One-Piece Swimsuit and a big straw hat ! – Last month in his Paris salon Edward Molyneux broke a proud Paris tradition by showing a sportswear collection labelled “selected in America”. He included bathing suits and sportswear by the American designers whose 1950 summer beachwear is shown on this page. Black suits and big hats go …
Scant new French swimsuit arrives in the USA – Louis Réard, the French auto-mobile engineer and now fashion designer may well be cursed by some women since his invention of the Bikini swimsuit. A scanty two piece which leaves little to the imagination and is all the rage in France. Hollywood has adopted it as we …
Cheap Dresses in the era of high inflation – It’s 1948 and Life magazine sets out to discover just how well dressed US women can be during a period when inflation is battering the family budget. The answer appears in these pictures of dresses which are on display in department stores across the country and …
Vintage Cuteness – Our good friends at Vivien of Holloway certainly are in the spirit for summer. We couldn’t resist putting this video together of some darling polka dot dresses. Enjoy ! That’s all ! ©Glamourdaze 2016
Kennedy Era hairstyles for summer – 1. Simple Oval. Full and rounded with ends turned under, its becoming to all except round faces. Hair is the same length all over with ends tapered for a curved effect. It’s brushed back from a pivot point in centre of forehead with crown hair pushed forward for fullness …
10 Hollywood hairstyles – by Arlene Dahl – Learn to copy some iconic Hollywood hairstyles: the demure long bobbed hair of Lauren Bacall and Jane Russell, Cyd Charisse’s famous cropped hair from Singin in the Rain, Elizabeth Taylor’s early 50s poodle cut, Ava Gardner, Hedy Lamarr’s pin curl hairstyle, Gene Tierneys famous medium-long bob,June Allyson’s …
1940s & 1950s Nostalgia Make-up – When you visit Besame Cosmetics, on every product page, you can drool over some stunning photographs of happy customers who all share one thing in common – vintage style and pizazz ! ( OK that’s two things). I’ve picked out some of my favourites from among many many beautiful make-up looks …
Hollywood sets the 1930s mode – Lilyan Tashman‘s Style Lovely Lilyan Tashman starts off our little fashion show with these two stunning outfits. Left: Miss Tashman in a spectator sport costume of dust blue and white. Over a frock of dust blue roma crepe, bound with silk braid at the hem, Miss Tashman wears a …
The Flapper Girl Referendum in 1922 The last thirty days have witnessed a spectacle as astounding, as momentous, as far reaching as any of the episodes that have shaken the Earth’s foundations and caused mankind to stop, look and listen. A revolution has occurred of greater significance than the French revolution, the Russian revolution or …
Chic Coiffure Accents in flowers, jewels and feathers – 1930s Hairstyles parade with Jessie Tait Nearly every head is now adorned these May evenings with ribbons, feathers, jewels, flowers and turbans, all decorating well-groomed heads. Colors usually match the evening gown, or the flowers or shoes worn. Jewelled clips, brooches, combs, and other hair-ornaments accompany …