Nobody epitomized quality men’s fashion back in the 1930s like Esquire Magazine and the artists who graced it’s pages with their illustrations. Names like Robert Goodman, George Hughes, Laurence Fellows and Leslie Saalburg rendered the latest in sartorial splendor for readers. Saalburg was probably the most prolific and also churned out advertising art for the […]
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Leslie Saalburg | Dapper Dandies
December 31, 2018 by Dick Chodkowski
Filed Under: Blogs, Illustrators Tagged With: 1930s, 1934, advertisements, clothiers, dapper, editorial, Esquire Magazine, fashion, gentleman, illustration, Illustrators P-T, Interwoven Socks, Leslie Saalburg, mens, Nettleon Shoes, vintage, well-dressed
James Williamson: The Second Arrow Shirt Man
November 26, 2018 by Dick Chodkowski
Everyone remembers Joseph Leyendecker’s square-jawed Arrow Shirt Man. He was an American icon through the Roaring Twenties. Leyendecker’s illustrations became a distinctive image representing the country’s prosperous Jazz Age. However, with American economy in the midst of the Great Depression in the early 30s, manufacturer Cluett Peabody began a new ad campaign for Arrow based […]
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