Lady Olive Baillie – The English Great Gatsby. The subject of BBC4’s excellent Woman’s Hour this week was the experiences of women in Britain after the First World War and on into the 1920’s. Women’s role in employment, politics and in the family were discussed. But it was the arrival of former Labour MP Shirley …
1940s vintage tutorial on film Over on our sister site Vintage Makeup Guides – we’ve transcribed our most popular vintage 1940’s makeup video on our Youtube channel,( over 170,000 hits and rising! ) so you can follow with text and images the exact process of makeup application as taught by Miss Ratherly Stern back in …
Vintage Fashion Reviews – Edwardian Summer Gowns 1905. The 1905 issue of the Los Angeles Herald reviews the latest in evening gowns for those soft summer nights. Pointed, Square and Round decolletage. Elbow sleeves with ruffles are the latest decree in women’s 1905 summer fashions. There is always something most attractive about the fashions for …
1940’s Department Store Fashion – Louisville. All images – Royal Photo Company Collection Deep in the heart of Louisville, Kentucky was the now long departed Kaufman Straus Department store which carried up to date women’s clothing from 1879 to 1969. By the 1930’s and 1940’s – fashion shopping was a family affair where mothers,daughters,aunts and …
The Neiman Marcus Department Store – 1940s Fashion. The photos featured here were taken between 1939 and 1945 by Life photographers Nina Leen and Alfred Eisenstaedt and curated by the online Life Photo Archive “I dreamed all my life of the perfect store for women. Then I saw Neiman Marcus, and my dream came true.” …
1960s Fashion – The Jackie Kennedy Mannequins 1961. The wonderful archive at Time Life Magazine throw up some beauties every now and then. These wonderful photos were taken on the way and at John Frederic’s shop in New York in January 1961. The caption which went with these pictures when Life Magazine first published it …
Besame Lipsticks – Glamorous Lips in Classic Colors. Step in to spring girls with some daring lipstick colors from Besame Cosmetics Besame’s delectable 1940’s style lipsticks are for the true vintage girl. Enriched with vitamins – including green tea, your lips will thank you daily for it.Here’s a quick peek at the palettes now available. …
Retro Swimwear Glamour – For Luna If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere of this fair globe we live on, then it’s getting warmer and you’ll be thinking soon of pulling on something fashionable and head turning for the beach this summer. There’s a plethora of swimwear supplier out there, but For Luna simplifies things. Their …
Here’s a short glimpse in to the glamorous past. 1930’s women browsing a department store.
Be a 1920’s Gatsby Style Bride – Vintage Wedding Dress Ideas. With the rash of 1920s and 1930s related movies of recent years ( The Artist, Atonement, Howard Hughes etc) the latest now being the new and star studded 2013 film of F Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby, you may wish to add a little 1920s …