The Artist - A tribute to the real silent screen divas

Glamourdaze's tribute to the original female stars of the Silent Screen era.

The Artist - The People behind the Hairstyles and Make-up

Glamourdaze has already written in-depth posts on 1920's Make-up and 1920's Hairstyles, and we were delighted that Julie Hewett - the Make-up Designer for The Artist has agreed to be interviewed by Glamourdaze . More on that soon. In the meantime we'll take a quick look at her work on this amazing film.

To achieve a genuine and convincing make-up look for the 1920's era, Hewett had prepared by studying old black and white films. Interestingly, during shoots the monitors on set were in black and white which helped her perfect the luminescent looks of her stars.

Instead of pale makeup - which one would have presumed, Hewett kept the skin tones warm. Clearly an experimental process, she strove to achieve a natural look for the women. Peppy Millers lipstick had to appear to have shade and color - as opposed to being black."Your eye tells you to put a certain shade on, but you have to do what works for the black-and-white translation.” she said. Julie also has her own line of make-up available from her website Julie Hewett.net



Peppy Millers hairstyles created by Cydney Cornell, again was an experimental process, running several tests of famous silent divas, such as Louise Brooks and Joan Crawford. As it turned out Cornell said “Her hair was a combination of everyone because we were working with a particular actress and we were going for authenticity!"

Quotes from Below the Line - recent interviews with two key members of The Artist crew - make-up artist Julie Hewett and hair stylist Cydney Cornell.

The Artist - A tribute to the real silent screen divas

To achieve the genuine 1920's Flapper Look, visit Vintage Make-up Guide, where you can download beautifully restored beauty guides from that era.

The Unsinkable Cloche Hat - Beautiful 1920's archive film

Peppy Miller - Cloche Hat 'The Artist 2011'

This unique film collection of women in the 1920's modelling the famous cloche hat is a treat to watch.
It transports you back to an iconic era when women gradually began to be emancipated from men.



When Angelina Jolie doned her famous cloche hat for the hit film The Changeling, she found it a new and refreshing experience  - almost like being in a safe environment when out and about.

Angelina Jolie - Cloche Hat Fad

The forehead was simply not fashionable in the 1920's and hats fitted tightly down over the face.It's difficult to say which came first - bobbed or cropped hair or the cloche hat, but my guess is that it was the hat which dictated the new shorter hairstyles eventually as the 1920's drew in.

 That said - many women who served as nurses and worked in industry during the first world war had to tie up or shorten their locks as they did again in the 1940's. So perhaps this necessity was the mother of invention for Paris designers.

The Cloche was said to have been invented by the great French Milliner Caroline Reboux who was in her 60s by the time she introduced the design.She was also was the first to add a veil to a woman’s hat. She created the hat by placing a length of felt on a customer's head and then cutting and folding it to shape.The true original Cloche hat is made with felt - though there are many ways of achieving the look - such as a wool hat for instance.

Our lovely sponsor Creations by Gail makes gorgeous 1920's style hats that would make anyone's mouth water.Whether it's a wedding, a special occasion or a 1920's Jazz themed party, you couldn't go wrong with one of her adorable creations.

Clara Bow - Cloche Hat Wearer

As the 1920's progressed and hairstyles became shorter, the brim of cloche hats all but disappeared, only to reappear spectacularly in 1930.Now, thanks to the the Artist and the coy hat styles of its character Peppy Miller - delightfully played by Bérénice Bejo, the Cloche Hat is as popular as ever. What other fashion era can claim such a success? 
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Free Printable Vintage Christmas Card

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Just a couple of high resolution cards for you to download and print.

Christmas Pin-up Girls - Download

To compliment Glamourdaze's 2012 Vintage Fashion Calendars, you can now download a beautiful Christmas Pin-up calendar for the month of December. Add a little vintage glamour from the 1920s, 1920s and 1940s to your kitchen or office wall.

Christmas Pin-up Cards also available from Glamourdaze at Zazzle along with ready printed
Vintage fashion Calendars for 2012.

Christmas Pin-up Cards at Zazzle

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Flapper Beauty Contest

The Great Flapper Beauty Contest of 1922
Above poster available at Glamourdaze Zazzle

Courtesy of Old Magazine Articles -

Girls, here's good news for you! How would you like to get a hundred dollars - just for being a flapper?
Also a chance to move to Hollywood and become an actress star !
Provided you are more of a flapper than any of the entrants in THE FLAPPER BEAUTY CONTEST !

You don't have to be beautiful to be a flapper, and if you're not a flapper, you wouldn't be considered beautiful !
The thing is - you must be a flapper.

WHAT DOES A FLAPPER LOOK LIKE ?

Well, thats hard to tell. A Chicago beauty column recently listed her characteristics as follows:

1. Hairstyle - Bobbed
2. Make-up - powder and rouge on face - use of lip stick
3. Face - plucked eyebrows
4. Dress - low cut sleeveless bodice, absence of corset, little underclothing, often only a teddy bear, high skirts and roll your own stockings.

If you're friends think you're a flapper, chances are - you are !

