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Deauville – The Town where Fashion went on Holiday

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Glamourdaze

The Parisian Riviera in photographs – 1910 to 1940 F.Scott. Fitzgerald mentioned Deauville in “The Great Gatsby” as a place Tom Buchanan and Daisy visited on their honeymoon. It is the birthplace of Chanel’s career in fashion. It’s proximity to Paris made it the go to resort for French high society. In 1913 Coco Chanel opened her first salon here…

1930’s Inspired Bridal Hair and Makeup

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Be a 1930’s Bride on your big day – 1930s Fashion report – by Cassie Brewer – Makeup Artist If you’re thinking of channeling your inner 1930’s starlet for your big day–Jean Harlow, Bette Davis, Mae West, and Carole Lombard–you’ve come to the right place. The iconic and attainable looks of these women–a mixture of soft features, pencil-thin brows, and a deep-red…

Indian Summers challenges Downton Abbey

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Lush new 1930s drama gets off to a good start – As a committed fan of Downton Abbey, its soap like plot, endearing characters and of course the costumes, Glamourdaze waited with interest for Channel 4’s new tv drama starring Julie Walters and Roshan Seth begins in the dying days of the British Raj in colonial India of 1932. And…

Janet-MacLeod--black-eyed-veil---1937--Alfred-Eisenstaedt

1930s Fashion – The second coming of Hat Veils

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Life Magazine peeks behind stylish veils in 1937 – This year, while the women of the Middle East are still rejoicing in the fairly recently acquired freedom of showing their faces, more women of the west than ever before will cover their features with veils. No one knows why, but it is the fashion, and demand has gone up tenfold…

Rationing to Ravishing – Fashion from the 1940s to the 1950s

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Evolution of Women’s Style in the 1940s and 1950s – A Vintage Fashion Exhibition curated by the Museum of Vancouver features stunning haute couture clothing garments by some of the great fashion designers from Paris, London, Berlin and New York, which pretty much covers the pole points of couture during that era. The exhibition is comprised from collections by fashion collectors Ivan…

1930s Fashion – Claire Trevor’s well dressed winter suit of 1933

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Glamourdaze

This stylish 1930s suit is fashionable – BECAUSE – the street ensemble ” smoke screen” is made of the new wide-ribbed crepe in the new and desirable shade of eel-gray that well dressed women are choosing for autumn and winter wear BECAUSE – of the smart high neck-line achieved by the removable jabot trimmed with black fox fur. BECAUSE –…

1930s Fashion – Hollywood Winter Frocks -1934

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Glamourdaze

1930s Fashion report by Seymour – Fashionable Daywear – Lest you think that the fox cape is part of Sally Blane‘s costume above, I must tell you that it is her own, worn for the occasion in her new picture ” Advice to the Lovelorn”. Bright contrasting vestee and sash give vivid accent to the dark silk. Amusing tubular buttons,…

1930's Street fashions captured on film in 1938

Vintage Sartorialist – Street Fashions filmed in 1938

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Mesmerising movie stills from another era – 1930’s Street fashions captured on film in 1938 Long before New York’s Scott Schumann – known as The Sartorialist – made street style snapping a web phenomenon, long before the media became obsessed with high street chic – in the sleepy South Dakota town ( now a city) of Britton way back in 1938…

100 + Years of College Girl Fashion

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Glamourdaze

A photographic trip back through time – College girl fashions are an often overlooked source of both style and female trends.Whether they start in the schools or have been adopted over the years from fashion periodicals, young women heading to college in 2015 may well be putting as much effort in to their style and attitude as they will be…

20th Century Foxy

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Glamourdaze

Christmas Party Dresses for the Vintage Girl – Well ladies, with the season of snow, red lips and mistletoe coming round the corner, Glamourdaze is taking a break from our time traveling to look at some drool-able vintage party dresses from our friends at 20th Century Foxy. 1930s Charm Dress – Teal Blue My personal favorite, this dress is available…

Deauville – The Town where Fashion went on Holiday

1930’s Inspired Bridal Hair and Makeup

Indian Summers challenges Downton Abbey

1930s Fashion – The second coming of Hat Veils

Rationing to Ravishing – Fashion from the 1940s to the 1950s

1930s Fashion – Claire Trevor’s well dressed winter suit of 1933

1930s Fashion – Hollywood Winter Frocks -1934

Vintage Sartorialist – Street Fashions filmed in 1938

100 + Years of College Girl Fashion

20th Century Foxy

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