1920s Style – How to be a Party Girl.

HOW to be the girl who is always invited; how to always have a date ; how to get out of the corner and into the spotlight, this problem confronts every girl. But popularity isn’t a mystic thing. Its rules are simple and easily mastered. The secrets of social success and glamour from Carolyn Van Wyck’s Hollywood Beauty & Style…

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1920’s Hollywood Beauty Advice – Avoid Summer Tans !

In the 1920’s – the advice to girls was – stay out of the sun! – August 1928 – Carolyn Van Wyck’s Hollywood Beauty Shop brings us the latest 1920s makeup and beauty tricks of the stars. here she advises Doris to ‘avoid’ a tan and maintain her beautiful complexion. DEAR CAROLYN The first two weeks in August I’m going…

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Edwardian Guide to Makeup and Hairstyles.

AN EDWARDIAN LADY’S ADVICE ON BEAUTY AND COIFFURE. first published in 1905 A beautiful complexion is the most desirable possession, a joy to every eye which sees it, and a suggestion of health as well as of fairness. Its value is so great that in all times women have endeavored to emulate the possession of this charm through the application…

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History of Makeup – A Lady’s Beauty Routine 1916.

The Daily Rituals of Beauty and Makeup in 1916. While the First World War raged on – America’s Photoplay flew the flag of glamour with this delicate  peek behind a society woman’s beauty rituals. The salon de beauts brings to the mademoiselle in distress all the fine art of beautifying and correction to which science is handmaiden. Here she is…

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1920’s Makeup – Hollywood Beauty Tricks

1920’s Makeup Tricks of the Stars – July 1928 – Carolyn Van Wyck’s Hollywood Beauty Shop brings us the latest makeup tricks of the stars.  A GIRL’S face still influences her fortune. Never has make-up been more important than in this day of the modem girl. To buy just the right shade of powder, the proper shade of rouge —…

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1920s Hairstyles – 12 Classic Bob Cuts

In 1924 the US National Hairdressers Association published the following Image guides – for women seeking to crop or bob their hair. The headline read ” If you must do it – then show these guides to your local barber!” Serious business indeed. Well girls here they are again – 12 Classic 1920’s Bob hairstyles for you to choose from….

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1950s Fashion – The Feminine Figure and Silhouette

Glamourdaze looks at the ‘golden age’ of the foundation garment – the 1950s fashion line – 1950’s Fashion – Women’s Figure and Silhouette. The new silhouette demanded a new figure and a veritable deluge of undergarments filled the lingerie departments. There were two distinct shapes,the waif like gamine figure epitomized in movies by Audrey Hepburn and the more womanly hourglass…

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1920s Fashion – Choosing your Style Type.

 From July 1928 – Carolyn Van Wyck’s Hollywood Beauty Shop discusses the problem of ‘choosing a fashion type’ for yourself  – For the very tall or the very small girl, for the piquant brunette or golden blonde, the way to emphasize personality is obvious and easy. But for ” in-between” girls it’s difficult. On this page you’ll find my advice…

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1920’s fashion – Frocks that tempt men – by Betty Blythe

Actress Betty Blythe fearlessly discusses the grave dangers to which the new ‘daring dresses’ expose women. Originally published in the Competitors Journal -July 1926 – Most of the 1920s frocks worn by girls and women today are a terrible temptation to men. They reveal as much as they possibly dare reveal. They inflame the senses, rouse the passions, and the…

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1930’s Fashion – Hollywood Style Review No1

Originally published in July 1932  issue of Photoplay – The Hollywood 1930’s Style Report –  for women, by the mysteriously named fashion columnist ‘Seymour’. THESE THREE SMART STARS SPONSOR – GAY STRIPES | LIGHT WOOLS | ALL WHITE . Youth is in every wool line of this jaunty beige wool suit which you’ll see Anita Louise wearing in “As You…

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