Category: 1950s
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 [...]
We love: Vintage Trudy drawings
We’ve really fallen in love with a new range of vintage drawings – Vintage Trudy – which is launching next week. What makes these charming little sketches to unique is that they were drawn by a timid newly-wed in the early Fifties, who had moved to Britain for a new start after the hardship of [...]
Vintage comeback: the rain bonnet
Just why did the rain bonnet ever go out of fashion? Much more practical than an umbrella, especially when you’re stuck in a gale-force downpour, the former handbag staple has in recent years been relegated to old lady territory. Once hairstyles requiring setting or an elaborate updo fell out of fashion, so – sadly – [...]
Diana Dors: portrait of a post war pin-up
Do blondes have more fun? Did 1950s bombshells have platinum curls, voluptuous curves, endless lashes and flirty dresses? Case closed! But while many of us now consider Marilyn Monroe the archetype of that very glamorous decade, all-American, windswept and pouty in that white dress, another blonde sex kitten was making waves on this side of [...]
Queens meets vintage fashionista Natasha Bailie
Meet Natasha Bailie, the vintage fashion collector behind the Natasha Bailie Vintage Clothing Company. This online wardrobe is stocked full with beautiful hand-picked items, a real must for all vintage queens. Natasha chats to our Homes Editor Tara Gardner and offers all readers a 15% discount in her store. Tell us a bit about yourself [...]
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 [...]
