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1930s Fashion – Hollywood styles go white under the sun

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Glamourdaze

Hollywood Tries White Magic for Summer 1934- 1930s Fashion By Seymour for Glamourdaze.com THERE’S a childish lilt to Mary Carlisle‘s white gob hat with its navy blue streamers, but her reefer coat is nautical sophistication to its last nickel button! Mary has chosen her accessories skilfully – she matches the blue braid on her coat with a navy handbag, scarf…

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Color Photos of Parisian Women – 1930s and 1940s

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Glamourpost

A selection of Parisian women from a recently published selection of photos – taken by French photographer Andre Zucca. Though not a card carrying Nazi, he was quite happy to sell his photos taken with rare Agfacolor film, to the German magazine Signal. After the liberation of Paris he was arrested but never charged. He spent the remainder of his…

1930’s Ladies Department Store

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Glamourpost

Here’s a short glimpse in to the glamorous past. 1930’s women browsing a department store.

1930s makeup advice for bespectacled women

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Glamourpost

Why not head over to our sister channel Vintage Makeup Guides to see a charming 1930s makeup tutorial video from Pathe Films – Hollywood Eyebrow makeup tutorial from 1938. We’ve written out the text with video stills for you to see. Now you can have that ‘eyebrow’ accent which the quipped British commentator suggests you need! Also – do you…

Helen Temple’s Beauty Advice Column 1938

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Glamourpost

Helen Temple’s Beauty Column 1938 Answers to women’s beauty questions from the late 1930s. First published in Woman – May21st 1938. Freckling: I have a large freckle on the tip of my nose, which isn’t at all beautifying – is there any way of making it disappear? Also – is walking a good way to slim? You could paint the…

The 1930s – The Golden Age of Glamour for Women’s fashion.

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Glamourpost

The 1930s – The Golden Age of Glamour for Women’s fashion. Often regarded as some sort of stop gap between the 1920s and the 1940s, the 1930s fashion era is often overlooked as a significant decade for style. Despite the Depression, it is remembered as the era of escapism, glamorous Hollywood starlets adorning billboards and as the halcyon days…

1930s Fashion – The Definitive sourcebook

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Glamourpost

1930s Fashion – The Definitive Sourcebook Long overdue and very welcome comes this visual treat for all 1930s fashion fans out there. If you are not yet sold on the glamor and Art deco resplendence that was 1930s style, then this book will give you an epiphany! Published by Goodman Feill for £30 – it’s available from Carlton Books Decade…

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Street fashion in the 1930’s – Archive film

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Glamourpost

The 1930’s Sartorialist – Ivan Besse. Did New York’s Scott Schuman – better known as The sartorialist – perfect the art of time travel? This rare film showing the vintage dress and hairstyles of ordinary women on the street in the 1930’s certainly qualifies as a sartorial. Filmed by Ivan Besse in the small South Dakota town of Britton in…

Secrets of 1930s Make-up – Vintage Archive film.

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Glamourdaze

Courtesy of Pathe’s Vintage Fashion channel. Until the late 1940s, all newsreels had to be voiced by a male voice-over. And if the subject was aimed at women, by a condescending male voice over ! Still – the film is charming and the vintage 1930s make-up styles of British ladies are great to look at. Making up is an art…

Street Fashion in small town America

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Glamourdaze

The street fashion and hairstyles of everyday women in the 1930’s from a unique film by Ivan Besse shot in the small South Dakota town of Britton in 1938 The Wall Street Crash had a huge impact on women’s fashion in the 1930’s. Lots of women took up sewing and the Women’s Institute became famous for it’s sewing manuals and…

1930s Fashion – Hollywood styles go white under the sun

Color Photos of Parisian Women – 1930s and 1940s

1930’s Ladies Department Store

1930s makeup advice for bespectacled women

Helen Temple’s Beauty Advice Column 1938

The 1930s – The Golden Age of Glamour for Women’s fashion.

1930s Fashion – The Definitive sourcebook

Street fashion in the 1930’s – Archive film

Secrets of 1930s Make-up – Vintage Archive film.

Street Fashion in small town America

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