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Illustrated fiction and last-minute gift ideas feature in this issue of Woman's Illustrated from 1945

60+ -page "Home Chat" magazine dating from December 1925 - Winter Wedding number packed with features including: - Wedding fashions - Beauty hints - Nellie Melba - Modern kitchen appliances - Manufacturing Christmas crackers - The Tragic Trousseau (how to put together a trousseau with practicality)

Some fun features in this December 1945 issue of Woman magazine, including party hair styling suggestions with flowers, and advice on not over-accessorising.

Features include: Party hair styling ideas DIY gift guide for all the family (note: includes some problematic dolls) "Non-austerity" Christmas lunch recipes

Features in this issue include: - Christmas gifts to make - Knitting pattern for a holly design novelty sweater! - Christmas gift wrapping guide (as shown on the cover) - On Living, on Loving, and on being Loved - Beauty: the back (no mention of back fat!) - Fashion: Christmas party wear - Royal Wed

Happy New Year! New Year, New Look - Dior's "New Look", that is. When this January 1948 issue of Everywoman was published, the New Look (launched the previous year) was starting to hit mainstream fashion. The magazine has a fascinating feature on how to achieve the look - including some make-do-and-

60-page "Woman's Sphere" magazine dating from January 1941, packed with wartime women's interest features including: - Knitting patterns - gifts for the family, including the adorable pixie hood and mitten set on the cover - War-time fashion and beauty including festive eveningwear - Christmas cooke

The Vogue pattern books are always special, and this one is no exception - 40 pages packed cover to cover with the most swoonworthy designs!

Woman's Sphere magazine seems to have a very limited run - I picked up the handful of issues in my possession at a car boot sale many years ago, and for all my searching I've never come across a single other issue. This one is the January 1941 edition and it's packed with wartime patriotism - check

Honestly, it's all about that cover illustration for me! But that's far from all this little magazine has to offer - we've got a 1920s Christmas gift guide, flapper fashions, party beauty guide, fortune-telling, Christmas confectionery recipes - oh my!

It's a two-for-one extravaganza today! This 64-page issue of Everywoman magazine December 1948 has everything you need for Christmas covered, from gifts to make and buy to recipes for Christmas dinner. Not to mention all the usual illustrated fiction, readers' letters, and all those wonderful period

We're winding it back to 1913 for this month's bonus magazine. This is actually a December issue, but with that adorable cover artwork and the fancy dress ideas it includes, I thought it was perfect for October! Also includes cookery, society pages, and questionable ads for various snake oil product

This month's first vintage magazine is Everywoman, December 1941. Dating from the early war years, shortly after the introduction of food and clothing rationing, this 56-page magazine is packed with social history. The Christmas gift guide includes knitting patterns for gloves, mittens and blouses,