Extinct: Long socks + short trousers.

Photo borrowed from Jakubowski.

Living: The moccasin, made of deerskin, sewn 

with deer gut, useful for curbing the deer population.

Available at Ancient Industries. Above photograph

of Dakota Sioux Lucille by Edward S. Curtis.

Living: The bikini. 

Naturally the Romans got there first.

"Bikini Mosaic", Sicily, c. 325 AD.

Living: Seersucker, a Muslim fabric known 

over there as "shir o shekar" (milk and sugar).

Photograph by Mordechai at Mister Mort.

Living: "His" mugs, a new range of butch 

colours from Cornishware, est 1925.

Living: The Teddy bear, born in 1902 from

violent beginnings (Teddy R + bear + gun +

brief moment of compassion). Photographs

of Pooh Bear and friend by Marcus Adams.

Living in colour: Sonia Delaunay, 1885-1979. 

Textile, fashion, theatre designer and painter.

Textiles via The Textile Blog.

Rare: The Billingsgate fish porter's hat. 

The flat top was designed for carrying 

cargo, the brim a catch-all for guts. 

Photograph by Bill Brandt.

'Rhythm' by Sonia Delaunay, 1938

'Sea = Dancer' by Gino Severini, 1914

Bathroom at Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh

Living: Missoni, Italy, est. 1958. A family-owned

textile, fashion, home decoration and interior design

company which takes its inspiration from European

Modernist painters of the 20th century.

Lights from Peter Jones department store

'Expresso Bongo' chic illuminated sign

'Reindeer' hooks from the Savoy Hotel

Thriving: The shameless plug

 for family. And why not if it's good?

Pictured items at Trainspotters sold.

Living: Biedermeier wallpaper, revived 

by Studio Printworks at the Neue Galerie.

'Morgenstern' (Morning Star), 1827.

Living: Alpargatas. Jute and canvas worn for 

4000 years by manly men (and ladylike ladies).

Detail from The Spanish Singer, by Manet.

Living: The scarecrow. Once live children 

did the job by clapping blocks of wood, but 

post-Black Death there was a shortage, 

so the dandy on a stick was born.

Living: Harrow School head gear 

from Billings & Edmunds, est. 1896.

Living: Weejuns, as in Norwegians, as in the country 

from whence they sprung. Made in America by G. H. Bass 

in 1934. Photograph by Dick Avery at Quality magazine.

Living: White bucks. An American 

ancient industry, about 100 years old.

Photograph from the NYT, via ACL.

Living: The Flapper. Conceived during the Great 

War and born during Prohibition, the corset-less 

flapper flits about still, in many & various guises.

Illustration by J. C. Leyendecker, 1922.

Living: The peace symbol. Created in Britain in 1958 

by Gerald Holtom for the CND, its shape was partly

inspired by The Third of May 1808, by Francisco Goya.

Arisen: T. G. Green Cornishware,

with traditional design & typography. 

Extinct: Kodachrome and the carousel, 1935-2009.

"It takes us to a place where we ache to go again."

—Don Draper

Living: The Henley Regatta, since 1839.

Living: The Machin Definitive. Inspired by 

the profile and sculptural qualities of the 

Penny Black, it remains unchanged since 

its introduction in 1967 (Ma'am's wishes).