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Ann Rutherford – Beauty and the Beach 1941

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Glamourpost

Enjoy the sun, sand and sea … and bring your lipstick and mascara! – 1940s beauty report – Denise Caine for Glamourdaze.com There can be something pretty bewitching about a girl on a sunny beach, as these pictures of Ann Rutherford ( Andy hardy / Gone with the Wind star and soon to be seen in Pride & Prejudice from…

Charlotte and Jane – Silks, Seams and Silhouettes

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Glamourpost

Exclusive in-depth interview with the co founders of the Irish Vintage Style Design Label – Charlotte and Jane Charlotte & Jane – Silks, Seams and Silhouettes. Every year at the London fashion week – quite a noticeable proportion of designers showing have come through the cloistered halls of Central St Martin’s ( ok – there aren’t any Oxford style…

12 Steps to a 1940’s Hollywood Makeover.

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Glamourpost

12 Steps to a 1940’s Hollywood Makeover. Paramount Studio make-up guru Eddie Senz reveals his beauty secrets to Modern Beauty Shop in 1943. An exclusive behind the scenes look at a 1940s Hollywood makeover. A step by step guide of adapting the Hollywood makeup look for a 1940’s beauty street look. Eddie Senz ” The American woman in my opinion,…

Fleur de Guerre talks to Glamourdaze

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Glamourpost

Glamourdaze chats to Fleur de Guerre vintage style model and authoress of ‘Diary of a Vintage Girl’ The vintage fashion blogosphere is certainly a strange country, populated mostly by women who have a distinct penchant for the ‘feminine’, but with an attitude that says sweetly but clearly ‘mess me with me and you’re dead !’. Glamourdaze have several favorites including…

The Four Keys to Beauty for Wartime Women – Christmas 1941

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Glamourpost

The Four Keys to Beauty for Women during Christmas 1941 A 1940’s British War Time Woman’s Beauty Guide. Back in December 1941, Britain was entering it’s third Christmas at war. Here you can read some of the makeup and fashion advice that was read by many women that cold month as they prepared for what was hopefully a romantic and…

Free ebook – 1940s Fashion -The Influence of World War Two

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Glamourpost

How were the styles of women’s fashion in the United States influenced by World War II during the 1940s? Our friend Tia Craig has kindly allowed us to publish her in-depth ebook on 1940s fashion and her investigation into the influence that the war had on clothes and beauty styles of the period. You can read all nine chapters on…

The Daily Mail – Blog about Glamourdaze 1940s makeup tutorial

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Glamourpost

A link back to The Daily Mail whose femail editor has posted an article about our 1940s vintage makeup tutorial. Thanks girls. Read the full post on The Daily Femail.

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1940s Makeup – The famous Lipstick Scene in Black Narcissus

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Glamourpost

1940s makeup beauty – Kathleen Bryon in Black Narcissus Some 1940s makeup images from two beautiful expressionist films made in wartime Britain by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger – Black Narcissus and A Matter of Life and Death. This short beauty post celebrates both the amazing cinematography of Jack Cardiff who shot both films, and the striking ethereal beauty of…

1940s Fashion – Women at war

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Glamourpost

Came across this charming tribute film compiled by Blitz and Peaces to the women who served during WW2. Rare color footage of women in uniform and everyday 1940s fashion. Though some footage looks like it is from the early 1930s to me, but maybe it was a fancy dress party ! The finger wave hairstyles certainly are not 1940s. You’ll…

1940’s Fashion – The 1940’s Eye Make-up look .

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Glamourpost

1940’s Fashion – Achieve the 1940’s Eye Make-up look . Adapted from Make-up & Beauty – Vintage 1940’s Guides. Other 1940’s Make-up Posts include: 1940’s Fashion make-up Guide General 1940’s Fashion and Dress style posts: 1940’s Fashion – Women’s Dress Code 1940’s Fashion – Women’s Dress after the war – The New Look 1940’s Fashion – A Young Woman’s Wardrobe…

Ann Rutherford – Beauty and the Beach 1941

Charlotte and Jane – Silks, Seams and Silhouettes

12 Steps to a 1940’s Hollywood Makeover.

Fleur de Guerre talks to Glamourdaze

The Four Keys to Beauty for Wartime Women – Christmas 1941

Free ebook – 1940s Fashion -The Influence of World War Two

The Daily Mail – Blog about Glamourdaze 1940s makeup tutorial

1940s Makeup – The famous Lipstick Scene in Black Narcissus

1940s Fashion – Women at war

1940’s Fashion – The 1940’s Eye Make-up look .

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