Showing posts with label retro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retro. Show all posts

Rosie the Riveter Gets a Makeover


The "We Can Do It" image gets a bit of a revamp, Zombie Style! Rosie the Riveter, as the image came to be called, is a cultural icon representing the women who worked the factories in World War II. The actual term Rosie the Riveter, coined in a 1942 song written by Redd Evans, was never associated with the image until it's resurgence in the 1980's. In actuality, "Rosie" was 17 year old Geraldine Hoff (later Doyle) who was working as a metal-machine stamping operator.

Today, Rosie enjoys keeping the world zombie free and portraying the Awesomeness of women in general.

Image via Yessenia @ Yes Illustration

Good Housekeeping VS Noro: Contemplating Fashion Knitting


Good Housekeeping: Learning to Knit
1966

I found this at my Local Library Resale and it immediately made me think. Fashion knitting is nothing new but, when considering the fashion of the time, it would make sense that some patterns seem to look dated while others stand the test of time. Case in point, the premier issue of the Noro Magazine.


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