Category: 1940s
The Vintage Librarian reviews: Dressing Marilyn
Dressing Marilyn: How a Hollywood Icon Was Styled by William Travilla (by Andrew Hansford, published by Goodman, £20, available in all good book shops and online) offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at some of Monroe’s most famous film costumes and the Hollywood costumier who created them. William Travilla mainly worked at Twentieth Century-Fox which is [...]
How to make a “Let’s Go To Vegas” cardigan
This fab tutorial on how to give a cardigan a Las Vegas spin comes from brilliant vintage blogger Charlotte over at Tuppence Ha’Penny. Here she shows us how to applique a cardigan with playing cards. You will need: - red felt remnant - white felt remnant - red sewing thread – white sewing thread - cardigan or sweater - freezer [...]
Kings of Vintage: The Zoot Suit Riots – fashion, rebellion and youth in Forties LA
During the Forties, American teens were at odds with the adults. They went to clubs that served oversized menus and soda and would listen to music by Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong. They would go dancing in ballrooms, for walks with their sweethearts and took advantage of their time as youths. [...]
Ooh la la! Vintage hairstylist Miss Betty shares her style secrets
Miss Betty is a one woman glamour machine. Able to unlock the elusive beauty secrets of decades long passed with a graceful flick of her comb and some ingenious curl-magic, this is one hairstylist who lives and breathes elegant vintage style. Originally opening a beauty parlour in France, Miss Betty now co-owns the brilliant It’s [...]
Kings of Vintage: Rockers
With their love for motorcycles, leather and beer, Rockers have always had a bad reputation, even when they first began to emerge in post-war Britain. Christopher Raymond Brocklebank takes a look at a youth culture phenomenon which still fascinates us today.
Prom queens of vintage
The high school prom is a seminal moment in every American girl’s teenage years. It’s that time of year when corsages, taffeta and hairspray step out of the vintage world into mainstream consciousness and the only thing more important than getting a date is getting a dress. Actually, getting the dress. With the end of [...]
