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Fashion Highlights of an Eatons Catalogue-Fall & Winter 1934-1935

1930s Fashion: 1934 -1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue Dresses colour illustration

I love a good vintage catalogue as they are excellent examples of what the average person was purchasing for their homes and closets. 

Now if you are not lucky enough to own one of these pieces of history, the Library and Archives of Canada has a large collection of online catalogues for lovers of all things vintage (like all of us) to browse and share. And for today’s Eatons Catalogue I would like to do just that.

So without further adieu….

Discover the glamorous world of the 1930s with our exclusive look at the Eatons Fall and Winter 1934-1935 catalogue! From elegant dresses to timeless accessories, get ready to dive into the style secrets of yesteryear.

Fashions of an Eatons Catalogue-Fall & Winter 1934-1935

Let’s see what fashions were inside the Fall & Winter 1934-1935 book:

1930s Vintage Catalog: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue

1930s Dresses & Coats for Young Girls and Women

1930s Fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue Dress and Coats

What a fashionable little girl you could have. 

1930s fashions for Girls as seen in a Fall Winter Fashion Eatons Catalogue

The mini versions of adult women’s outfits for young girls is pretty fun to look at.

1930s fashins: 1934 1935 Young Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue Dress and Coats

You can’t go wrong with any of these beautiful blouses and pullovers. 

1930s fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue Sweaters and Blouses

1930s skirts, breeches and skiing outfits for women.

1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue Skirts and Skiing outfits

Smart Sports outfits are a MUST when stepping outside to do sports things. 

1930s Fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue Skirts and Skiing outfits

1930s formal fashions. The Bottom right dress in the black and gold is my dream dress. Stunning!

1930s fashions: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue 1930s formal wear dresses.

Keep in mind the time…1930s dresses that help a woman appear slimmer.

1930s fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue Dresses for plus size ladies

1930s dresses for average and larger women (they all look slim to me).

1930s fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue Dresses for plus size women

1930s Accessories-Purses, Hats, Gloves and Shoes

1930s fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue handbags and purses

What I LOVE about 1930s hats is the “tilt” that was so fashionable. Everyone looks likes a movie star in them. 

1930s Fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue featuring hats for women

Berets are so very “IN” right now and these “In Star & Maple Leaf” designs are sure to turn heads.

1930s fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue featuring Berets, women's hats and trimmings

Women’s elegant gloves, and children’s gloves and mittens.

1930s fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue 1930s womens and kids gloves

Stunning women’s 1930s shoes and one set of boots. Gosh these are beauties!

1930s Fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue 1930s womens shoes and boots

I adore a “Rainette” Boot and I wish that they were available today to make my ugly rain boots fashionable again. Don’t you agree?

1930s fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue 1930s womens slippers, rain boots and shoes

Cosy Undies for Comfort and Dainty Lingerie for Charm

Further Reading: Vintage Pajamas & Loungewear of the 1920s-1950s

1930s fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue 1930s Underware, Lingerie and Pajamas

Real silk hose, seamless, full fashioned and more!

1930s fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue 1930s silk hosiery

Corsetry that controls and supports.

1930s Fashion: 1934 1935 Womens Fashion for Fall and Winter Eatons Catalogue  for women's Corsets

That is it for this week, but I hope you enjoyed a look into Womens Fashion of 1934 & 1935 (I know I sure did and I’m sending off my order right now. ha!).

Did not see something you were hoping to see? Don’t worry! I will be posting more items from the Catalogue on another future post because there just was so much content (over 300 pages of items). So stayed tuned.

If you would like some further peaks into a vintage Eatons Catalogue, check out my past blog post ‘Highlights of an Eatons Catalogue, Fall/Winter 1940-1941‘. It’s filled with loads of goodies as well. 

Question Time: What was your favourite item for sale? Share in the comments below!

Liz

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1930s Womens Fall and Winter Fashion Collection of Fashions from Eatons Catalog by www.vintageinn.ca

My Recent 1940s and 50s Vintage Finds

This past weekend I attended a new event in Toronto called “The Toronto Antique & Vintage Market” at the CNE grounds. I was attending on behalf of the Toronto Vintage Society and also for my own pleasure..hello Vintage Shopping! The event was a pretty good size with booths selling everything from vintage clothing to vintage postcards and antique furniture.

