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1920’s Winter Fashion from Paris

Glamourdaze — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 16:10:57 +0000

Fashion Report 1926 – Designer Winter Frocks- The tendency to be tailored is favored by the top designers in Paris this season. Straight line models with long sleeves, either fitting snugly to the arm or slightly full, are particularly appropriate for the street and for informal afternoon wear. These dresses are exceedingly smart in silhouette ...

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Paris Collection Dior 1947

Glamourdaze — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:52:15 +0000

Vogue Magazine introduces Dior’s New Look – This was Europe’s worst winter since 1870. There was little coal, electricity was rationed and Paris was buried in snow. With fingers stiff, but with ideas running free, designers worked against the cold toward exciting new ideas.Perhaps nowhere but in Paris would the rise of a new designing star ...

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Paris Spring Fashion Show 1959 – Pierre Balmain

Glamourdaze — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:31:42 +0000

The 1950s goes out in style – Paris makes official the biggest fashion news in years ! The female form is back in style as Pierre Balmain demonstrates in his 1959 Spring collection. He calls it the envelope silhouette, but you’ll note the waist is in its natural place. Long sleeves are out of favour ...

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1950s British Fashion Show in Color 1951

Glamourdaze — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 21:46:08 +0000

An Evening of Fashion – Savoy Hotel London 1951 Pathe fashion newsreel in luscious color. Includes an exclusive peek backstage during the show. Let’s join the stars, celebrities and Britains top fashion designers. The occasion, a mannequin parade with a difference. Beginning beautifully by this Worth model Rolande, exhibiting this banana coloured facecloth dinner dress, ...

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Backstage Photos of 1954 Paris Fall Collection

Glamourdaze — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:54:39 +0000

Rare photos of the 1954 Paris Fall Collection opening – Paris in the late summer of 1954 was about as glamorous as it could ever have been, with the like of Dior, Givenchy, Fath, Balenciaga and Balmain all vying for attention. And Life Magazine’s Mark Shaw was there to capture the elite designers and their ...

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1940’s Fashion – America vs Dior New Look 1947

Glamourdaze — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:03:53 +0000

Paris Fashion Rises Again – After virtual domination for some years by the Americans, there is no better way to sum up the new post-war Paris fashion explosion, and the panic and incredulity which the Dior New Look triggered, than in this defensive fashion review from 1947. Procured from that great archaeologist of all things papery ...

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1940s Fashion – Hattie Carnegie Suits in 1945

Glamourdaze — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:11:52 +0000

Hollywood designer suits modelled by Jane Wyman – Hattie Carnegie presents suits incomparable in every detail. Jacket lines have a pleasing variety. Some are snug, button-down-the-front affairs; some nip in at the waist and flare slightly below it – some are cutaways with elbow-length sleeves, and some are cut wide in the bodice to serve ...

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The Seventies Face – Make-up for 1971

Glamourdaze — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:42:05 +0000

Bold Experimental Colors from Christian Dior – 1971 – Not so long ago, a woman could achieve a new look by simply following the latest fashion trends and changing the color or style of her hair. Now makeup in the 1970s is playing an increasingly important part in the look of the ‘seventies’ and is ...

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1960s Fashion – Paris Fall Collections of 1968

Glamourdaze — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:01:55 +0000

This year, Paris designers have decided it is not the season to be giddy. there are no high-jinks or low jinks – about hemlines, and except for Yves St Laurent, who is pushing pants for city wear, little commotion of any kind. The mood is haute sobriety and the dominant colour is black, with the ...

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Paris 1950s Fashions – Spring/Summer 1951

Glamourdaze — Fri, 08 May 2015 14:44:26 +0000

Jean Dessès joins the ranks of the great designers – The top models drooping in dresses by Dior, Fath, Desses, Balenciaga, Balmain, Schiaparelli – the best of the buyers and fashion editors from around the world spent a hectic week – and as it turned out for most but the adventurous few, a week of ...

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