1930’s Swimwear Fashion While the 1920s would proved to be a liberating decade for swimsuit designers, as they experienced with new fabrics and cuts to make swimsuits shorter, tighter, and flirtier,this prototype consisting of a short, dress-style skirt with a lower neckline and bare shoulders remained the same into the 1930’s. Until the introduction of …
Vintage 1940s Fashion Film – The Wedding Shower Another clip from the vintage 1940s fashion film as Miss Ratherly Sterns Girls throw a wedding shower for their friend.She receives some lovely gifts.These films are lovely.They depict the glamour and style of dress, hair,and makeup of the 1940’s perfectly .Courtesy of Prelinger Archive.
Vintage Swimwear and Bathing Beauties – 1900’s -1920’s The new swimsuits post relied heavily on the form of the “fashionable” body, gradually exposing more and more skin. The beginning of the twentieth century marked a new daring era in swim wear for women. In 1909, Australian Annette Kellerman was arrested in the United States for …
My Vintage Vogue – Found Fashion Another cool page from My Vintage Vogue.These are wonderfully cool photos of ‘real’ women and their own fashion picks.This set is from the 1930’s
How to capture that 1940’s Glamour Invest in the right colors: 1940’s gals knew how to discriminately pick from the colors of the rainbow. Autumn and primary colors are your best bet for getting your 1940’s glam on. Chocolate, navy, black, burgundy, cardinal red, royal blue, and gold are just a few great choices. Stay …
1950’s Fashion – Fully Fashioned Stockings Put simply there is no better supplier of vintage inspired seamed hosiery than What Katie Did.
The invention of Nylon Stockings ! The story of nylon, and subsequently – nylon stockings began with a gentleman called Wallace Carothers, whose team at DuPonts chemical company, after ten years of research in the field of Polymers, produced a fiber that was to replace silk in many clothing garments.After his lab came up with …
1930’s Fashion – How to be Chic on a low income ! A woman can dress within her income and be chic !almost no matter how small that income may beGet into sewing ! Though getting patterns isnt as popular as it used to be -there are somebrilliant sites for getting you started !I adore …
Another snippet from our vintage 1940’s makeup and beauty tutorial courtesy of the Prelinger archive.This one shows ugly betty transform into pretty polly. Hilarious example of old fashioned mores. But has anything really changed ?
1940’s Fashion and The Handbag The war saw the smooth contours of the 1930s fashion change to a more military look. Bags became larger, squarer, and more practical, reflecting a desire to appear self-sufficient. As zippers, mirrors, and leather became scarce, designers turned to wood or plastic for frames and employed new synthetics such as …