always the sea

Jazz producer Harry Lim at a New York City jam session, in the September 11, 1939 LIFE. (source: LIFE archives )

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Actress Lotte Mosbacher wearing a sporty intarsia jumper dress by Gerngross, in the November 1928 Moderne Welt. (source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek )

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Wool evening dress by Elizabeth Hawes, ca. 1935. (source: Metropolitan Museum of Art )

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Der Fund im Winterwalde by Heinrich Kley, from a 1912 Jugend. (source: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg )

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“Guanahato” trompe l'oeil print jersey dress by Roberta di Camerino, late 1960s. (source: Victoria & Albert Museum via Europeana Collections )

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Chatillon Mouly Roussel Summer 1951 fabrics ad in the February 1951 French Vogue. (source: Gallica )

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“Delia” fabric swatch, designed by Mea Angerer for the Wiener Werkstätte, 1927. (source: MAK )

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Bette Davis “in one of those new, charmingly silly bell-hop caps,” in the April 1934 Photoplay. (source: archive.org )

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Rudi Gernreich wool dress, 1974. (source: Metropolitan Museum of Art )

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Kawanishi Hide, Interior with Narcissus, woodcut, 1947. (source: MoMA )

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Ad for Madeleine de Rauch skiwear, illustration by Dorland, in the December 1930 French Vogue. (source: Gallica )

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Ski sweaters in the February 1951 French Vogue. (source: Gallica )

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Barbara Stanwyck in a Calox tooth powder ad, from the September 11, 1939 LIFE. (source: LIFE archives )

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Photos of Fantastic Headgear by Franz Löwy in the November 1928 Moderne Welt. (source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek )

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Wool dress by Yohji Yamamoto, fall/winter 2012-13. (source: Metropolitan Museum of Art )

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1912 cover of Jugend magazine. (source: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg )

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Faux bois plastic “Koko” sunglasses by Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear, 1960s. (source: V&A via Europeana Collections )

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Fabric samples in the February 1951 French Vogue. (source: Gallica )

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Jugendstil stoneware guinea pig by Hilde Exner, 1902-03. (source: MAK )

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Ukrainian-born actress Anna Sten, in the April 1934 Photoplay. (source: archive.org )

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