1930s Fashion – Hollywood styles go white under the sun

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Hollywood Tries White Magic for Summer 1934- 1930s Fashion By Seymour for Glamourdaze.com THERE’S a childish lilt to Mary Carlisle‘s white gob hat with its navy blue streamers, but her reefer coat is nautical sophistication to its last nickel button! Mary has chosen her accessories skilfully – she matches the blue braid on her coat …

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Besame Cosmetics – Vintage America Show

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Gabriela Hernandez features in pilot vintage era show – The vivacious, multi-talented Ginger Pauley – the vintage girl – put together this very professional pitch for a vintage television show for the networks. Amongst others – she interviews Gabriela Hernandez in her Besame Cosmetics salon in Burbank California. Watch the full feature. It’s a great …

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1933 Beauty Shop – Eye makeup styles for Types

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1930s makeup Tips from the stars – GRETA GARBO EYES. Beautiful, glamorous, disillusioned, they set new precedents in beauty. Notice how clever makeup accentuates the outer lashes, leaving the inner lashes almost untouched. This adds subtle charm. KATHLEEN BURKE has decidedly almond shaped eyes. This type should brush on darkener lightly, accenting the outer lashes …

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1930s Beauty Tricks in the Sun

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Hollywood Beauty report by Carolyn Van Wycks – July 1934 – SUMMER ought to mean the happiest season for us all. But there’s a darker side. And it’s spelled in three words – sunburn, freckles and tan ! A few minutes of protection as demonstrated by these lovelies will save you hours of correction. Linda Parker is …

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1920s Fashion – Flapper Shoes of the Stars

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Glamourdaze review of 1920s shoe fashions – When King Soloman remarked in an outburst of enthusiasm, “How beautiful are thy feet,O queen!” the lady in question must have been wearing an unusually attractive pair of sandals that evening! It takes pretty feet, of course, to give distinction to pretty shoes, but the right shoe can …

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The Photographed Woman – 1909 in Virginia USA

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Rare photograph portraits from Rural America in 1909-1912 Hundreds of female portraits made by an itinerant photographer named Hugh Mangum, who rode the trains to the small towns of North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia in 1909. They’re notably unusual for the period by their informal and lighthearted style. Source – Duke University Library via …

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The Day Carole Lombard Died

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Hollywood star Carole Lombard’s tragic death in 1942- January 16th – 1942 “I have seen flames around the plane and there seems to be nobody alive.” Out of far west vastnesses eight thousand feet above the Nevada-California line, came a witness’s horrified sentence, blasting out the shocking news. On that plane were 15 soldiers. Carole …

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