tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35036043.post2702399895935579925..comments2024-02-28T01:27:13.996+00:00Comments on Just Call Me Ruby: The 1930s: The Decade BetweenJust call me Rubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00900845943945737063noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35036043.post-51214467557775381742014-12-23T13:23:57.553+00:002014-12-23T13:23:57.553+00:00I love the fashions in The 39 Steps (1935). Madele...I love the fashions in The 39 Steps (1935). Madeleine Carroll gets to wear some phenomenal hats!Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35036043.post-60584395572049678592014-12-17T12:41:48.900+00:002014-12-17T12:41:48.900+00:00Oooh spooky! I've just finished writing an art...Oooh spooky! I've just finished writing an article about 1930s fashions and used the Gracie Fields' film as a reference for British fashion at the time. Great minds and all that, eh?<br /><br />The Vintage Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479653990888198151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35036043.post-55443832469604466942014-12-17T01:06:38.590+00:002014-12-17T01:06:38.590+00:00Thank you :) I love the 40s too but there's so...Thank you :) I love the 40s too but there's something uninhibited and creative about 1930s designs. You should definitely give them a try.Just call me Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900845943945737063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35036043.post-23819223773765946092014-12-17T01:04:53.004+00:002014-12-17T01:04:53.004+00:00I'm a big Evelyn Waugh too. I think he was the...I'm a big Evelyn Waugh too. I think he was the first writer of the era that I read after Agatha Christie. I think I read Vile Bodies first. I'll certainly be looking up Patrick Hamilton - thank you for the recommendation :)Just call me Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900845943945737063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35036043.post-4655047885417783822014-12-16T20:34:09.565+00:002014-12-16T20:34:09.565+00:00Also, I've heard a lot of good things about th...Also, I've heard a lot of good things about the "A Stitch in Time" books! I'm hoping to get my hands on one someday! 1930s knitting, especially, really IS so fabulously creative; you're right! I've only done 1940s knitting so far, but I'd love to try my needles at some 30s pieces!Emileigh https://www.blogger.com/profile/13683866769745929646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35036043.post-86788642430903241732014-12-16T20:31:55.089+00:002014-12-16T20:31:55.089+00:00I LOVE the 1930s, ever since I was a kid. The &qu...I LOVE the 1930s, ever since I was a kid. The "make do and mend" culture of the Depression has influenced my thinking a lot, and I think it involves a lot more ingenuity and creativity than other decades when money was more plentiful. Emileigh https://www.blogger.com/profile/13683866769745929646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35036043.post-54828117415628536042014-12-16T14:00:18.102+00:002014-12-16T14:00:18.102+00:00I agree that the 30s gets a bit forgotten as the d...I agree that the 30s gets a bit forgotten as the decade in between but so many of the seeds, especially in terms of women's role in society and the economy, sown during the first world ward are reinforced by the daughters of the wartime years turning into adults. <br /><br />I'm rather partial to a lot of Evelyn Waugh's writing of that era, not to mention early Patrick Hamilton, e.g Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky, not to mention swing big band music!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com