Lavishly illustrated history of vintage fashion, makeup, and hairstyles for women in the 20th Century
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 …
Compare your eyes to Hollywood’s most glamorous – Its 1933 and Photoplay has asked artist Willy Pogany to reveal the inner selves of several screen starlets just by looking at their eyes.”Your eyes are telling on you!” says Pogany ” Not only by their expression – but for their shape. This is often determined …
1920s summer dresses in Hollywood With the Wall Street Crash just around the corner, it was all sweetness and light in California. Some of Hollywoods most glamorous stars model their chosen wardrobe for the coming season. Carolyn Van Wycks reports for Glamourdaze from May 1929. In color, line and design, Hollywood fashion offers its creative genius …
It Only takes a Minute – 60 Second Beauty Rituals from 1954 – Diana Day – the beauty editor for Woman in 1954 shares some invaluable basic 1950s beauty tips for maintaining a beautifully feminine complexion. FOLLOW these simple 60 second steps daily and your reward will be everlasting loveliness. One Minute Beauty Makeover Tips …
Mary Thurman’s Dutch boy – bob haircut Louise Brooks and Colleen Moore often get the credit – but it was actress Mary Thurman who first created 1920’s hairstyle “waves” with her ultra modern straight short bob hairstyle in the early months of the new decade. Her bob – also known as the Dutch boy, is …
Norman Hartnell’s fashion sketches for the young Elizabeth 11- From his jaw dropping engagement dress worn by the young Princess Elizabeth in 1948 to the 1953 Coronation dress and beyond, the name Norman Hartnell was synonymous with Royal glamour. 1950s Fashion History – from Glamourdaze.com “My interest with fashion began with a box of crayons” …