Elizabeth Taylor applying eye makeup.From the public domain film The Drivers Seat. Learn the art of 1950’s Makeup style for yourself . Instant download 1950’s makeup and beauty guides from Vintage Make-up Guide.com.
The Concise A to Z guide to 1920’s slang for flappers Ella Hartung recorded this dictionary of 1920’s slang words for the Flapper in 1922. Absent Treatment- Dancing with bashful partner. Anchor- Box of flowers. Apple knocker- A hick, a hay-shaker. Apple Sauce- Flattery; bunk. Barlow- A girl, a flapper, a chicken. Bank’s Closed- No petting allowed; …
A Life of beauty – Elizabeth Taylor This is our tribute to Elizabeth Taylor. An animated film, morphing iconic images from her youth to middle age.
The Gibson Girl. The idealized Edwardian pin up illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson cemented the Edwardian style myth of nipped waists American women, including working class. The Gibson Girl Look – Edwardian Style Gibson Girls became the first 20th century standard of female beauty and style. Named after Charles Dana Gibson, a Life Magazine illustrator. …
Norma Jean Vs Marilyn Munroe – You decide.Personally we think it’s a no brainer. Marilyn was a fantasy, magnificently played by Norma Jean Baker.Above are images of the young Norma Jean and below of Marilyn Munroe. Finishing off with some images taken near the end of her short life, which show a more worldly wise …
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 …
1940’s X Ray Beauty Yes – isn’t science marvellous. Now a woman can be x-rayed into radioactive beauty nirvana. Back in the 1930’s and 1940’s, the new radiology invention was used – a little over used perhaps, for shoe fitting with the Shoe Fitting Fluoroscope. Shoe Fitting – X Ray Fluoroscope. This film shows a …
1950’s womans beauty salon Here we have an archive film exploring the mysteries of a 1950’s woman’s beauty salon, and though still run by men – it was the 1950’s after all – there is a noticeable absence of the usual patronizing narrator in this film compared to many of the 1950’s beauty instruction films …
1920s Women shot in Autochrome Color – Not very often does one come across color imagery of women’s fashion and dress looks from the 1920’s, but the National Geographic Stock Online have some stunning color photographs for sale of late 1920s women from different parts of the world – all taken around the same time …
Technicolor Fashion from 1930 Presenting some of the ‘ latest ‘ Paris fashion creations from early 1930’s. 1930s hats, frocks, evening wear and suits by King’s El Centro, California, 1931.Originally broadcast by Fashion Features Studios. 1930’s Spring suit – worn by Miss Phyllis Crane 1930’s Fashion Show – Colour Archive Film Notice the tailored cutaway …