Historic Hood River
Fashion
5-21-2020
Notes
These high fashion patterns from 1915 were available for purchase at the Paris Fair in 1915. We saw more examples from this set previously.
The History Museum of Hood River County
Bringing the Rich History of Hood River County to Life
Nellie
Such elegance. Ladies were true ladies during that era. Those outfits would not be for the very novice seamstress. I wonder how many actual seamstress ladies there were in Hood River at that time. Times have most certainly changed, have they not. I would have loved to have had all three.
L.E.
In the 1970’s I would take my little ones into Paris Fair, put a blanket on the floor in the pattern section, plunk the little ones on the blanket with their toys then I would perch myself on a stool and begin thumbing through the big pattern books. McCalls, Butterick, and high end Vogue.
kenn
What a change, then class and now faded Levi's
Arlen Sheldrake
for “some” reason those umbrellas never caught on while I was in HR……
congrats to Commissioner Arthur..
nels
And the pointy toed shoes lasted a long time. My mother had such misshapened and painful feet that she made me wear those ugly Buster Brown shoes that were assured to fit properly by viewing on a stand up x-ray machine.
nels
Back in the day there were women who were known for their abilities in producing fine dresses. Every woman had a sewing machine, and many sewed for the whole family. But one's mother's awareness of what was current with the young was a variable that caused some home productions made one cringe to have to wear them to school. But no family planning and the resulting larger families it was almost a necessity. Hand me downs included shoes as well as clothing. Fabric stores, millinery stores, extensive undergarments such as girdles and nylons, hats and matching purses were all mandatory for going shopping , ot the doctor, and to church.
Bill Seaton
Arlen, My impression was that Hood River was just too windy for umbrellas.
Gladys
My mother ended up with horrible bunions due to wearing shoes that were too small and tight, to be fashionable. She regretted her choices most of her life, until she had surgery to remove them.
Had you used umbrellas in Hood River Arlen, you would become a forerunner to Mary Poppins…..
cg
Paris Fair had one of those x-ray machines that nels mentions.
Barbara Parsons
I also had to wear those brown oxfords with the sharkskin toes, from the boys' department. When the soles came undone at the front we took them to the narrow shoe repair shop east of the smaller dime store. The shoemaker sewed on new half–soles while we waited, swinging our stocking feet and watching the cat on the Cat's Paw rubber heels poster wave its paw up and down. We were fascinated with that poster. I wanted to take it home. The paw was powered by a battery.