I’ve always had a fascination with vintage magazine covers. I love that they can be timeless in a sense, but very much become a sliver of the era. The fashions, the headlines, the celebrities of the moment. I just can’t get enough. (I even have old Vogue prints in my apartment!) With all of the September issues coming out, I always wonder which covers we’ll look back and cringe about and which ones will be more iconic and classic.
While deep within the black hole that is Pinterest (duh), I stumbled on a handful of old Seventeen covers. Obsessed. Then I found myself in an even deeper black hole looking at old covers and old scans of articles. It’s really funny how some things have (and definitely have not) changed. Seventeen was the first “teen” magazine when it went into publication in 1944.
Anyone else loving the vintage magazine covers?!
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WHOA! This post is absolutely amazing. I just want to crawl into them… I think the first one is my favorite, but it's a hard select. I would love to see more vintage magazine covers around here in the future.
— Alex at Cashmere Kangaroo
Oh my gosh, I love this! You're right that some things really never changed, although I was surprised to see the last headline on the Twiggy issue in 1967.
Alyssa J Freitas
I have to admit…I would love to read the article in the last magazine (Twiggy in that amazing pink coat) about The Posh Look, The Pampered Look, The Polished Put-together look. It sounds very glamorous and chic!
This is beyond cool! Love looking through magazines, photos, cover stories as such. It's like taking a history lesson on fashion and beauty 🙂
That last cover with Twiggy on it is gorgeous! I love old magazine covers too!
Hunter
Prep on a Budget
Those are great covers! I love the ones with Twiggy on them! I think vintage covers are so amazing, they give you a glimpse into the past and what it was like at that time. So awesome.
These covers are so beautiful and timeless! Now you've got me wondering what Vogue looked like back then!
xo ClassToCloset
I love SEVENTEEN and VOGUE covers too and have been loving the magazines since the 60s until SEVENTEEN last issue. I still enjoy VOGUE and all women’s magazines!!
These covers are so cute. However the girls from back then look more mature for some reason. However Twiggy looks really young & absolutely adroable. These covers would be great framed & hung in a home office or walk-in closet.
http://www.stylegonerogue.com
Wow. These are actually AMAZING. I wish fashion still looked like this.
Dana | Pink Champagne Problems
They do carry a special charm to them. The essence of that time.
~Sophia
http://plaidismyfavouritecolour.blogspot.com/
I personally love the ones that don't outline the issue and just give it a name. It really makes the cover about the photo without distractions.
I love them too! I love finding estate sales with basements full of boxes of old magazines and newspapers. You can find some amazing things!
That one from 1948 has an amazing photo, the bag reminds me one I saw: http://www.thefashionistyle.com/2014/08/saint-laurent-bubble-quilted-bag2014082608.html
You really need to include the sources for the images that you use in your blog posts–it's bad Internet etiquette to not do so.
I love the party issue…throw a pancake party! So cute, haha!
I love the ones with Twiggy on the cover, but I'm such a fan of the dresses on the cover of the Birthday Issue!
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Zoe | La Vie en Zoe
Great Collection of Vintage Seventeen Magazine
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I love vintage almost anything. These magazine covers are great! My favorite is the one from 1949 with the birthday cake.
Those covers are so pretty! It looks like it used to be much more of a fashion magazine rather than a lifestyle magazine, so interesting! I definitely think some of those looks have stood the test of time.
Natalie
pugsandpink.weebly.com
So fun! Love the "Party Issue!" I want to throw a Shakespeare party!
-Meg
http://www.smalltownsisters.blogspot.com
I love vintage colors as well! My boyfriend gave me a gorgeous vintage edition of Flair for my birthday and I'm in love with it!
Makeshift Munch
Wow, these are precious relics. They show how fashion from the past is so fundamentally different from what we see today. Great find, thanks for posting!
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I love vintage, but to me it's always important to have a pinch of modern on it. When you don't, it just looks old 🙁
http://www.fashionstylemag.com/2014/fashion/badgley-mischka-rtw-summer-2014/
Scroll down to the last set of pictures, that is what I mean
So, what about this! Olivia Palermo all glamorous AND modern in a bond-girl kind of look. That's my thing!
http://www.thefashionistyle.com/category/as-seen-on
You truly need to incorporate the sources for the pictures that you use in your blog entries. It truly makes the spread about the photograph without diversions. Help me write my paper
Loved SEVENTEEN since early teenhood!!! I got the last issue and I miss the magazine, It was my girlfriend!!!