Being able to see the evolution of Fashion, Layout Design, Illustrations and Advertising is always a huge source of inspiration for everyone like us who are working in the Creative Industries -

I just Stumble on the FULL Archive of L’Officiel Magazine, so after the Playboy archive, here you go, for the pleasure of your eyes (and mind) French renown fashion magazine L’Officiel from 1921 to now !

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The creator of SquareAmerica.com trawls flea markets and garage sales seeking out vintage-photo treasure. Scanning and categorizing grainy snapshots of American history (taken by mostly amateur photogs) the site is a curious journey of the 20th century.

Some cool categories:

What Was On - Apparently before DVR or VCR’s people would document historic TV with a camera lens. It seems almost ridiculous nowadays to be snapping the TV screen but these homemade screenshots of 1950’s news including the assassination of John F. Kennedy and moon landing are pretty cool.

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I love to buy vintage, I love the challenge and glory of going to the dingiest thrift shops and finding those pieces that were left there for me, or someone else I know. Buying vintage online is a totally different experience, that takes away from that joy for me, but if its cute and I love it’s still joy no matter how you break it down. The one major drawback to buying vintage onlien is that all the shops look like crap. I feeel bad promoting sites that make a lot of money and do not address aesthetics.

Nasty Gal is a vintage online shop with a great look. From photographs to interface design, this website works for me. Everything really cool seems to be sold out so my guess is since it just launched she posted the pics of outfits and things from hr own wardrobe and made them unavailable, but hey you gotta start somewhere. Below are a few looks from the site.

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The Looks

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Cyana Boutique, an online shop from a stylists perspective. Cyana Boutique is made up of hand selected items of our favorite upcoming designers. Everything on the online is available in very limited quantities, if not only one. These items can be from past seasons or upcoming seasons that have not yet hit. Sometimes we get super lucky and we get our hands on one of a kind, never produced samples, those are the best! We all know that the pieces that do not make production are usually the coolest pieces which buyers are not confident enough to push. So here they are for the fashion hunters. Above are 2 looks from Cyana Boutique. “The Looks” is our favorite section and the foundation concept of the online. This is where people are styled in gear available online and shot by our favorite LA paparazzi, Joe. The Photograph is then dissected, highlighting all the pieces of the outfit and making them just a click away from purchasing. Brands available online: Aiaiai, And i, Art Force One, Epic Firm, Kanvis, Nic Nat, NSF, PHCY, Plain Gravy, Posso the Spat, Silver Spoon Attire, Stampd’, Toy Me, Unif, Vintage