Category: 1950s
Vintage swimwear guide: A suit for all body shapes
Everyone can look good in a bathing suit, you just have to know what you want to emphasise and what not to draw attention to. Thinking about your body shape is a good start towards finding your dream bathing suit. And to give you a little guidance, whether you have short legs, wide hips, a [...]
Book review: A Stitch in Time Volume 2 – Vintage Knitting Patterns 1930-1959
The second volume of the influential vintage knitting book A Stitch in Time was published last year. Can it live up to the high standard the first volume has set? Rebecka Mustajarvi reviews. If one can talk about cult-classics when it comes to knitting books, A Stitch in Time is probably as cult as it [...]
Hollywood’s wardrobe queen: costume designer Edith Head
Nobody has poked, prodded and seen the frilly knickers of more vintage movie stars than Edith Head. Yet despite her glamorous line-up of colleagues, Head was never overshadowed throughout her career as a costume designer to Hollywood’s greatest. Edith Head, the quirky, owlish looking woman, made herself stand out and be honoured. In her own [...]
How to be a Bobby-Soxer
“Bobby-soxers” or “bobby-sox girls” was a phrase coined in the Forties to refer to over-zealous young female devotees of Frank Sinatra, the first singing teen idol. The name alluded to the fashion among teenage girls at the time to wear short white ‘half-hose’ socks. Rosie Cowling reports. In 1945 the press, who were by now calling Frank Sinatra “The [...]
Reproduction vintage report: No. 9 Bridal Couture
Set up in 2009 by bridalwear designer Linda Davey, No. 9 focuses on wedding gowns with a vintage feel. The company is based in Yorkshire where every single gown is made by hand, making nearly every dress a complete one-off. If brides don’t want to go couture, they can choose a dress based on one [...]
The Birth of Soul music (part 2)
Writer Paul Culshaw continues his exploration of the birth of soul music. Vocal Groups were so involved in the progression in music from Rhythm ‘n’ Blues through Rock ‘n’ Roll then back to plain Rhythm ‘n’ Blues, then onto Soul and Motown music. One such group – The Dominoes – had two members with the [...]
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