Tag: 1920s Gothic

petermorwood:

doyoulikevintage:

1937 Delage D8-120S Aero Coupe

Beautiful. Bodywork by Pourtout (the company owner’s name, which translates as “for all”, but I doubt that…)

This one has bodywork by Chapron.

This has bodywork by
Letourneur et Marchand.

Writer Note: It’s probably just me, but “body by…” coachbuilder names add something to a stylish period car.

Name-dropping in fiction isn’t actual product placement unless you’re getting paid to do it. It’s more a sort of brand-name-dropping so as to sound knowledgeable, show your work and ground the more fantastic aspects of your story in reality.

It was first noticeably used by Ian Fleming in the James Bond
novels, what Kingsley Amis called “the Fleming Effect”, though Amis noted he rather overdid it; Bond identifies products
on occasions

– for instance while being dragged to bed by a hot and eager Bond Girl – when most male minds would be 100% on other things than the name of her perfume (it was Guerlain’s “Ode”)…

So… In that last photo the woman’s dress and perfume could be by
Chanel (No. 5 and No. 22 are both correct for period*), but that’s a bit default. A bit more research would make them a little less familiar or more exotic: dress by Schiaparelli, for instance, and perfume “Arpège” by Lanvin (also correct for period*).

* Mentioned twice because I was surprised to find how many names apparently suitable for dropping only came to fame post-war, and wouldn’t work for this 1935 scene at all.

Going to note that Arpège smells DELICIOUS, especially if your body chemistry suits it. 

Also going to note that Morgan Motor Company makes modern reproductions of these vehicles for not-unconscionable amounts of money and perhaps better support than a restored antique. Granted, used you can expect to drop near 150K for a brand new, to your specifications, car. But if it comes without all the hand-wringing and effort of a restoration and none of the headache of searching for replacement parts, well~

Still quite expensive, and most definitely out of my current reach… but not on par with many other sport car price lists. Like, say…. Ferrari. Or perhaps a Rolls Royce.