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Categories: Fashion, Illustration, vintage • Tags: 1930s, art, arts, beauty, Bette Davis, craft, design, Fashion, fashion illustration, Glamour, hollywood, illustration, Inspiration, movies, photography, style, vintage
“A Hurrell portrait is to the ordinary publicity stills what a Rolls-Royce is to a roller-skate”. This is how George Hurrell, MGM’s main man, was described in Esquire magazine in 1936. Marlene Dietrich Veronica Lake George swept into town with the intention of becoming a painter, only once he started photographing heiresses, with his signature dramatic spotlight, creating sculptured cheekbones and glowing skin, he never looked back. Carole Lombard By 1929 he had a contract with […]
Categories: 1930s, 1940s, 1970, Fashion, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1930s, 1940s, art, arts, beauty, celebrities, culture, Entertainment, Fashion, film, films, George Hurrell, Glamour, history, hollywood, Inspiration, Jane Russell, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, marlene dietrich, movies, photography, veronica lake, vintage
I’ve seen so many books I want to get for Christmas that I’ve started making a list. Which has now turned into a post! And if your loved ones are anything like me then these are sure to please on Christmas Day. I’ve even added them to my Amazon affiliate store, so you can buy them straight from the links below: My problem is I want ALL of them! Dressed to Kill, Jazz Age Fashion by Virginia & Daisy Bates Decades, […]
Categories: Book Reviews, Fashion, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, art, arts, beauty, best 10 books, books, culture, design, dressmaking, Fashion, fashion illustration, film, films, history, hollywood, movies, photography, shopping, style, vintage
“There are different layers of rich, and you have to choose which rich she is. She’s the heroine of the film, so you can’t choose to make her a dumpy rich person. She’s also Faye Dunaway. You can choose to make her rather chic. I’ve never seen Babe Paley wear anything but brown, gray, off-white, and black. I assume Faye does the same thing as Mrs Mulwray”. Anthea Sylbert, Costume Designer for Chinatown 1974 (Dressed by Deborah Nadoolman Landis) My […]
Categories: 1930s, Fashion, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1930s, art, arts, beauty, celebrities, Chinatown, culture, design, Entertainment, Fashion, fashion illustration, Faye Dunaway, film, films, Glamour, hollywood, Inspiration, movies, Mrs Mulwray, photography, style, vintage
This weekend was the 50th anniversary of Marilyn’s death. I wanted to do a “10 favourite images” but a) I couldn’t narrow it down to 10 and b) there seemed such a distinction between the pin up shots and the portrait shots, I thought I’d make a point of it. So which do you prefer – the pin-up or portraits? From Pin Up Photo: Andre de Dienes Playboy 1953 Photo: Milton Greene Photo: Sam Shaw Photo: Milton Greene To Portrait […]
Categories: 1950s, Fashion, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1950s, art, beauty, celebrities, Chanel, culture, Entertainment, eve arnold, Fashion, films, Glamour, history, hollywood, Inspiration, marilyn monroe, MIlton Greene, movies, photography, Pin up, playboy, style, vintage
Our step back to the Weimar Republic at Herr Kettner’s was most enjoyable. The dress code stated “1920s Berlin, moustachioed dandies, dizzy flappers, monocled counts, decadent aesthetes, firebrand radicals, apoplectic Teutonic military officers, predatory cross-dressers, itinerant jazz musicians, black or white tie”. So of course, a little research was required, as seen below – courtesy of Marlene Dietrich, Henry and June, Cabaret and some decadent 1920’s fashion illustrations. Oh and the rather mischievous Clara Bow: Top illustration by me Marlene […]
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It’s been a busy week. Back from Seville and straight to a wedding on Saturday. Not any ordinary wedding, you understand. In true Jubilee spirit, one of my best friend’s married her childhood sweetheart at the Guard’s Chapel, off St James’ Park. If you know London, you’ll understand that it’s just a few metres away from Buckingham Palace, and therefore in the midst of Jubilee festivities. You can just imagine the atmosphere, particularly with the bride arriving in a horse-drawn […]
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So we’ve seen Whitey’s treasures of Marilyn, now time to get down to business. How did they do it? Lisa Eldridge, a renowned makeup artist, made this fantastic video which takes you through all the steps. (She also does some great tutorials on makeup basics and evening looks.) (If you want a laugh, check out some of the comments – it seemed to provoke a bit of a scrap! She also does some great videos on makeup basics and evening looks.) But […]
Categories: Beauty, Photography2, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1950s, art, beauty, burlesque, celebrities, culture, design, diy, Entertainment, Fashion, film, films, Glamour, history, hollywood, Inspiration, Lisa Eldridge, makeup, marilyn monroe, movies, photography, shopping, style, vintage
I’ve always been slightly obsessed with Marilyn’s makeup. She was no chameleon – she was the champion of her own look. Honed for years under the guidance of a man called “Whitey”. “You don’t just wake up in the morning and wash your face and comb your hair and go out in the street and look like Marilyn Monroe. She knows every trick of the beauty trade”. Milton Greene “Whitey” Snyder started to do Marilyn’s makeup in 1948, for her […]
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