#greatdepression

This week, the stock market crashed hard. We haven’t seen anything this bad since 2008. The 2020 crash was driven by very real anxiety over a pandemic. It was short-lived. This time, the damage is entirely self-inflicted—and we don’t know how long it’s going to last. Money didn’t listen. Mega corporations and financial institutions poured fortunes into the Trump campaign. CEOs like Jamie Dimon trumpeted a golden age of deregulation. Billionaires who never should’ve been allowed to buy up newspapers finally did exactly what we anticipated, stomping out dissent at their publications and bowing down. From Fox to CNBC, financial pundits laughed off the idea of tariffs, calling out “fearmongers.”

This is from Esquire magazine in June of 1934 and tell us a couple of things about menswear during the Great Depression. First, that young college men were not trying out new fashions, and second, that the fashion they were wearing were those worn by older men, and third, that men have fashion which is something we often overlook as the shifts in women's fashions have been so much more dramatic. Clearly, any 1920s excitement about new looks like "bags"--goofily wide-legged trousers at the time--had petered out in favor of less novel ideas. And looking like a mature adult had become fashionable as well. Both perhaps because of the seriousness of the economic situation.

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Hello! We are Bennie and Florence, the co-authors of Fly Me to the Moon, a novel that starts in 1922 and revolves around the lives of Herbert Milton and Dorothy Alice Lawrence and their families, through the throes of the Great Depression and the horrors of World War 2. It’s a story of love and hate, joy and sorrow, and it is something that we are both very excited to share!

Bennie is more art oriented, and they will be posting art of the characters with little summaries soon, as well as little updates or doodles whenever they are struck with inspiration <3

Florence is definitely better with words, and will be posting snippets and chapter splices as she deems appropriate! Be it sneak peeks or just a little drabble around the holidays/seasons, she hopes you enjoy. :)

Happy Holidays and welcome to our new project!

Much Love,

Bennie (Right) and Florence (Left)