Present Joys

Moses Wainer Dykaar. Alexander Graham Bell. 1922.

Can we talk about how perfect the style of this bust is?

George Spencer Watson. Four Loves I found, a Woman, a Child, a Horse and a Hound. 1922. 142.2 x 195.6 cm.

These photos have been making their ways around the internet lately. They’re from the New South Wales, Australia police department from around the 1920s. It’s like a treasure chest of beautiful imagery.

I look to a number of periods for style inspiration, but perhaps none more so than the twenties. 1920s fashion is like 1930s fashion but with a lot less order and sensibleness. It fluctuates between the sublime and really odd, but it’s always really interesting to look into. I’d post all these pictures, but instead I’ll just urge you to look at more of them here.

(I especially love the men’s hairstyles from this period.)