Vintage 1940s Makeover Film – What NOT to wear !
Another helping of Miss Ratherly Sterns vintage 1940’s fashion makeover for young women.Courtesy of the Prelinger Archive.
The Corsetiere – Professional Corset and Girdle fitting
The Corsetiere – Professional Corset and Girdle fitting in the 1930’s and 1940’s Thought i’d post this interesting feature on The Corsetiere.These corsetieres worked for the major firms that supplied conventional foundation garments to the vast majority of women for many decades in the last century.Found these wonderful images and accounts on The Corsetiere Here …
1920’s Makeup Tutorial for Flapper Parties
Early YouTube 1920’s makeup tutorial for flapper parties by Lea WhiteFeather. Cupid bow lips, eyeshadow and more. 3. A preview of Make-up and beauty – A 1920’s Guide 4. Visit Vintage Makeup Guide.com – where you can download beautifully restored makeup and beauty guides from that era as well as other decades. Also a gallery …
1930s Shoes – Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard wearing typical ladies shoe styles of the 1930s Had an idea recently about collecting together images of Hollywood stars shoe stylesfrom the 1930s and 1940s.This is the first – the lovely Carole Lombard who died so tragically young in a plane crash.[ She was married to Clark Gable ]And yes – these ARE …
Hollywood Glamour – The ideal female body shape
Hollywood Glamour – The ideal female body shape Anita Page and the ‘ Ideal Screen Type ‘ 1928 Hollywood constantly measured the perfection of it’s starlets beauty against ideal types. The examples include Norma Talmadge /Pola Negri /Clara Bow / Gloria Swanson / Gilda gray / Aileen Pringle /Mary Pickford / and of course Garbo …
Fashion in the 1900’s
1900’s Fashion I personally feel that that belle epoch period of 1890’s to 1914 in fashion is unique. Those wonderful days when women wore morning dresses, afternoon dresses, evening gowns, formal dresses . of course it helped to have an army of servants running after you.It was also the time when women began to wear …
1940s swimsuits – Vintage Color Photographs
1940’s Swimsuits – Original Photographs in Color These wonderful color images of 1940’s swimwear really evoke the glamour of that period. Vintage swimsuits in the 1940’s and 1950’s had far a greater variety of swimwear fabrics, like lined cotton, stretch latex and nylon. The new bathing suit of that period was tailored to flatter a …
1930’s Fashion – Vintage 1930’s Swimwear
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 1940’s Fashion Film – The Wedding Shower
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
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 …