The Flapper Slang Guide

The A to Z Flapper Slang Guide for all you aspiring bright young things.


Ella Hartung recorded this dictionary of Flapper slang way back in 1922.



Absent Treatment- Dancing with bashful partner.
Anchor- Box of flowers.
Apple knocker- A hick, a hay-shaker.
Apple Sauce- Flattery; bunk.

Barlow- A girl, a flapper, a chicken.
Bank's Closed- No petting allowed; no kisses.
Barneymugging- Lovemaking.
Bee's Knees- See Cat's Particulars.
Bell Polisher- A young man addicted to lingering in the vestibule at 1 a.m.
Berry Patch- A man's particular interest in a girl.
Berries- Great.
Biscuit- A pettable flapper.
Big Timer (n. masc.)- A charmer able to convince his sweetie that a jollier thing would be to get a snack in an arm-chair lunchroom; a romantic.
Billboard- Flashy man or woman.
Blushing Violet- A publicity hound.
Blouse- To go.
Blow- Wild party.
Blaah- No good.
Boob Tickler- Girl who entertains father's out-of-town customers.
Brush Ape- Anyone from the sticks, a country jake.
Brooksy- Classy dresser.
Bun Duster- See Cake Eater
Bush Hounds- Rustics and others outside of the Flapper pale.

Cancelled Stamp- A wall flower.
Cake Basket- A limousine.
Cake Eater- See Crumb Gobbler.
Cat's Particulars- The acme of perfection; anything that's good.
Cat's Pajamas- Anything that's good.
Cellar Smeller- A young man who always turns up where liquor is to be had without cost.
Corn Shredder- Young man who dances on a girl's feet.
Crasher- Anyone who comes to parties uninvited.
Crashing Party- Party where several young men in a group go uninvited.
Cuddle Cootie- Young man who takes a girl for a ride on a bus, gas wagon, or automobile.
Cuddler- One who likes petting.

Dapper- A flapper's father.
Dewdropper- Young man who does not work, and sleeps all day.
Dincher- A half-smoked cigaret.
Dingle Dangler- One who insists on telephoning.
Dipe Ducat- A subway ticket.
Dimbox- A taxicab.
Di Mi- Goodness.
Dog Kennels- Pair of shoes.
Dropping the Pilot- Getting a divorce.
Duck's Quack- The best thing ever.
Ducky- General term for approbation.
Dud- Wall flower.
Dudding Up- Dressing.
Dumbdora- Stupid girl.
Dumbell- Wall flower with little brains.
Dumkuff- General term for being "nutty" or "batty."

Edisoned- Being asked a lot of questions.
Egg Harbor- Free dance.
Embalmer- A bootlegger.
Eye Opener- A marriage.

Father Time- Any man over 30 years of age.
Face stretcher- Old maid who tries to look young.
Fire Extinguisher- A chaperone.
Finale Hopper- Young man who arrives after everything is paid for.
Fire Alarm- Divorced woman.
Fire Bell- Married woman.
Flap- Girl.
Flat Shoes- Fight between a Flapper and her Goof.
Fluky- Funny, odd, peculiar, different.
Flatwheeler- Flat shy of money; takes girls to free affairs.
Floorflusher- Inveterate dance hound.
Flour Lover- Girl who powders too freely.
Frog's Eyebrows- Nice, fine.

Gander- process of dudding up.
Gimlet- A chronic bore.
Given the Air- When a girl or fellow is thrown down on a date.
Give Your Knee- Cheek-to-cheek and toe-to-toe dancing.
Goofy- To be in love or attracted to. Example: I'm goofy about Jack.
Goat's Whisker's- See Cat's Particluars
Goof- Sweetie
Grubber- One who always borrows cigarettes.

Handcuffs- Engagement ring.
Hen Coop- A beauty parlor.
His Blue Serge- His sweetheart.
Hopper- Dancer.
Houdini- To be on time for a date.
Hush Money- Allowance from father.

Jane- a girl who meets you on the stoop.
Johnnie Walker- Guy who never hires a cab.

Kitten's Ankles- See Cat's Particulars.
Kluck- Dumb, but happy.

Lap- Drink.
Lens Louise- A person given to monopolizing conversation.
Lemon squeezer- An elevator.
Low Lid- The opposite from high brow.

Mad Money- Carfare home if she has a fight with her escort.
Monkey's Eyebrows- See Cat's Particulars.
Monog- A young person of either sex who is "goofy" about only one person at a time.
Monologist- Young man who hates to talk about himself.
Mustard Plaster- Unwelcome guy who sticks around.
Munitions- Face powder and rouge.




Necker- A petter who puts her arms around a boy's neck.
Noodle Juice- Tea.
Nut Cracker- Policeman's Nightstick.

Obituary Notice- Dunning letters.
Orchid- Anything that is expensive.
Out on Parole- A person who has been divorced.

Petting Pantry- A movie.
Petting Party- A party devoted to hugging.
Petter- A loveable person; one who enjoys to caress.
Police Dog- Young man to whom one is engaged.
Potato- A young man shy of brains.

