We bought this pile of fabulous vintage French lifestyle magazines this week.

L’Echo de là Mode or ‘Echoes of Fashion’.

They all date from the mid 1950s.

Sometimes magazines from this date have very enticing covers, but can be a little drab inside… not these!

They’re full of wonderful colour illustrations featuring lots of ‘New Look‘ fashion articles.

They really conjure up images of a spring weekend in Paris or sunny holiday on the Côte d’Azur… very ironic as we bought them on a cold, wet Thursday morning in Todmorden!

Also, there are lots of cookery articles and interior features…

…and not forgetting all the advertisements which are often stunning in magazines from this period.