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Wow ! 1950s Spring Fashion

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Glamourdaze

1952 Dress Styles – snapped by Life’s Nina Leen – 1950s fashion report for Glamourdaze It’s spring and Life magazines Nina Leen is out snapping the latest snappy styles for women on the streets, avenues and museums of Washington DC. Among the Capitals 115,000 government girls shirt waists are almost a required uniform. Here a group of Pentagon secretaries wearing them….

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Spring Fashions 1950 – New Gamine Silhouette

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Model Dorien Leigh’s guide to the glamorous 1950s – These photos taken by Life photographer Gjon Mili in March 1950, encompass all the important styles of 1950 and the girl on whom all the clothes are shown is Dorian Leigh, the top New York model since 1944 who has gone through the broad-shouldered era, the corseted new Look, and even .. shudder,…

Dior meets Khrushchev – French Fashion goes to Moscow 1959

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Paris Models Parade through Streets of USSR – Ordinary citizens of Moscow were greeted to the sight of three young willowy French models from the House of Dior, on a meet and greet event ahead of a five day fashion extravaganza. The girls were spotted wandering through the GUM department store, along Red Square, down through local markets. Now under…

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…

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New York Style in 1954 – by photographer Nina Leen

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Glamourdaze

Suburban Fashion comes to Manhattan – 1954 – Because the term suburban has long been associated with the unfashionable country mouse, US clothes designers up to now have focused instead on the more promising city slicker. But with 30 million Americans living in the suburbs and with incomes 70% higher than the US average, this notion has changed abruptly. Rugged…

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How to be a Model Secretary – 1950s Style

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Glamourdaze

A peek into a secretarial school in 1951- The girl above is trying to look the very picture of a perfect secretary. Dressed in a conservative suit, she wears both a hat and gloves and sits quietly with her hands folded as she applies for a job. She learned this correct approach at the Wright MacMahon Secretarial School in Beverly Hills…

The Queen’s Couturier

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Glamourpost

Norman Hartnell’s fashion sketches for the young Elizabeth 11- From his jaw dropping engagement dress worn by the young Princess Elizabeth in 1948 to the 1953 Coronation dress and beyond, the name Norman Hartnell was synonymous with Royal glamour. 1950s Fashion History – from Glamourdaze.com “My interest with fashion began with a box of crayons” Hartnell wrote in his biography…

1950s Fashion – Actual Color Swatches of Dior and Balenciaga

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Glamourpost

Forty-five 1950’s couturiers featured in archive style forecast magazine. 1950s Fashion from Glamourdaze.com According to FITs excellent style blog Material Mode, back in the 1940s and 1950s, L’Officiel de la Couleur des Industries de la Mode and their sister publication, Cahiers Bleu, served as fashion trend forecasting publications for the fashion industry. Several pochoir prints are re-produced including this fascinating…

Charlotte and Jane – The Latest Rage in Elegance

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Glamourdaze

An exclusive video showcase of the Irish Kinsale based vintage style design label. Recently Charlotte Cargin and Jane Skovgaard of Charlotte and Jane visited Ruths Pharmacy in Letterkenny in Donegal and Charlotte assumed the role of mannequin, rather spectacularly I might add, for our little vintage fashion video presented here. Charlotte’s a natural when it comes to modeling! The dresses…

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…

Wow ! 1950s Spring Fashion

Spring Fashions 1950 – New Gamine Silhouette

Dior meets Khrushchev – French Fashion goes to Moscow 1959

20th Century Foxy

New York Style in 1954 – by photographer Nina Leen

How to be a Model Secretary – 1950s Style

The Queen’s Couturier

1950s Fashion – Actual Color Swatches of Dior and Balenciaga

Charlotte and Jane – The Latest Rage in Elegance

Charlotte and Jane – Silks, Seams and Silhouettes

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