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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…

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1940s Wartme Fashion – Laced Corsets

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Glamourdaze

War Restrictions returns the laced corset – 1940s Fashion report – 1942 Women have been wearing them for about 4000 years but it’s less than 30 since they have had the painless variety. To most women, in recent times, wearing a corset meant nothing more that wiggling into a firm girdle, which kindly expanded and contracted with body movement. Such comfort…

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Vintage Face Powder Brush – Besame Cosmetics

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Vintage alternative to the puff – The latest item of vintage glamour for your dressing table from Besame Cosmetics – a soft finest man made hair vintage style powder brush which is designed to buff powder or cream.It glides smoothly over your skin. the brush is designed after a popular style used by Hollywood beauty gurus. You can remove excess powder…

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1940s War fashion – Liquid Stockings

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Glamourdaze

New Leg makeup replaces nylon hosiery – 1940s fashion report for Glamourdaze The Girl in this picture has solved a problem. She has just completed a perfect make-up job on her bare legs. If she watches her step, keeps out of dirt and puddles, takes lukewarm showers ( but no baths ), these “liquid stockings in a bottle” she has…

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1940s War Era influence on Swimsuit Style

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Looming War impacts 1940s Swimsuits – Just months before the US entry into war, it appeared that patriotism was already taking a hold in the imaginations of American designers. From hats to sandals to swimsuits, the girls love it in the same way they love a parade. Swimwear is red, white and blue this year. By good fortune, the national colors make…

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1960s Makeup – Eight Steps to a Party Face

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Groovy 1967 chick makeup guide – A cute 1960s makeup tutorial from Teen Magazine in 1967 1.If your skin is greasy, or partially so, dab with mild tonic down the centre panel, let dry. if skin is dry, use moisturiser instead. 2.Put a little foundation cream into palm. of hand, let it warm before applying it lightly and evenly over the…

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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…

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Max Factor’s School of Make-up 1934.

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Hollywood beauty guru shares secrets – “Do you know”, asks Max Factor ” that you can change the very contour of your face?” That isn’t an idle dream. It’s a fact. All you have to do is to learn a few elementary principles of art. So – step into school girls. Let’s do what the artist would do if you…

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5 Steps for a 1930s Hollywood makeup day look

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Hollywood Beauty with Maureen O Sullivan – 1930s makeup report by Carolyn Van Wycks. Assuming Maureen O Sullivan has already applied a powder foundation, beginning with the above picture, she illustrates for you the five important successive steps in applying make-up. 1. First, a blue eye shadow is smoothed gently across her lids. 2. Second ( above) , Maureen accents…

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Film Noir Fashion – a retrospective photoshoot

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Photographer revisits femme fatale styles of the 1940s – Just what is it about the allure of those female stars of the 1940s film noir era? Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not, Rita Hayworth in Gilda, Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, Veronica Lake in Blue Dahlia, Joan Bennett in The Woman in the Window, Gloria Grahame in the…

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