Lavishly illustrated history of vintage fashion, makeup, and hairstyles for women in the 20th Century
Jean Dessès joins the ranks of the great designers – The top models drooping in dresses by Dior, Fath, Desses, Balenciaga, Balmain, Schiaparelli – the best of the buyers and fashion editors from around the world spent a hectic week – and as it turned out for most but the adventurous few, a week of …
Hollywood beauty guru shares secrets – “Do you know”, asks Max Factor ” that you can change the very contour of your face?” That isn’t an idle dream. It’s a fact. All you have to do is to learn a few elementary principles of art. So – step into school girls. Let’s do what the …
Hollywood Beauty with Maureen O Sullivan – 1930s makeup report by Carolyn Van Wycks. Assuming Maureen O Sullivan has already applied a powder foundation, beginning with the above picture, she illustrates for you the five important successive steps in applying make-up. 1. First, a blue eye shadow is smoothed gently across her lids. 2. Second …
Photographer revisits femme fatale styles of the 1940s – Just what is it about the allure of those female stars of the 1940s film noir era? Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not, Rita Hayworth in Gilda, Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, Veronica Lake in Blue Dahlia, Joan Bennett in The Woman in the …
14 Step Guide to a 1970s Disco Makeup Look 1978 – Shape the eyebrows Brush the brows Moisturize the face Conceal under eye circles Camouflage nasty expression lines Contour the face Highlight the cheekbones Dab on foundation Gold Eye-shadow – light inside corners and dark outer corner Smudge on eye pencil Mascara each lash, upper …
The Hair wizard in his New York Salon – “Famous folks think their names mean a lot to snobby hairdressers.Well, they do to me too – until they get past the reception desk. At that point they can forget who they are – because they’re mine !” declares Vidal Sassoon emphatically. Vidal Sassoon reinvents the …
New York triplets import Vidal Sassoon – Curled and puffed-up hair is out, and the smooth-and-sleek retro bobbed look is in. To make triply sure everybody gets the message straight, from London, here are the Dees sisters of New York. The Dees Triplets were featured some 9 years ago in Life Magazine the day they cut …
Dior photographed at work in his last months of life – In March 1957 Life Magazine visited the salon of Christian Dior during what was to be the last few months of the great designers life – he died suddenly on October 23rd, with the young Yves Saint Laurent thrust into the role of replacing …
The Short, medium and Long of it all – Short hair is very much “high fashion” in 1953, and it certainly looks wonderful on some girls. Others prefer to wear long hair, or admire the short cut but wisely apply to a principle to which all girls should cling – if it doesn’t suit you, …
At Vintage Nostalgia Show 2015 Wiltshire – Vintage Nostalgia Show is a unique summer vintage festival in the heart of the UK’s Wiltshire countryside and takes place 29 – 31 May 2015. Now in it’s fourth year, we find vintage cosmetics line Bésame Cosmetics head-lining as official show sponsors for 2015 ! Glamourdaze spoke to …