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The Wind Cries Mary Quant – V & A Retrospective

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Glamourdaze

Designer Mary Quant still causes a stir From childhood memories of a ballet dancer in miniskirt and tights, to trying on a boys ribbed sweater, Mary Quant helped define the 1960s fashion era. The current Mary Quant retrospective being held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London reveals a gold mine for fashion lovers and fans of this iconic…

1940s Summer Hairstyles – Five Coiffures for 1940

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Glamourdaze

1940s summer coiffures to look cool in 1940s summer hairstyles to look and feel cool in, despite the thermometer’s evident ambition to take off for Mars. Designed by Joan Clair of Clairol Inc Don’t smother under a shoulder length mop just because you’re used to it. Snip it off, or do it up, or just pull it away from your…

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Mary Stuyvesant – 1940’s Television Beauty Guru

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Glamourdaze

Mary Stuyvesant – American Beauty Guru of the 1940’s Mary Stuyvesant is famous these days for her wonderful 1940’s makeup and hair tutorial films on the Glamour Daze YouTube channel. She was possibly the first high profile television beauty guru. Yet, until recently, she was all but forgotten and so little is known about her. Mary Stuyvesant hailed from England….

Summer Dresses 1931 – 1930’s Fashion Report

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Glamourdaze

1930’s Summer Dresses 1931 Summer Dresses 1931. Hollywood stars Anita Page, Dorothy Jordan and Leila Hyams model the latest summer suits and swimwear Left: Anita Page makes a charming appearance in a one piece jersey dress of white, featuring a short sleeved bolero jacket of brown. The brown shade being carried out in the belt and button decorations. Brown and…

1920’s Hairstyles for Long hair – Faux Bob

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Glamourdaze

Bobbed hair in the 1920’s was not all about drastic crops. Many women happily held on to their locks and achieved 1920’s bob quite easily as Glamourdaze’s Tia Semer demonstrates. 1920’s Hairstyles Faux Bob Tutorial This long 1920’s hair style is achieved by creating pin curls around the head. Essentially, a pin curl is a section of hair that is…

Hair Bangs – Vintage 1940’s Hairstyle Tutorials

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Glamourdaze

Hair Bangs. From the bobbed hair of the 1920’s, the bumper bangs of the 1940’s, to the pin up bangs and rockabilly hairstyles of today. What are Bangs? The term bangs originated from horse grooming, “Bangs”, coming from “bang tail”. In the USA, the description of hair being cut “bang off”, in to a fringe, also popularized the word. In…

Recession Fashion – 1930’s Dresses Take a Dive

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Glamourdaze

Skirts Drop with the Index in 1930 Women’s Fashion of the 1930’s was inevitably influenced by the Wall Street Crash of October 24, 1929 and subsequent Great Depression. The Autumn, 1930 Sears Catalog admonished, “Thrift is the spirit of the day. Reckless spending is a thing of the past.” The beginning of the decade saw women sewing more. Clothing was…

Victory Rolls – Vintage Hairstyles Tutorials

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Glamourdaze

How to do Victory Rolls Victory rolls – one of the most copied pinup hair dos of the 1940’s. Waves, pin curls, bumper bangs, pompadours, the 1940’s was all about up dos ! Who Invented Victory Rolls ? No one. Hair rolls of all kinds were a la mode in 1940. With the advent of war, and the propensity for…

Famous Short Bob Hairstyles of the 1920’s

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Glamourdaze

Bobbed hair has come to stay forever and ever. Any and every attempt to stop the 1920’s short bob haircut by women has failed completely. Hollywood’s screen stars have done so much to make the 1920’s bobbed hairstyles so fashionable. Two thirds of today’s screen stars have short hair. It didn’t happen overnight. First there was the Irene Castle Bob. Then…

1920s Hairstyles for Long Hair – Pringle Bob 1924

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Glamourdaze

1920s Hairstyles for Long Hair. In 1924, a year before the famous Pringle Shingle, actress Aileen Pringle creates a convincing bob with her long tresses. Aileeen Pringle is still not prepared to lose her lovely long tresses. So she has compromised on the 1920’s bob with this two-in-one coiffure. Here, Aileen looks like a girl who has never so much…

The Wind Cries Mary Quant – V & A Retrospective

1940s Summer Hairstyles – Five Coiffures for 1940

Mary Stuyvesant – 1940’s Television Beauty Guru

Summer Dresses 1931 – 1930’s Fashion Report

1920’s Hairstyles for Long hair – Faux Bob

Hair Bangs – Vintage 1940’s Hairstyle Tutorials

Recession Fashion – 1930’s Dresses Take a Dive

Victory Rolls – Vintage Hairstyles Tutorials

Famous Short Bob Hairstyles of the 1920’s

1920s Hairstyles for Long Hair – Pringle Bob 1924

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