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1970’s Disco Queen Makeover in 14 Steps

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Vintage Make-up Guide – 1978 – It’s easy to get your own 1970s disco queen look with this 1970s makeup tutorial, but before you start, you need to study your face to decide which features to de-emphasise and which to enhance. Should you be playing up your cheekbones or lips; reshaping a round face, square jaw? 1. Shape brows – tweezing from…

Vidal Sassoon works his scissors in 1965

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Glamourdaze

The Hair wizard in his New York Salon – “Famous folks think their names mean a lot to snobby hairdressers.Well, they do to me too – until they get past the reception desk. At that point they can forget who they are – because they’re mine !” declares Vidal Sassoon emphatically. The London hairdresser, already famous in Europe, has two haircutting salons…

Free Yardley 1970s makeup guide

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Glamourdaze

A Free Yardley Crash Course in Make-up – 1972 Over on out sister site Vintage Makeup Guides, download a cute little 1970s makeup guide from wayy back in sunny 1972, the era of sheen and lip gloss, and shimmering eye shadows, David Essex or David Cassidy posters, Jackie magazine for British girls and the likes of Seventeen magazine for US girls,…

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‘Sassoon Cut’ Triplets – New York 1964

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Glamourdaze

New York triplets import Vidal Sassoon – Curled and puffed-up hair is out, and the smooth-and-sleek retro bobbed look is in. To make triply sure everybody gets the message straight, from London, here are the Dees sisters of New York. The Dees Triplets were featured some 9 years ago in Life Magazine the day they cut their hair short and started…

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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1950s Hairstyles Chart for your hair length

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Glamourdaze

The Short, medium and Long of it all – Short hair is very much “high fashion” in 1953, and it certainly looks wonderful on some girls. Others prefer to wear long hair, or admire the short cut but wisely apply to a principle to which all girls should cling – if it doesn’t suit you, don’t wear it ! Every…

Besame Cosmetics scores a hit with Agent Carter

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Glamourdaze

At Vintage Nostalgia Show 2015 Wiltshire – Vintage Nostalgia Show is a unique summer vintage festival in the heart of the UK’s Wiltshire countryside and takes place 29 – 31 May 2015. Now in it’s fourth year, we find vintage cosmetics line Bésame Cosmetics head-lining as official show sponsors for 2015 ! Glamourdaze spoke to Sharon Holloway, Director of Bésame…

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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….

The Italian Cut Hairstyle Craze of 1953

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Glamourdaze

A hit amongst barbers and brunettes – 1950s hairstyle report for Glamourdaze When the stars of Italian movies began sporting short, shaggy haircuts that looked – well – messy but undeniably chic and interesting, they touched off a ground swell of imitative barbering that this summer is equalling if not surpassing the poodle hair cut mania of 1952. The uniformly short,…

1970’s Disco Queen Makeover in 14 Steps

Vidal Sassoon works his scissors in 1965

Free Yardley 1970s makeup guide

‘Sassoon Cut’ Triplets – New York 1964

Inside Christian Diors Salon in 1957

1950s Hairstyles Chart for your hair length

Besame Cosmetics scores a hit with Agent Carter

Backstage at Givenchy’s First Collection – Spring 1952

Wow ! 1950s Spring Fashion

The Italian Cut Hairstyle Craze of 1953

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