Vintage Swimwear Fashion Guide

Women’s Vintage Swimwear Secrets Before you go shopping for some cool Vintage swimwear or Retro Swimwear, why not sit back and learn a bit about what you’re wearing! Photo courtesy My Vintage Vogue Perhaps more than any other garment, the swimsuit has changed beyond all recognition in the last century. One of the most appealing aspects of early 20th century…

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1930’s Glamour – Annette Hanshaw on Film

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 the animated feature Sita sings…

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1930’s Fashion – Dress Style

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 variations of this Molyneux bandaged…

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1930’s Fashion – Women’s Dress and Hairstyles

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

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

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 and loose.

GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART – 1930’s Glamour Fashion in Glorious Color

Goodnight sweetheart   – 1930s Fashion in Glorious Color Beautiful fashion film in color depicting the glamour of 1930’s womens style. Filmed in California in 1932.The thirties was a wonderful but largely forgotten decade of style, heavily influenced by the art deco movement.

Vintage 1930’s Fashion – Glamourous Hollywood

A charming and slightly far fetched little movie short of a glamourous Hollywood party at the famous Ambassador Hotel.. It features some of the biggest stars of the day, wearing the latest fashions. Some lovely examples of 1930’s womens hairstyles In the 1930’s the world was gripped by the Great Depression and very often, as depicted in Woody Allens Purple…

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1930s fashion – Vintage Hairstyle Film

1930s fashion – Women’s Hairstyles Vintage archive film of popular 1930’s hairstyles. Women’s Hairstyles in the early 1930s remained quite close to the head with deep set finger waves. Hair partings in the center,or on the side.However the styles began to soften a little bit, with some play in the waves becoming increasingly popular and some volume appearing. Download beautifully…

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1930’s Makeup Revisited

1930’s Vintage Makeup Guide By and large the most fascinating period in women’s fashion.Beginning with the art deco style that spilled over from the late 1920’s. The feminine makeup look changed rapidly from the late 1920’s and in to the 1930’s. Gone was the coquettish girl of the late victorian era, to a more independent woman. The pale face look…

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