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Vespa Chic – How the world was seduced by a scooter

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Glamourdaze

A look at the iconic Vespa scooter – No one could have predicted that a small diminutive scooter produced in 1946; inspired by the little remembered MP 5 or Paperino scooter, (used by US military to navigate around bombed out Italian streets), would become a cultural phenomenon, propel Italian street style to the forefront of world fashion, and affect cultures as…

The Street Photography of Ruth Orkin

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Glamourdaze

A look at the life of a 1950s Photo journalist – Photographer Ruth Orkin directed a little remembered docu drama in 1956 called Lovers and Lollipops. It inspired director Todd Haynes to make the Oscar winning film Carol. A prominent member of New York’s Photo League, Orkin was a pioneer in street photography. Glamourdaze takes a look at her work. Ruth…

Oxfam Face for Vintage Online Fashion 2016

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Glamourdaze

Oxfam seeks vintage style bloggers – In 2015, Oxfams online shop ad campaign featured six real Oxfam customers. This year Oxfam is calling on all vintage style bloggers. Sophie Bratt, project coordinator, encourages all those glamorous vintage blogging ladies ( & gents) who blog about their vintage passions, to enter a fabulous competition – Decades of Vintage Fashion and Style Competition – #VintageFaceandStyle…

140 Years of Parisian Cafe Culture

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Carousel Film Tribute to Paris – Anaïs Nin -“Paris intimate like a room.” Stills and Stories and a video tribute to Paris. Carousel – 140 Years of Parisian Cafe Culture – 1877 to 2015 Think of France, and you think of Parisian cafe’s, the Belle Epoch era, the paintings of Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas and Renoir, who first evoked into image…

1950s Fashion – Swimming Caps in Vogue

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Fashionable swimwear accessories for 1950 – The flattering rubber headgear in these images by Loomis Dean of Life magazine, represent a new skirmish in the battle of the bathing cap manufacturers vs. Esther williams. Miss Williams some time ago depressed the industry by proving a woman with wet hair was in fact ” still beautiful”, provided her hair was long…

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Sunglasses – The 20th Century’s Coolest Accessory

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Brief History of Sunglasses in Fashion – By the 1930’s, basking in the sun had become such a norm, that the wearing of sunglasses naturally became a real fashion accessory. The classic tortoise shell framed and tinted sunglasses of the 1930’s were worn by many female Hollywood stars. The tinted lens tortoise framed eye-wear has helped define a specific look…

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…

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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….

Vespa Chic – How the world was seduced by a scooter

The Street Photography of Ruth Orkin

Oxfam Face for Vintage Online Fashion 2016

140 Years of Parisian Cafe Culture

1950s Fashion – Swimming Caps in Vogue

Sunglasses – The 20th Century’s Coolest Accessory

Paris 1950s Fashions – Spring/Summer 1951

Inside Christian Diors Salon in 1957

Backstage at Givenchy’s First Collection – Spring 1952

Wow ! 1950s Spring Fashion

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