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1940s Pompadour Hairstyle Tutorial

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Excerpt from Creative Hair-styling 1947 – There are three basic 1940s hair pompadours, and the setting instructions are almost exactly the same as top reverse rolls – the only difference being that the top hair used for pompadours is longer and of course they stand up much higher. The three pomp’s are Straight Back Pompadours, Half-Wave Pompadours and Full-Wave Pompadours….

Makeup to match the Artists Palette

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Vogue 1940 looks at the colors of great artists – The Lautrec Type: You are the clear skinned redhead, the type Henri de Toulous Lautrec really loved to paint. Your eyes are blue, green, or hazel, your brows are dark, your skin extremely pale. Daytime Lipstick: “Carnelian”; Lucien Lelong. “Flame”;Woodbury “Vivid”;Lentheric “Sporting Pink”; Helena Rubinstein Evening Lipstick “Granada”; Henri Bendel “Glamour…

1960s College Campus Fashion

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Mary Baldwin Girls in the 1960s – Continuing our peeks over the decades of student style from the students of Mary Baldwin College. These photographs from the iconic decade of the Sixties are more casual. Typical 1960s hairstyles and clothing and a real sense of the genre of change that was the 1960s. That’s all ! ©Glamourdaze 2017 Images ©Mary…

1920s Women in Autochrome Color

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Rare unseen photographs of 1920s fashion – There are only a few really good color fashion photos from the late 1920s. Back in 2011 we featured some amazing color photographs of 1920s women in mostly rural or village settings by Clifton R Adams, and it’s hard to get away from these charming photos shot in Autochrome Lumière. Other photographers featured here…

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1920s College Girl Hairstyles

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Mary Baldwin Bluestocking girls – Glamourdaze pops back in time to enjoy the 1920s hairstyles worn becomingly by the young women of Mary Baldwin College for Women ( now a university ). The full Mary Baldwin Bluestocking archive is unintentionally – a visual treasure trove for exploring the development of young women’s styles throughout the 20th century. These images are…

Technicolor fashion show – The Women 1939

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Luscious costumes by Gilbert Adrian – “Bonjour Madam, Mademoiselle !It gives me great pleasure to take you on this adventurous little voyage into 1930s fashion land. But today ladies, as an innovation, you will see our models go through the rhythmic movement of everyday life, as it responds to the ever changing flow of the female form divine !” Actress…

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Color Photos of War Era Women in the 1940s

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Glamourdaze

A colorful insight to the 1940s – These luscious color photographs of women in the 1940s reside in the National Geographic Creative website where you can license high resolution images. Glamourdaze honed in on two staff photographers whose stunning color images of young women taken in America and Great Britain during the 1940 war years evoke a real authentic image…

The Power of Pink

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Glamourdaze

The allure of pink over the fashion eras – Up to that fateful day in Dallas, November 1963, Jackie Kennedy had worn her soon to be iconic pink Chanel suit six times. Captured in endless blood stained photographs and moving images as the tragic day unfolded, the suit is now being held in the National Archive under strict family instructions…

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1930s Makeup – The arrival of the Concealer

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Covermark brand brings out new class of cosmetics – A beauty booklet curated by Cosmetics & Skin extols the magic of Covermark Cream the forerunner of skin imperfection makeup such as Vichys Dermablend and still a world leader today.It covered all manner of skin blemishes like varicose veins, burns and in particular severe birthmarks. It’s founder Lydia O Leary herself…

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81 Hairstyles in vogue for 1940

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Glamourdaze

A 1940 coiffure for everyone – The new bright star in the Hollywood firmament – Gene Tierney, is equally famous for the molten maple leaf colored quality of her iconic 1940 hairstyle. Sonnets have been written about a woman’s hair, and here we look at 81 coiffures, all in style for the new decade of the 1940s. If you think there…

1940s Pompadour Hairstyle Tutorial

Makeup to match the Artists Palette

1960s College Campus Fashion

1920s Women in Autochrome Color

1920s College Girl Hairstyles

Technicolor fashion show – The Women 1939

Color Photos of War Era Women in the 1940s

The Power of Pink

1930s Makeup – The arrival of the Concealer

81 Hairstyles in vogue for 1940

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