Speakeasy business cards.

Source: the Time-Life series This Fabulous Century.

“I thought a lot about the risks of the inherent old-timeyness of a songbook. I know I have friends who will dismiss it as a stylistic indulgence, a gimmick. There’s a way of miniaturizing and neutralizing the past, encasing it in a quaint, retro irrelevancy and designating it as something only fit for curiosity-seekers or revivalists. But although the present moment can exclude the past from relevance, it can’t erase its influence entirely. Each era finds something new to return to; things that seemed out of date have a way of coming back in new forms, and revealing aspects of themselves we might not have noticed before.” (via Song Reader: Beck Revives the Romance of Sheet Music with 26 Illustrated Songs | Brain Pickings)

This makes me VERY HAPPY indeed. I’m a sometime collector of old sheet music for all these reasons and more. I’ve got to get my grubby paws on this songbook.

womensweardaily:

Nicole Richie in Lorena Sarbu

at Baby2Baby’s First Gala

Hi, I love everything about this. Except for the fact that it’s Nicole Richie wearing it and not me.

an-imbibing-gentleman:

French Cocktail Art from the 1920’s… a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on!

The tiger and the lady finally hitting it right, bending at the knees and waist during the Charleston party, Princeton, NJ, 1949. (Source: LIFE - Hosted by Google)

For some perspective, this is like college kids in 2012 throwing a late ’80s/early ’90s themed party.

Here’s another great shot, in full 1920s costume, from the same series.

hoodoothatvoodoo:

Arnold Genthe 1920

(via Rabbit Hole || Summer in the Vogue Archives « Quite Continental)

Stumbled upon this shot of us from Saturday.

Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island 2012

omgthatdress:

Hat

1922

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

!!!!!!!!!

Bonkers in the best way.

fsgbooks:

I have to admit, this is what I always pictured when I read Gatsby.

But the shit costumes! And look at Leo’s fucking bow tie.