Lavishly illustrated history of vintage fashion, makeup, and hairstyles for women in the 20th Century
See original post here: Shoe Fashion – Time travel back to the 1930’s It isn’t often you get a high quality fashion film feature from the 1930’s but Glamourdaze is delighted to present ‘Shoe Fashion – Time travel back to the 1930’s’. A sparkling fashion film featuring women’s designer shoes from the 1930’s. Other 1930’s …
Advice from a Society Dame in 1927 – Advice from a society Dame to women on the ‘art of making up’ for that ‘ special night out’ ! Adapted from ‘ Home beauty Course’ by Marjorie Oelrichs -1927. ( Excerpt from Make-up & Beauty – A 1920s Guide – available from vintagemakeupguide.com ). Darling – …
1930’s Shoes for Women – Archive film “Gorgeous fashion in 1930’s footwear. A Rainy Morning, but no rubbers, but sure footing in shoes of gleaming water-proof patent leather – with the new pearl luster finish. A shining example for the new year. Oxfords and Pumps hold their own during the rainy season.And now with clear …
A big happy Christmas to all our blogger friends. We will be opening our new site at Glamourdaze.com early in 2012. Blogger has been great and Google needless to say rocks, but we need more pages and control over our site – so hence the BIG MOVE ! The new site really shall be an …
Just reminding any vintage fashion enthusiasts out there in the area of Eden in High Wycomb in beautiful Buckinghamshire and beyond, that there will be a great Vintage Retro Fashion Fair on Saturday and Sunday the 22nd and 23rd of October. Over 30 stalls packed to the brim with bags, broaches, skirts and scarves and …
By the 1910s, womens fashion moved away from the Gibson Girl corsetted s-bend silhouette look of Edwardian Fashion, to a softer more flowing look with the new popular asian and oriental styles of the likes of Paul Poiret. A tunic over a long underskirt became the norm until the advent of the 1920’s. This little …
Source – Wikipedia Jane Russell RIP Jane Russell passed away today at the sprightly age of 89 years.She shot to fame in Howard Hughes film The Outlaw, but is best remembered we think today in herdazzling performance alongside Marilyn Munroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.To paraphrase Marlene Dietrich – She was some kinda Dame ! Regarding …
A Rockette in training – Life Image Archive Radio City Music Hall – The Rockettes and Corps De Ballet Radio City Music Hall In the middle of the Depression – a theatre unlike any other in the world opened its doors -the brainchild of the billionaire John D. Rockefeller, Jr and built by RCA [ …
This archive video features some stunning dance routines from the 1920’s like the Charleston and Black Bottom dance. This was the disco dancing of that era. These social dances were essentially Jazz dances. Another favourite of this blog is this video by Aaron1912 of Youtube.His channel is possibly the best resource for all things 1920’s …
The History of Womens Skirt Lengths The rise began during the First World war as designers raised hemlines to above the ankle with the new ‘Crinoline’ . It was more practical and suited women who were working in increasing numbers in war production. In the years following the war, skirt lengths continued to rise, till …