Lavishly illustrated history of vintage fashion, makeup, and hairstyles for women in the 20th Century
The New Short Bobbed Hairstyles from Hollywood The latest bobbed hairstyles in 1925 as modeled by Hollywood actresses such as Leatrice Joy, Fay Wray, Marion Davies and Clara Bow. 1920s hairstyle report from 1925 Who said bobbed hair lacks variety? Not the movie stars. Merrily they bob and bewilder. Esther Ralston’s newest cut is trimmed …
Quick ‘plans for prettiness’ for the 1943 summer girl – Carol Carter 1940’s beauty report for Glamourdaze.com Vacation bound? Or Victory gardening in the backyard? Whatever you summer plans, they’ll go all the merrier if you plan for prettiness! Says pert Dona Drake ” The surest way for any gal to put magic in her …
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 …
Photo booth selfies of women from 1900’s to the 1970’s The first self portrait vending machine or “photo booth” was introduced back in 1883 by a Percival Everett. By the early Edwardian era – photobooth selfies had become quite a craze. They were commonly found at sea resorts. The first set of images found by …
WPA measures US women up for standard dress sizes – 1940s Fashion Report for Glamourdaze – Jan 1940. USA At the L.Bamberger & Co store in Newark, New Jersey, stylish stouts, junior misses, half size women, extra talls, and all other types of women born equal but definitely not in equal proportion, are now being …
A Rare Set of Images of Carole Lombard applying her Make-up – Thanks to the blog Carole and Co for featuring these images – originally from Life Magazine. Difficult to estimate the year as Carole resolutely stuck to the same natural wavy hairstyle for most of the 1930’s but I would estimate these images were …
Carole Lombard explains what she loves about fashion ! – Virginia T Lane – 1930s Fashion Report for Glamourdaze.com Ten to one if you met Carole Lombard on a desert island, draped in fig leaves dashingly trimmed with red berries, you’d say: ” Now there’s chic for you! I must have a dress like it!” I …
Hollywood gals show their current lip rouging techniques in June 1930 – 1930s Lipstick tricks – Carolyn Van Wycks’s Beauty Shop from June 1930 Anita Page – scorns the use of tricky beauty aids in making up her lips, but screen loses nothing, as Anita has one of the most beautiful mouths in Hollywood we …
Glamourdaze reviews the latest styles for summer 1933- Besides having hair that’s the envy of all the other girls in Hollywood, Ginger Rogers has a bathing suit that can be seen from one end of Maliby to the other. Why shouldn’t she look happy? And Joan Blondell says nobody’s going to get more Vitamin D …
Sineady Cady – Blank Canvas Cosmetics – It’s not often you see a real artist at work – or a make-up artist for that matter Her YouTube channel The Makeup Chair has a mind numbing 423,613 subscribers, yet the person behind this remarkable Irish YouTube success story is a pleasant un-assuming young woman who even …