I had a very limited budget so I knew that I was not going to go all hog-wild on buying things, plus my closet is getting so jammed I really have no space to store any new clothing items until I do a purge (which is going to be almost impossible). So my plan..keep it small and easy to store. Well the show had lots of that so I scored a few awesome finds, and here is what I found….

One of my favorite finds from the show-a 1940-41 Fall & Winter Eaton’s Catalogue (Take a look inside HERE).

Eaton’s was once Canada’s largest department store retailer. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, and it grew to become a retail and social institution in Canada. With stores across the country, buying offices around the globe, and a catalogue that was found in the homes of most Canadians (we always had one in my home). Sadly in 1999 the company went bankrupt, so now finding pieces of history like this is means just a little bit more for vintage history lovers like me (Source).

1940s Eatons Catalogue Fall & Winter Fashion
The jacket is absolutely DIVINE!

Find # 2: 1950’s Rosanna Knit Sportswear Bolero

This sweater has the most wonderful details as you can see below and is in MINT condition. I got it for a steal AND it’s small so it will fit in whatever remaining space is left in my closet.

1950s Sweater

Next Purchase a Vintage Brooch-It needs a bit of TLC but I actually don’t mind the fact that there is only a bit of green left on the palm trees. Adds Character 🙂

vintage brooch

Now my small but mighty finds-Several Vintage Photos from the 1940s and 1950s:

The below image has a story to tell and I love it! I believe that the couple is going on their honeymoon or something very important because air travel in the 1940s was not something you just up and did like we do today. Plus they look really really nice, which is nothing out of the norm for air travel in the early days but they just look like it’s a special occasion.

I think it is also great that the plane in the background is actually a Canadian airline (no longer around) called “Canadian Pacific Air Lines“. I love finding images like that this have a bit of Canadian history tied to them.

Lastly, lets talk about her outfit. Her hat is just amazing and so very different from what I normally see. She also has great peep toe shoes purse and her classic suit goes a long long way in the “simple but stylish” department.

1940s Vintage image of couple in front of Canadian Pacific airplane
1940s couple in front of Canadian Pacific Airplane

Next up we have this 1940s cutie in a double-breasted winter jacket, that just looks soooo warm! Hopefully warm enough to keep her exposed head and toes warm too. Aren’t her shoes great?!

I was drawn to this picture for the simple beauty coming off the paper. She looks very happy smiling for the camera, and I wonder what her story is? Maybe off to see a loved one return from war?

1940s women in a coat image
1940s Beauty

When I saw this picture my girlfriend and I tossed back and forth whether she was wearing a playsuit or not and finally after both agreeing that is was VERY clear that she was,  I had to buy it!

Her playsuit is just great and looks totally comfortable. I love how she paired the simplicity of the outfit with nice big flowing 40s hair, some sort of brooch and big bow peep toe heels.  Future Pinup Model? I think so 🙂

I am curious on where she is though? Those heels don’t look to easy to walk in for a stroll in the woods.

1940s woman in a playsuit
1940’s Playsuit for the Win!

Next up is a early 1940s (maybe late 1930s) beach photo from my hometown of Sarnia, Ontario. The beach was at Canatara Park a frequent hangout for those who wanted to catch some rays and go swimming in Lake Huron. I was super excited to find this picture because I have never really seen any cool “life images” from my hometown. So to stumble upon a postcard with this image was a wonderful surprise for me.

I’m totally digging the swimsuits and hair in this photo.

1930's swimmers on the beach

Next up we have the most stylish 1950s Housewife on the block. Lets call her Marge 🙂 Isn’t she just lovely?

What colour do you think her dress is? I can’t seem to decide personally.

1950s Housewife Image
1950s Housewife

I also found this super funny postcard that from what I can see was mailed in the 1950s (according to the back) from one woman friend to another. Isn’t it hilarious??!!

1950s funny postcard

Lastly I did NOT buy this at the show but I had to share it. I stumbled upon a 1930s Hair Perming Machine and had to take a picture of it. It was crazy cool and crazy scary at the same time! Can you imagine sticking your head under this thing?

1930s vintage hair perming machine
1930s Perming Machine-Made in Hamilton

And that was my finds friends! Did you do any recent shopping this weekend or week? If so what was your favorite find?

Liz 🙂