The Powder Room – 1950’s Makeup and style tips

1950’s Fashion – Makeup Tips – GlamourDaze Other useful 1950’s fashion links: Famous Fashion Designers of the 1950’s   The Powder Room The sultry secretary style and makeup looks of the 1950’s that MadMen Joan Holloway epitomizes is showcased in this beautiful original archive film from the 1950’s . The whole film glows with that …

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Witches Glamour – Halloween Fashion from 1900 to 1960

Fashion ideas for the Modern Witch ! Witches have come a long way since Salem. As the 20th Century arrived, dressing up as a witch was becoming fashionable and even glamourous.This is an interesting photo timeline beginning with two amazingly gothic looking women from way back in 1900. Many of these images found from Sexy …

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Gonna Buy Me a Paper Doll

Vintage Paper Dolls – Fashion  Doris Day – courtesy Carla at Home Paper Dolls go back a long long way. Children, always creative,  love to play dress up. By the 1930’s and 1940’s it was a golden age for paper dolls, they were cheap, often came within fashion magazines, and were a great resource for …

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Good Posture Guide for Women – 1940’s Style Advice

Its interesting to remember that Pilates, now a hugely popular guide to good posture was developed in the 1940’s and named after Joseph Pilates. Women of the 1940’s simply had to master correct posture. There was no option. Corset makers like Spencer did their bit to help, but there is no better alternative than simply …

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Vintage Glamour Tutorial – Mary Stuyvesant 1946

Vintage Glamour Tutorial 1946 A woman’s guide to achieving vintage glamour in the late 1940’s by Mary Stuyvesant aka the infamous Miss Ratherly Stern. Here, Mary explains the secrets to glamour and femininity. Watch the latest vintage glamour tutorial film on our YouTube channel. Also, read the lavishly illustrated concise history of 1940s womens fashion. …

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Buy Vintage Retro 2011 Calendars

Decorate your vintage kitchen with some beautiful Vintage Fashion Art  and Retro Humour Calendars Vintage Calendars and Retro Calendars have become increasingly popular in recent years.With the success of Mad Men, the glamour advertising art of the 1940’sand more particularly the 1950’s have created a huge surge in interest in those halcyon days. In the …

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