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		<title>Australian Home Journal 1953 vintage fashion gallery</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time for a fashion parade! Here&#8217;s a collection of covers from the AHJ &#8211; all from 1953. Click on the covers to enlarge them. First, February. A full-skirted dress with a wrap-style bodice; a girl&#8217;s cap-sleeve frock; a sleeveless tennis dress. Next, March.Interesting foldover-sweetheart neckline dress with pleated detailing on the front; frock with gathered [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Time for a fashion parade! Here&#8217;s a collection of covers from the AHJ &#8211; all from 1953. Click on the covers to enlarge them.</p>
<p>First, February. A full-skirted dress with a wrap-style bodice; a girl&#8217;s cap-sleeve frock; a sleeveless tennis dress.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-02-1953.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-52" title="ahj-01-02-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-02-1953-232x300.jpg" alt="1st February 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="232" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Next, March.Interesting foldover-sweetheart neckline dress with pleated detailing on the front; frock with gathered panel bodice and a-line skirt; girl&#8217;s pinafore and blouse.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-03-1953.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53" title="ahj-01-03-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-03-1953-225x300.jpg" alt="March 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>May! An autumn suit-dress with hip pockets and angular raglan sleeves; blouse with winged collar; A-line skirt; and gathered-shoulder bed jacket.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-05-1953.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54" title="ahj-01-05-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-05-1953-232x300.jpg" alt="May 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="232" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>June brings some very stylish outfits for winter: a straight-skirted frock with layered hip pockets and kimono sleeves (accessorised with leopard muff!); a very full-skirted party frock with raglan cap sleeves; a full pleated skirt; a young girl&#8217;s double-breasted coat dress.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-06-1953.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55" title="ahj-01-06-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-06-1953-224x300.jpg" alt="June 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="224" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>July brings sportswear: two styles of pencil-skirted walking suits with plain pocket decoration; a boy&#8217;s short pants suit; a toddler&#8217;s jumpsuit.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-07-1953.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-56" title="ahj-01-07-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-07-1953-229x300.jpg" alt="July 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="229" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>August presents frocks to make for spring: a 3/4 sleeved shirtdress; a turnup-cuffed short sleeved frock with a combined rollover and pleated sweetheart neckline; and a girl&#8217;s shirtdress.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-08-1953.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-57 aligncenter" title="ahj-01-08-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-08-1953-222x300.jpg" alt="August 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="222" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>September spring fling! A kimono cap-sleeved spring frock with crossover bodice; a suit dress with a wide spread collar, short sleeves and a pleated full skirt; and a girl&#8217;s pinafore dress.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-09-1953.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-58" title="ahj-01-09-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-09-1953-228x300.jpg" alt="September 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="228" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>October is time to start making your frocks for summer. Here we have a kimono cap sleeve dress with a twisted bodice detail and full circle skirt; a sleeveless dress with a very wide collar that almost forms cap sleeves; and a girl&#8217;s playsuit.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-10-1953.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-59" title="ahj-01-10-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-10-1953-229x300.jpg" alt="October 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="229" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>November has a sundress collection: a shirtwaist dress with a full gathered skirt; a frock with a camisole bodice with asymmetrical bodice buttoning and large pockets; a summer dress with matching cropped jacket and off-centre buttons on the skirt; and a girl&#8217;s puff-sleeve frock.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-02-11-1953.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-61" title="ahj-02-11-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-02-11-1953-233x300.jpg" alt="November 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="233" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>December, and dresses just perfect for wearing to Christmas events: A full-skirted dress with a pleated-detail bodice and scalloped trim; a circle skirt dress with short sleeves and a modest sweetheart neckline; two girl&#8217;s dresses &#8211; one more formal, the other a play dress.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-12-1953.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-60" title="ahj-01-12-1953" src="http://www.harplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ahj-01-12-1953-229x300.jpg" alt="december 1953 Australian Home Journal cover" width="229" height="300" /></a></p>
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