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I purchased a book on Ebay a few weeks ago entitled <u>Dressed for Thrills..100 Years of Halloween Costumes & Masquerade</u> by Phyllis Galembo. There are over 123 costumes but here are a few for your Halloween pleasure.
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I think you can read all the dates except:
Humpty Dumpty c. 1950, cotton jumpsuit with snaps up back, elastic wrists and ankles, manufactured by Collegeville Costumes.
Clarabell, c 1950s, cotton jumpsuit, manufactured by Bland Charnas Company, found in Platteville, Wisconsin.
Asian Princess, c 1958, plastic mask, rayon dress with gold glitter pagoda design on front and quasi-Asian characters around edges. Manufactured by Ben Cooper.
Scary Witch Mask, c 1930s, painted buckram mask, straw hair, manufacturer unknown.
Phyllis Galembo is a photographer and professor of art at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
In the foreward, Valerie Steele, Chief Curator and Acting Director for the Museaum at the Fashion Institute of Technology says...
"Fashion has often been regarded with suspicion and disdain, in part because it functions as a mask rather than a mirror of the 'true' inner self. Fashion is mutability itself, in contrast to the 'eternal verities' of art. Yet, like photography, which notoriously 'freezes time,' fashion embodies the fleeting moment and makes visible the metamorphoses of the human psyche. With her extraordinary photographs of historic Halloween and masquerade costumes, Phyllis Galembo has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the power of fantasy in fashion...and in life."
Happy Halloween from the Vintage Fashion Guild!!:party:
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I think you can read all the dates except:
Humpty Dumpty c. 1950, cotton jumpsuit with snaps up back, elastic wrists and ankles, manufactured by Collegeville Costumes.
Clarabell, c 1950s, cotton jumpsuit, manufactured by Bland Charnas Company, found in Platteville, Wisconsin.
Asian Princess, c 1958, plastic mask, rayon dress with gold glitter pagoda design on front and quasi-Asian characters around edges. Manufactured by Ben Cooper.
Scary Witch Mask, c 1930s, painted buckram mask, straw hair, manufacturer unknown.
Phyllis Galembo is a photographer and professor of art at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
In the foreward, Valerie Steele, Chief Curator and Acting Director for the Museaum at the Fashion Institute of Technology says...
"Fashion has often been regarded with suspicion and disdain, in part because it functions as a mask rather than a mirror of the 'true' inner self. Fashion is mutability itself, in contrast to the 'eternal verities' of art. Yet, like photography, which notoriously 'freezes time,' fashion embodies the fleeting moment and makes visible the metamorphoses of the human psyche. With her extraordinary photographs of historic Halloween and masquerade costumes, Phyllis Galembo has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the power of fantasy in fashion...and in life."
Happy Halloween from the Vintage Fashion Guild!!:party:
I love me those hepcats and the beatnik!
