Fashion and Pin-Up Posters: Elegance and Humor from the 1920s to the 1950s

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Fashion posters: from the 1920s to the 1960s

Fashion posters recall the style of period fashion illustrations and ads: Edwardian long dresses, Art Deco silhouettes of the 1920s and 1930s, 1940s glamour, then a cleaner silhouette in the 1960s.

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Pin-up posters: bold colors and humor

Pin-up posters play on the carefree spirit of the 1940s and 1950s: polka dot dresses, striped swimsuits, jukeboxes, soda and a knowing wink. The tone is lighter, often with a touch of humor.

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Where to hang them

An elegant fashion poster finds its place in an entryway, a living room or a bedroom. A pin-up, more playful, pairs well with a kitchen, a bathroom or a bar corner, in the same spirit as laundry room or vintage kitchen posters. The A3 size suits most walls; for a pin-up above a shelf or on a small bathroom wall, A4 is more discreet.

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More fashion scenes, beyond dresses and silhouettes

The fashion collection also includes more unusual scenes: the poster of the ostrich wearing a Panama hat shows it out for a stroll in the savanna, near a street lamp, for a touch of offbeat humor far from the dress silhouettes described above. The poster of 3 women in the rain shows 3 figures in coats, black umbrellas open, in the middle of a cobbled street lined with Parisian buildings, for a group effect rather than a single portrait.

A more intellectual figure

The poster of the woman writer at her typewriter offers a different take on elegance than high society: a vintage typewriter, a wooden desk and tall stacks of books, which suits an office or a reading nook better than a living room.

Pin-up: accessories beyond the jukebox and the soda

The poster of the portrait of a woman with cat-eye glasses puts the focus on one specific accessory, gold cat-eye glasses and red lips against a turquoise background, for a style that is more graphic than a full scene.

A figure with character: the femme fatale

The poster of the femme fatale in front of a red velvet curtain, in landscape format, borrows the codes of the film posters of the era, cigarette holder and fur stole, for a bolder, glamorous figure, to be set apart from the carefree beach or bar scenes described above.

A more intimate scene, in front of a mirror

The poster of the woman at her dressing table mirror frames a woman in a pink robe in front of her mirror, surrounded by large flowers, a cat asleep at her feet: an intimate scene that naturally belongs in a bedroom or a bathroom, alongside the posters already mentioned for those rooms.

Combining fashion and pin-up on the same wall

To vary the styles without losing consistency, an elegant fashion poster (umbrella or writer) pairs nicely with a pin-up with more attitude (cat-eye glasses or femme fatale), with the A3 size being the easiest to line up across the 2 styles.