Summer Fabrics
of the 1930s

A printable fashion editorial by a “lifer” in the world of 20th Century American fashion, Marian Corey who stood firm on her belief that the Summer of ’33 would stand out as the first season in which the swankiest threads in fashion’s offering would be linen and cotton rather than silk:

“Cotton and linen have gone chic on us. Yes we know that you’ve heard this before. Every year for the last three, stylists have become very sentimental, along about March first, on this subject and each year practically everyone has gone right on wearing silk and more silk, just the same. This time, however, things will be different; this is the summer to believe the stylists.”

The article is illustrated by six photographs picturing various assorted well-fed loafers of the Palm Beach set.

Learn about the color trends in men’s 1930 suits…