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Easy Edwardian Hairstyle in 10 Minutes

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Glamourpost

Pompadour with Psyche knot – in 8 Steps! – Do you have long hair? Fancy a Downton Abbey Look? Then you can quickly create a classic Edwardian hairstyle look from this rare little pictorial hairstyle guide for women found in Girls Own 1911.( thanks Ebay!) Note: The illustrations show the right side of this young woman’s hair being pinned into…

20th Century Foxy Fashion Show – New 2013 Summer arrivals.

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Glamourpost

Chic new vintage style dresses and pants from 20th century Foxy… Recently at the York Festival of Vintage, Clare Quartermaine’s 20th Century Foxy put on a delicious display of some of their new stock due in from this month onwards . Hair was by Bethany Jane of The Vintage Beauty Parlour. 1.Top of the list in our opinion are these…

Blue Velvet Vintage – Eclectic Vintage and Retro Style

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Glamourpost

Authentic Vintage and Vintage Inspired Clothing. With customers from all over the world, Blue Velvet Vintage,founded by Theresa Campbell McKee, is one of the webs premier online vintage clothing suppliers. We thought we’d feature some of their gorgeous vintage inspired evening dresses. Theresa kindly took us on a tour through her business. “We have been selling authentic vintage clothing and…

Get the Great Gatsby Look!

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Glamourpost

Get the Great Gatsby Look this season from Modcloth’s unique and dedicated 1920s era shop… Whether it’s for a casual 1920s themed dinner party, a cocktail evening or a mad flappers night out, there’s dresses, shoes, headbands and other accessories to add a flapper-esque flair to any look this coming summer. Add glitzy details to your evening outfit, from decadent…

Charlotte and Jane – Silks, Seams and Silhouettes

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Glamourpost

Exclusive in-depth interview with the co founders of the Irish Vintage Style Design Label – Charlotte and Jane Charlotte & Jane – Silks, Seams and Silhouettes. Every year at the London fashion week – quite a noticeable proportion of designers showing have come through the cloistered halls of Central St Martin’s ( ok – there aren’t any Oxford style…

Lady Olive Baillie – The English Great Gatsby.

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Glamourpost

Lady Olive Baillie – The English Great Gatsby. The subject of BBC4’s excellent Woman’s Hour this week was the experiences of women in Britain after the First World War and on into the 1920’s. Women’s role in employment, politics and in the family were discussed. But it was the arrival of former Labour MP Shirley Williams to discuss the life…

1940s vintage tutorial on film

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Glamourpost

1940s vintage tutorial on film Over on our sister site Vintage Makeup Guides – we’ve transcribed our most popular vintage 1940’s makeup video on our Youtube channel,( over 170,000 hits and rising! ) so you can follow with text and images the exact process of makeup application as taught by Miss Ratherly Stern back in 1946. …

1900’s Fashion – Edwardian Summer Gowns 1905

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Glamourpost

Vintage Fashion Reviews – Edwardian Summer Gowns 1905. The 1905 issue of the Los Angeles Herald reviews the latest in evening gowns for those soft summer nights. Pointed, Square and Round decolletage. Elbow sleeves with ruffles are the latest decree in women’s 1905 summer fashions. There is always something most attractive about the fashions for summer gowns, especially those intended…

1940’s Department Store Fashion – Louisville

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Glamourpost

1940’s Department Store Fashion – Louisville. All images – Royal Photo Company Collection Deep in the heart of Louisville, Kentucky was the now long departed Kaufman Straus Department store which carried up to date women’s clothing from 1879 to 1969. By the 1930’s and 1940’s – fashion shopping was a family affair where mothers,daughters,aunts and friends enjoyed the new ‘consumer…

1940s Fashion – A Most Glamorous Department Store

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Glamourpost

The Neiman Marcus Department Store – 1940s Fashion. The photos featured here were taken between 1939 and 1945 by Life photographers Nina Leen and Alfred Eisenstaedt and curated by the online Life Photo Archive “I dreamed all my life of the perfect store for women. Then I saw Neiman Marcus, and my dream came true.” These were the words of…

Easy Edwardian Hairstyle in 10 Minutes

20th Century Foxy Fashion Show – New 2013 Summer arrivals.

Blue Velvet Vintage – Eclectic Vintage and Retro Style

Get the Great Gatsby Look!

Charlotte and Jane – Silks, Seams and Silhouettes

Lady Olive Baillie – The English Great Gatsby.

1940s vintage tutorial on film

1900’s Fashion – Edwardian Summer Gowns 1905

1940’s Department Store Fashion – Louisville

1940s Fashion – A Most Glamorous Department Store

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