The 1930’s Songstress Annette Hanshaw featured here in this rare film. She was a hugely popular jazz singer in the late 1920’s and early 1930’sShe was one of those women who was beautiful by just being herself. Hanshaw epitomised the era of1930’s dress style and glamour.There has been recent revived interest in Annette thanks to …
A Gallery of Fashion Detail from 1937 A typical couture detail of 1930’s vintage fashion 1. Be fashion wise – sequin flower, high neckline, slim sleeve, sweater-type bodice 2. Tea dancing pump: street- length skirt : Chanel bracelet. 3.Your figure will be outlined like a dressmaker’s dummy in this tubelike tunic. 4. You’ll see many …
1930’s Fashion – Broadway Girls – Dress Beauty and Hairstyles Joan Blondell starred in this gem from 1932, the film depicts beautifully the popular daywear,evening dress, and vintage hairstyles of the women in that golden era.You also get a visit to a vintage beauty salon. Courtesy of the internet archive.
Vintage 1930’s fashion – The Beauty Salon A typical beauty Salon in the early 1930’s. In this case 1932. The Scary Hair perming machine is wonderful.This is an edit from the longer video 1930’s Fashion – Broadway Girls – Dress beauty and hairstyles. The film features Joan Blondell.
Vintage Fashion Show – 1930’s Evening Dresses A charming early film of a London fashion show in 1930. Those days the models were described as mannequins ! All very House of Elliot. Note – Women’s Hairstyles in the early thirties were still close waves and short. As the decade progressed 1930’s hairstyles became much fuller …
1930s Fashion Film in Glorious Color Beautiful fashion film in color depicting the glamour of 1930’s women’s style. Filmed in California in 1932. The thirties was a wonderful but largely forgotten decade of style, heavily influenced by the art deco movement. That’s all ! ©Glamourdaze 2010
We have now updated this popular post to a much more in-depth and fully illustrated page – A Concise Illustrated History of 1920s Women’s Fashion ! Also if you’re a fan of the 1940s, read the Concise history of fashion – 1940 to 1949. They’re entertaining and an educational read and packed with oodles of imagery and links. …
Rare Fashion Footage from the 1920s Women’s Fashion in the 1920’s The Silhouette,Colors and Hemlines revolution Body Outline was straight, no curves at all. Sleeveless wispy dresses with little if no visible waistline.Lots of beads were the rage. Close fitting hats, low over the forehead,almost cupping the face – the Cloche or Bell Hat being …
The instructions for putting on Fully Fashioned Stockings !! That expensive kind which come apart after one night out. Vintage fully Fashioned Stockings [ with seams ] should be rolled right down to the toe before putting on. They should be rolled on gently and eased over the heel. They should then be rolled …
1940’s Swimwear The principle design factor of was to be figure flattering – often incorporating the new stretch fabrics to offer tummy support and hourglass shape to a womans figure.This marked a major departure in the history of vintage swimwear In 1946, the shocking introduction of the bikini threw the swimsuit fashion world into a …