Hi, I just started a shop in Germany (de). As I am writing a blog as well I am looking also for information on vintage clothing. My special interest are German Designers, so I hope to find here stories, background information and pictures on designers who left the country e.g. Jews who escaped the Holocaust. Greetings from Berlin Sonja
I look forward to reading your blog. The only famous Jewish designer who fled I know was Rudi Gernreich, who came from Austria.
Ah, thanks, I didn`t know that Gernreich was Jewish and Austrian. Unfortunately my blog is in German language only. If you are interested in the topic there are some books in English language that I can recommend: Broken Threads: The Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry in Germany and Austria (Roberta S. Kremer) Nazi Chic: fashioning women in the Third Reich (Irene Gunther)
I read both of those when I was researching my chapter on fashion in Germany for my book Forties Fashion - they were both very useful.
YOUR BOOK I must be living under a rocK!My mother and I poured over ALL of the pages in your book. We were swooning over everything. Did you do any book signings when the book came out?:adore:
The book was released just as the recession hit and the publishers didn't follow up with any promotion that I could see, so there were no official signings. However a second printing with revised information (I updated the CC41 info!) is coming out next spring and perhaps it will be different then...
I am hoping you will be touring soon, the book better received...( it's so comprehensive) the recession hit us all hard! ~dd
Hi, I'm just bumping this back up as I am wondering if anyone has heard anything about a German designer hat maker names Clare Bischof? I spelled her name incorrectly in a previous thread. I have one of her hats, looks to be late 1940's, possibly earlier WWII era. B
Hello Barbara, I did not find any information on Claire Bishof but today I found this dress on Ebay Germany. It looks like she was not only a hat maker! http://cgi.ebay.de/Original-60-Jahr...&pt=Kleider&hash=item3f0201bb4d#ht_973wt_1167. I will ask the seller of the dress if he/she knows more about the designer. Sonja