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Straight Out Of The 50s

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Glamourdaze

1950s Fashion in Kodachrome – Vintage style in amateur found photographs of everyday women’s clothing, hair and makeup looks captured in magical Kodachrome color from the 1950s era. What they wore at home, for Christmas, for evening wear, at the beach or going skiing. A real time capsule! It’s sad in a way that people throw these out. They represent…

The Pin-up Project

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Brazilian pin-ups Renata Candido and Karla Stevanatto – In this exclusive interview for Glamourdaze, Brazilian pin-ups Renata Candido and Karla Stevanatto, also known by their nicknames Chubby Pinup and Gia RedHot, tell us the story of the project that has been revolutionized retro market in Brazil. Six months ago, the Brazilian photographic market gained a company specialized in retro and…

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Paris Spring Fashion Show 1959 – Pierre Balmain

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Glamourdaze

The 1950s goes out in style – Paris makes official the biggest fashion news in years ! The female form is back in style as Pierre Balmain demonstrates in his 1959 Spring collection. He calls it the envelope silhouette, but you’ll note the waist is in its natural place. Long sleeves are out of favour or three quarter as seen…

1950s Directoire Hairstyles from Paris

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Five Pretty French Mannequins model in 1958 – The 1958 Directoire hairstyle, latest headliner from France, was introduced by the Haute Coiffure at a parade at Chez Laurent, famous restaurant in the Champs Elysees gardens, Paris, to coincide with the autumn collections. While waistlines are rising to under the bosom, coiffures are piling into a ruffled, casual effect, with loosely…

1954 Women’s College Fashion

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Glamourdaze

Archive film of college style in 1950s Pennsylvania – Opened in 1867, Cedar Crest College is a private liberal arts women’s college devoted to training young women in the art of living. Set on a spacious knoll of wooded land on the outskirts of Allentown. It has been consistently voted one of the top women’s colleges in the US. It…

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Backstage Photos of 1954 Paris Fall Collection

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Glamourdaze

Rare photos of the 1954 Paris Fall Collection opening – Paris in the late summer of 1954 was about as glamorous as it could ever have been, with the like of Dior, Givenchy, Fath, Balenciaga and Balmain all vying for attention. And Life Magazine’s Mark Shaw was there to capture the elite designers and their even more elite customers in…

1950s Fashion – Fifth Avenue Style in 1952

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Glamourdaze

Manhattan Fashion 1952 – Look Magazine – August 12th 1952 showed the 5th Avenue folks don’t often see. Hollywood actress Laraine Day along with local New York beauties, Mary Damon, Patricia Geoghegan and Brigida Dammes spent a sunny afternoon parading the latest trends in summer dresses and poodle haircuts . It’s not clear who the dresses are by but they…

Paris 1950s Fashions – Spring/Summer 1951

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Jean Dessès joins the ranks of the great designers – The top models drooping in dresses by Dior, Fath, Desses, Balenciaga, Balmain, Schiaparelli – the best of the buyers and fashion editors from around the world spent a hectic week – and as it turned out for most but the adventurous few, a week of collective relief as there was…

Inside Christian Diors Salon in 1957

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Dior photographed at work in his last months of life – In March 1957 Life Magazine visited the salon of Christian Dior during what was to be the last few months of the great designers life – he died suddenly on October 23rd, with the young Yves Saint Laurent thrust into the role of replacing him. But that March –…

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Backstage at Givenchy’s First Collection – Spring 1952

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Glamourdaze

The Bettina Collection takes Paris by surprise – In memory of model Bettina Graziani – died March 2nd 2015. To Americans attending Paris Fashion Week for the Spring collections, the time hardly seemed propitious for anyone to be opening a new house – least of all for a youngster without too much money. High costs had forced four houses out…

Straight Out Of The 50s

The Pin-up Project

Paris Spring Fashion Show 1959 – Pierre Balmain

1950s Directoire Hairstyles from Paris

1954 Women’s College Fashion

Backstage Photos of 1954 Paris Fall Collection

1950s Fashion – Fifth Avenue Style in 1952

Paris 1950s Fashions – Spring/Summer 1951

Inside Christian Diors Salon in 1957

Backstage at Givenchy’s First Collection – Spring 1952

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