Paris, April 1925 and suddenly, everything from engagement rings to your bedroom dressing table was serving geometric lines. The city threw a fancy gathering called the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts.Art Deco, the design world’s new crush came decked out in triangles, zigzags, and enough symmetry to make a kaleidoscope jealous. It …
We can all end up accumulating a large vintage collection of clothes. Iconic shoes, hats or skirt styles add a quirkiness to our individual styles. Even our own wardrobe choices become vintage eventually, if we hold on to them. So as any vintage lover knows, sometimes our collection can grow a tad too big. It …
Vintage shoes like ballet flats were the secret style weapon of Brigitte Bardot and Audrey Hepburn. Along with wedge shoes they have remained resolutely attached to women’s feet. Ballet Flats Ballet flats originated as their name suggests as dance footwear. The much-photographed Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova brought them into the public eye thanks to Italian …
Much of the skincare we take for granted today would have been considered a miracle back in the 70s and 80s! So what were their skincare secrets? Skincare science in 2025 is incredible. At the click of a mouse, we have access to medical-grade skincare and a variety of products that can balance every issue …
No matter how much you love winter, by early spring I bet you can’t wait to take off that long thick coat that buries the rest of your outfit and show off your style. Now, the temperatures might not be so gentle yet, so you’ll still have to wear some sort of cozy overlayer in …
While fashion trends change over time, many enduring vintage college styles continue to remain popular. Vintage fashion serves as a perfect illustration since student wardrobes continue to adopt styles from previous decades. Students today enjoy mixing in 1980s and 1990s college styles to their wardrobe, to create a blend of vintage and modern trends. Students …
Glamourdaze takes a peek at some potential 2025 fashion trends. Animal prints, silk ties, sequins, oversized bags. There is no style that is old. Animal prints Animal prints have endured a turbulent relationship with fashion lovers over the decades. Oscillating between being seen as classy and trashy. This year, though, they’re most definitely the former. …
If the 1920s had a soundtrack, it would be jazz. If the 1920s had a definite look, it would be the cloche hat tipping over the brows of rebellious flappers. This bell-shaped marvel is still as fashionable today. One moment you’re sipping a latte in 2023, and the next, you’re side-eyeing Prohibition agents with a …
How fragrance became a beauty essential. If you ever wondered about the origins of perfume, you might imagine a 16th-century noble who wants to mask their body odors with another, more pleasant scent. And while that’s not entirely incorrect – perfume was popular among the French royal court for this very reason – perfume is …
Before a bottle of aerosol spray could promise an extra day of clean hair, dry shampoo was powdered in its most basic form. Powders—clay, starch, even pulverized herbs—were used, not as a luxury, but as a necessity. Hair that didn’t get wet didn’t get washed and in an age before hot water taps, that wasn’t …