This year, Paris designers have decided it is not the season to be giddy. there are no high-jinks or low jinks – about hemlines, and except for Yves St Laurent, who is pushing pants for city wear, little commotion of any kind. The mood is haute sobriety and the dominant colour is black, with the …
By 1920s beauty artist Violet Dare – The appropriately named “Miss Dare” dishes out makeup advice to flappers “make-up moods” and “occasion make-up”and “Make-up to Hollywood types”. Remember that most womens faces are their own fault ! They want to be beautiful, yet they so often allow themselves to be limited by what they think they …
Aileen Pringle’s Mannish Bob in 1925 Who would have thought, when bobbed hair first came into vogue, that there would be so many variations of it? The mere conventional 1920’s bob was thought dreadfully extreme. One of the more iconic 1920’s hairstyles was the Shingle worn by Aileen Pringle in 1925. The Dutch boy haircut, which …
The Woman Maketh the clothes in 1932- “Be nonchalant.” That’s the fashion creed of fast rising Hollywood starlet Karen Morley. In other words, Karen chooses her clothes with one effect in mind, a ‘careful’ carelessness. If you think that’s easy to do, you’re all wrong. It’s just as difficult, it requires exactly as much thought and …
Match to your type, these 1920’s short bobs worn by top Hollywood actresses like Louise Brooks, Clara Bow, Myrna Loy and Leatrice Joy The Short Bob cut With so many wide variations of bobbed hair to choose from, a girl has a hard time these days deciding just what particular style suits her best. A study …
When Miniskirts and Hijabs went together – ‘As a girl, I remember my mother wearing miniskirts and taking us to the cinema. My aunt went to university in Kabul.’ Horia Mosadiq – Amnesty UK Three decades of war, invasion and religious uprisings have sent Afghan women back into a dark age, not unlike women during …
Fundamentals beauty hints – 1929 1920s Makeup report by Anne Van Alstyne Not so long ago I talked to a Director of motion pictures. He a lot to say about beauty. ” A pretty face is just – a pretty face, ” he said “It gets by, but it doesn’t get far. if there’s not …
The girls of Hollywood tip-tilt perky nose shapes, languidly lift the upper lip a trifle, and they win the race too – the race for beauty. The secrets to a beautiful nose – 1930s beauty report by Rosalind Shaffer. The saucy tip-tilted nose was much preferred in the days before Anita Loos let loose her …
Hollywood bathing suits and pyjamas 1930 – The newest in backless and sideless bathing suits demonstrated by Hollywood’s loveliest ladies. Above left Virginia Bruce wears a suit of red and white – the perfect eye catcher for the California sun. Stripes will be worn with plain trunks as also indicated by the new bathing suit …
A peek at Hollywood’s favorite swimwear Some of Hollywood’s brightest actresses model the latest in 1930’s Hollywood bathing suits. Including Bette Davis, Joan Blondell and Loretta Young. First up is Joan Blondell and the up and coming Bette Davis who both appear in this years Three On a Match. Here Joan sports a play-suit, and …