Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
Window shopping where Joan Crawford goes. Adrian’s fashion house, owned by the Adrian who designed costumes for MGM. Also did Judy Garland’s ruby slippers and the flying monkeys wings for “The Wizard of Oz.”
Main entrance/exterior view of Adrian’s fashion house, Royal Oaks California USA. June 1939 image that was published as part of an article in a 1942 issue of Architectural Digest. American. Black and white photographic print. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll5/id/4875Interior with the woman in the black dress in the background standing next to a very large mannequin dressed as a Victorian lady being a live model/living mannequin. Adrian’s fashion house, Royal Oaks California USA. June 1939 image that was published as part of an article in a 1942 issue of Architectural Digest. American. Black and white photographic print. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll5/id/4868View looking past the stairs, the woman in the black dress being the same live model/living mannequin standing next to same large mannequin in Victorian clothing holding the same parasol. Adrian’s fashion house, Royal Oaks California USA. June 1939 image that was published as part of an article in a 1942 issue of Architectural Digest. American. Black and white photographic print. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll5/id/4869View shot from the Victorian clothing clad mannequin’s location looking towards the front of the shop with desks for sales staff on either side of the stairs with a couch and coffee table for customers on the left along with a display of high heeled shoes next to the desk on the left. Adrian’s fashion house, Royal Oaks, California USA. June 1939 image that was published as part of an article in a 1942 issue of Architectural Digest. American. Black and white photographic print. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll5/id/4870Hat department, Adrian’s fashion house, Royal Oaks, California USA. June 1939 image that was published as part of an article in a 1942 issue of Architectural Digest. American. Black and white photographic print. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll5/id/4871Space with couches, coffee tables and a hat being displayed with ? handbags over on the right. Where customers would sit while the living model (s) modeled evening gowns or other garments so a customer could make her selection. Adrian’s fashion house, Royal Oaks, California USA. June 1939 image that was published as part of an article in a 1942 issue of Architectural Digest. American. Black and white photographic print. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll5/id/4872Close up detail of the same space showing the stage over on the right with its columns with Ionic capitals where the living mannequins modeled the evening gowns. Adrian’s fashion house, Royal Oaks, California USA. June 1939 image that was published as part of an article in a 1942 issue of Architectural Digest. American. Black and white photographic print. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll5/id/4873Another view of the exterior of Adrian’s fashion house. Delmar Shoes was not part of Adrian’s fashion house and was a separate retail business as far as I can tell. Adrian’s fashion house, Royal Oaks, California USA. June 1939 image that was published as part of an article in a 1942 issue of Architectural Digest. American. Black and white photographic print. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll5/id/4874
What gorgeous Art Deco/Art Moderne. The opposite of shopping at Target for sure.
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