920s swimsuits
- Ronald Reagan as a lifeguard, 1920s
- Fashion design sketch: 1920s sailor dress for Louise Brooks
- Popular 1950s model Anne St Marie
- Marilyn Monroe and JFK caught in a private moment
- 1940s Vogue in the Grand Canyon
- Vintage look book: 1950s beachwear
- The 1960s Elasti Bella bra by Triumph
- Little Shirley Temple curtsies for camera
- A surprisingly modern swimsuit from 1912
Which was your favourite post this week?
Gil Elvgren pin up from 1950
Gorgeous 1950s pin up art by Gil Elvgren of a girl on the beach having her swimsuit stolen by a dog (just like real life!)
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Gil Elvgren pinup girl and photo
I got a few complaints about my top 7 pinups post last week because I didn’t include Gil Elvgren pinups in my list – and rightly so! So this is for all you Gil Elvgren fans, not only the pin up but the girl who modeled for it too!
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Pin up girl in red
Pin up girl in a red hat and dress, with her skirt blowing in the wind, by Vargas
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Gil Elvgren girl pin up
Gil Elvgren pinup of a girl in a striped towel on the phone – the colours in this are beautiful!
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