Ritzy Burg- Not classy.
Ritz- Stuck-up.
Rock of Ages- Any woman over 30 years of age.
Rug Hopper- Young man who never takes a girl out. A parlor hound.

Sap- A Flapper term for floorflusher.
Scandal- A short term for Scandal Walk.
Scandaler- A dance floor fullback. The interior of dreadnaught hat, Piccadilly suitings and shoes with open plumbing, size 13.
Seetie- Anybody a flapper hates.
Sharpshooter- One who spends well and dances much.
Shifter- Another species of a Flapper.
Show Case- Rich man's wife with her jewels.
Sip- Flapper term for female Hopper.
Slimp- Cheapskate or "one way guy."
Smith Brothers- Guys who never cough up.
Smoke Eater- A girl cigarette user.
Smooth- Guy who does not keep his word.
Snugglepup- A man fond of petting and petting parties.
Sod Buster- An undertaker.
Stilts- Legs.
Stander- Victim of a female grafter.
Static- Conversation that means nothing.
Swan- Glide gracefully.

Tomato- A young woman shy of brains.
Trotzky- Old lady with mustache and chin whiskers.

Umbrella- Young man any girl can borrow for the evening.
Urban Set- Her new gown.

Walk In- Young man who goes to parties without being invited.
Weasel- Girl stealer.
Weed- Flapper who takes risks.
Weeping Willow- perpetual cryer
Whiskbroom- Any man who wears whiskers.
Wind Sucker- Any person given to boasting.


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1920's Women in Colour - Beautiful

Not very often does one come across color imagery of women's fashion and dress looks from the 1920's, but the National Geographic Stock Online have some stunning color photographs for sale of late 1920s women from different parts of the world - all taken around the same time period.
Feast your eyes on these examples.

1920's woman in Oxford - 1928 - Clifford R Adams - National Geographic

Two young 1920s women - Belfast - 1928 - National Geographic - Clifford R Adams

1920s Flapper - National geographic- Neal P Davis

Two Flappers - Arizona - 1929 - National Geographic - Clifford r adams

Mexican woman - Brownsville Texas - National Geographic

Two 1920s women buying ice cream - Cornwall 1928 - National Geographic

Two german women - 1929 - Cologne - Wilhelm Tobien - National Geographic

1920s woman - Glouchester, mass - National Geographic

Women Archers - Austin Texas - 1928 - National Geographic

Woman - Isle of Wight - 1928 - National Geographic

Two 1920s women - Laredo Texas - Cliffors R Adams - National Geographic

 The last one is my favourtite - it's like a French master. And there's so much more over at National Geographic. Enjoy.
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Free Vintage Pinup Glamour Firefox Personas

For all our subscribers. If you use Firefox as a browser, then you'll love these vinage retro pinup style personas to add a little vintage glam to your daily browsing. Enjoy.

The 1920's Silhouette

The 1920's Silhouette

The Womans body shape saved by Hollywood !

The 1920's began with the disappearance of the female silhouette altogether ! Womenswear became more mannish, waist was gone, bust was gone, shoulders were broader and hair much shorter. The silhouette emphasised a flat chest and any womanly curves were eliminated as the line became more simplified. The infamous Symington Side Lacer became briefly popular, and certainly was a godsend to the lesbian community.In effect, this was a bra that could be laced at both sides and in to flatten a womans chest. The aim was to look boyish. Corsets gave way to Latex girdles and cami-bockers - directoire knickers with a chemise - among young women during the Roaring Twenties.
One could hardly party in boned corsetry, unless you were courting a visit to the local hospital !

1920's Lingerie

1920's Lingerie

Early 1920's Silhouette

Early 1920's silhouette

After a determined attempt in the early 1920's by designers to discard the need for a bust at all, the continued appearance of breasts on women necessitated bringing back the brassiere and dress designs for a more shapely figure. The top image of Fay Lanphier from the 1926 film [ also starring Louise Brooks ]
The American Venus, gives a good idea of how Hollywood undeniably helped rescue the female shape from the more austere post war European movement.

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1920's Fashion Comeback !

The 1920's look - L'officiel Echo de la mode 1928.

Also visit 1920's Women's Fashion Revisited

Drew Barrymore at the premier of Grey Gardens

Angelina Jolie in The Changeling

Flapper Fashion on the catwalk

1920's Fashion Comeback ! 
Vintage 1920's style is on the way back again !
Loose-fitting dresses embellished with loads of fringing and beading are beginning to regularly pop up in fashion shows. Art Deco shows and 1920's themed partys seem to never go out of vogue. Hollywood is in love with the era again with films as diverse as The Changeling and Peter Jacksons King Kong emulating the late twenties early thirties period.

 House of Elliot

Constant re-runs of hit TV show House of Elliot [ which oozed 1920's fashion from every scene] demonstrate that folks are nostalgic for more glamourous days.

See 1920's Fashion - Women's dress and Style

And finally a compilation of real 1920's womens fashion on our YouTube channel.

1920's Fashion - Women's Dress and Style




And even in the 1950's they were searching for inspiration from the 1920's as this Pathe Newsreel shows.

ARE FASHIONS GOING BACK TO 1920?

1920's Fashion Comeback !