Rita-hayworth---brown-to-redhead-hair-color

1940’s Hairstyles – Change your color and become a star!

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Glamourpost

1940’s Hairstyles – Change your color and become a star! For some famous actresses of the 1930s ad 1940s, changing their hair color could turn them in to stars. For others it wasn’t such a good idea, even if the role supposedly demanded it. Our roving time traveling beauty columnist Carolyn Van Wycks reports from 1940. 1940’s Hollywood Girls let…

Read More→

1940-Oxford-Suit-feature

1940s Fashion – Cute day suits for sunny Autumn days

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Glamourpost

1940s Fashion – Cute day suits for sunny Autumn days. Time travelling vintage fashion columnist Carolyn Van Wycks gives us a peek at two cute day suits for early autumn 1940 style worn by actress Irish Meredith.The early 1940s fashion silhouette was well established. Pretty Iris Meredith, now appearing in Columbia’s “The Return of Wild Bill” knows how to travel…

Read More→

Scary Cosmetic Masks from 1917

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Glamourpost

Scary Cosmetic Masks from 1917. Beauty science has come a long way since these frightful Hannibal Lecter style rubber ‘cosmetic’ masks. These images are to be found in Hygiene of the Face & Cosmetic Guide from 1917. 1917 Cosmetic Masks. These were applications of mixtures, compositions or tissues which prevented the contact of air with the skin. The ( supposedly)…

Read More→

1910 – Seven Secret Edwardian Beauty Hints

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Glamourpost

Illustrated Beauty Guide from the Titanic Era – Some highlights from a 1910 personal beauty book by Margaret Mixter. You can find the full book on Archive.org.  A rare insight from the Edwardian Era,  into the beauty habits and secrets of Edwardian women. 1. Massage – Face,Neck,Eyelids,Arms 2. Giving a Dry Shampoo. 3. Manicuring. 4. Wrinkles. 5. Preserve your Small…

Read More→

Downton Abbey hits the Roaring Twenties.

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Glamourpost

With potential bright young things like Lady Edith and Lady Rose MacClare , the fourth season of Downton Abbey promises to shake off the shackles of misery that left everyone bereft from the Christmas special and hit the Roaring Twenties in style. London in the 1920s had numerous infamous jazz clubs such as the Kit Kat Club, The Coconut Grove,…

Read More→

Fashion in 1940 – Autumn Wardrobe of the Stars.

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Glamourpost

Deanna Durbin, Myrna Loy reveal their Autumn outfits for 1940. Originally published in Sept 1940’s Photoplay by fashion editor Gwenn Walters. The USA’s entrance into the Second World war is still over a year away. Deanna Durbin poses in 1940s College fashions. The perfect little arbiter of good taste in feminine clothes is of course Deanna Durbin, a very fashion-wise…

Read More→

1915-Edwardian-Pink-Cotton-Corset

What Lingerie did Women wear in 1909 ?

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Glamourpost

Edwardian Fashion Shoot by Matt Knowles – Lingerie collection by Lori Knowles. Illustrating a 1909 Fashion review of the latest Edwardian lingerie out for that Autumn season. A special thank-you to Lori and Matt Knowles for their wonderful photos of Edwardian lingerie. They are still looking for models for future shoots, so do pay them a visit. Also a shout…

Read More→

Fashion in 1910 – A Womans Complete Winter Wardrobe.

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Glamourpost

A 1910 Review of the complete wardrobe for the fashionable woman for Autumn and Winter – Originally published by the Salt Lake Tribune – Sunday Sept 11th 1910. The Fashion Dictates in Suits and Gowns – by Joan Greenshields. The cult of the tailor made suit has increased by leaps and bounds this past few seasons. There is nothing more…

Read More→

1909---Edwardian-Low-Coiffure-Hugh-Mangum-photographs13

Women show the latest pompadour hairstyles -1909

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Glamourpost

Stunning photos from 1909 of ordinary women modelling the latest low pompadour coiffures. The San Francisco Call, March 28, 1909. The 1900’s were drawing to a close, and with it Edwardian fashion and Edwardian hairstyles were taking their first baby steps into a new emancipated era for women. Fashion commands new coiffures and the pompadour is getting smaller! A WOMAN’S…

Read More→

1920s Fashion – Autumn Wardrobe and Beauty Makeover 1928.

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Glamourpost

Time traveling beauty consultant Carolyn Van Wyck – dishes out 1920s wardobe and beauty advice to a girl in 1928. That all important day when you have to consider your winter beauty regime, put those summer skirts away, fold up your swimsuits and consider what to keep from last years wardrobe and what to add for the coming Fall season….

Read More→

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Our Lovely Sponsors

Besame Cosmetics - vintage style makeup
Blue Velvet Vintage Dresses
Cats Like Us - vintage style dresses
Vivien of Holloway
Reconstructing History - vintage sewing patterns
House of Foxy - Vintage inspired fashion, dresses & ladies clothing

Royal Vintage Shoes

ROYAL-VINTAGE-SHOES
Vintage Makeup Guides

Vintage Lingerie

Vintage Inspired Lingerie guide and shopping
Search Glamourdaze
Glamourdaze YouTube

1940s British Wartime Guides

1940s British Wartime Guides

1940s USA Wartime Womens Guides

1940s US Wartime Womens Guides

Categories

Archives

1950s Style Dresses

1940s Style Dresses

Gatsby Dresses