Hollywood Fashion in the 1920’s This is a beautiful color film from 1928 featuring some female stars of the day in sparkling up to date styles.By the late 1920’s fashion designers were very forward looking. The Cloche hat was queen – whichhas become the iconic image of that decade.The single biggest change in womens fashion …
193019291928192719261925192419221921 The wonderful and generally forgotten Hollywood Diva of the 1920’s.She’s largely and unfortunately remembered for her role in Whatever happened to Baby Jane[ remember the eyebrows ? ] ..though it is a great movie.Here she is in all her Flapper glory in a timeline of photos from 1920 to 1930.Enjoy.Images courtesy of Joan Crawford …
Helmut Newton Helmut Newton’s growing reputation as a fashion photographer was rewarded when he secured a commission to illustrate fashions in a special Australian supplement for Vogue magazine, published in January 1956. He won a twelve-month contract with British Vogue and he left for London in February 1957, leaving Talbot to manage the business. He …
These photos depict a very common style of the 1950’s in glamour photography.Photographs that were selected were mostly of girls with hour glass figures. There were however no modelling agencies and this made it difficult in terms of finding professionals. Most of the support staff of make up crews, lighting, costume and props was also …
The Second World War left women craving for glamour, style and swathes of fabric where scraps of material had once existed. Dior’s full skirted and waisted designs fulfilled all the early dreams of the feminine woman in the early 50’s. As a new, more liberated society evolved, women moved toward freer more relaxed clothes and …
Flapper Makeup For a full How to Apply 1920s Makeup Tutorial Check out The makeup Look Timeline Also The History of Glamour makeup Prior to 1920, wearing makeup could be a dangerous proposition. It contained chemicals such as lead, sulfur and mercury. Beyond the health risks, it was not proper for nice girls to wear …
Found these on this Creative Commons Book of Fashion DesignSeems to span the decades of fashion.I picked out some nice examplesof womens fashion from the 1920’s.
Anita Page – The Tribute that the Academy Awards forgot. This tribute by Anita Page was made by Aaron1912 on YoutubeThe actual Oscars that year forgot about her.
The glorious Anita Page, star of the 1920’s.This was the Oscars tribute to her passing at the sprightly age of 98 in Sept 2008.
Photos courtesy of My Vintage Vogue By the mid 1920’s women’s hair had become much shorter with the shingle cut and the cloche, which hugged the head like a helmet with a very small brim, had come into fashion. Now, after World War 1, there was suddenly such a proliferation of styles and materials that …