To all our subscribers - Glamourdaze would like to wish you a Happy Christmas and wonderful new year. May 2012 bring you health, wealth and happiness. Some news for our Google friends and feed subscribers. We are opening a Glamourdaze.com, a brand new site. Blogger had been amazing and we're sad to leave, but we need more pages !! and lots of other capabilities that Blogger doesn't provide - yet. Google has decided to dump Google Friend connect [ for all non blogger sites ]- and as of yet, there is no facility to take Google friends with us, so if you're reading this and you don't want to lose us, subscribe to Google Plus - top right sidebar ! Feed subsc ribers will continue to get updates. Have a look at our Christmas Special video for more details on what's a happening ! Check out our Christmas Zazzle shop for some nice xmas goodies. We'll be giving away some free printables next week
If you are looking for high quality millinery with consummate attention to every detail then mark Gail's shop as a part of your shopping experience.
She is always busy adding new designs to her shop so stop by often. If you have questions she will surely try to help you with the answer.
Gail sells ready to wear and custom made. If you have a particular design in mind she'll will do her best to bring that design to life.Whether its Cloche hats, Fedora hats, 1940s style hats or Victorian style hats you're looking for, Gail can make it - and made to order ! Creations by Gail is a sponsor of Glamourdaze.
The definitive story about women's Make-up. by Gabriela Hernandez [ founder of Besame Cosmetics]
The definition of a beautiful face has never been constant. Gabriela's stunning new book explores the social political climates which helped mould what are now accepted beauty rituals. Classic beauty is a stunning reference book, chronicling make-up trends for eyes, lips, face and has richly illustrated in depth reviews of classic eras from the 1920s up to the present day. Over 430 images, detailed timelines and color palettes, which show the changing definitions of beauty. You'll learn about all the famous innovations [ who invented mascara, lipstick etc. This book really is all you need for the complete history of make-up.
Whether you're makeup pro or just an enthusiast then this book is a fabulous reference. Written by the recognized guru on vintage and retro make-up styles, Ms Besame Cosmetics herself - Gabriela Hernandez ! Highly recommended by Glamourdaze.
Get the 1920s flapper make-up look. It isn't often that a genuine manual of make-up and beauty advice from the flapper days of the 1920s comes along, but this is one of those times.
A beautifully illustrated and lovingly restored e-publication of an original beauty guide for women in 1925, this little book is filled to the brim with girlish advice for young ladies in an era when women first began to experience the true feeling of liberation, and of their own feminine power.
Authored by 1920s socialite Marjorie Oelrichs - not only is it a pure delight to browse for any vintage beauty or make-up enthusiast and those searching for authentic advice on vintage 1920s make-up looks, but it is also an important historical record of beauty modes and feminine ideals of that era. In it you'll learn some of the following important 1920s beauty tips on eyes, lips, hair, face and lots more:
1.What beauty type are you? 2.Making your arms and hands beautiful 3.Right make-up for your color type. 4. Corrective make-up techniques 5. How to care for and dress your 1920s hair. 6.The 1920s philosophy of beauty. 7.1920s eye makeup 8.1920s style tips
and so much more!
Any self respecting Flapper would want this book ! Treat yourself or a flapper friend to this little treasure box of female wisdom from the glorious age of the 1920s. You can also get the Vintage Make-up Guide Bundle, which includes all 1920's,1930's, 1940s and 1950's guides. A real bargain!
The french word for 'bell', the Cloche was repudiated to have been invented by the famous ' queen of the milliners' Caroline Reboux. She operated her shop at 9, avenue Matignon, Paris from the 1860s and became the most sought after of milliners in the early days of Haute couture.Among her clients was Marlene Dietrich, who made the french beret famous.
But it was the iconic Cloche hat which became famous in the 1920s never was there a woman's hat that became so synonymous with an era than the Cloche.Structured from felt, Reboux would make the hat by placing a sheet of felt on her customer's head and then cut and fold it to a bell like shape. It is generally recognized that the Bob haircut came after the Cloche.
The 1920s Cloche Hat Shape.
The Cloche Hat -Glamourdaze
Starting with Caroline Reboux, the hat began life with a wider brimmed bonnet, and as the decade advanced became more tight fitting. By the end of the decade, the Cloche hat was larger , covering more of a girls face and able to accommodate longer hair again.
Construction and styles.
The Changeling -Angelina Jolie
Usually made from felt, they were designed to cover a woman's forehead, which gave her a sense of protection in public. Famously, Angelina Jolie, who made the Cloche hat famous again by her demure hat styles in the film The Changeling, testified to this fact. The Art deco fad strongly influenced the outlines of the cloche hat, especially in the brim or in the style of the seam-work. Applique decoration became fashionable and many women favored embroidered designs as well. By the early 1930s the hat fell from fashion, but is once again popular, thanks in part to its popularization by films like the aforementioned Changeling. The hugely successful series Boardwalk Empire, will no doubt will start featuring them soon as the popular series moves through the 1920s.
Twiggy from The Boyfriend
This is a short film compiled from images in Sears catalog of 1925.
Bobbed hair was first made popular by dancer Irene Castle, as far back as 1916, is the definitive hairstyle look for the 1920s. Known as the Castle Bob it was simply a tousled straight round cut that was level with the lobes of the ears. As the 1920s advanced, it became synonymous with the flapper look. To wear your hair short was a major statement by a woman, one of independence.
The hair revolution took off so much that Scott Fitzgerald, the author of the Great Gatsby, wrote a short story called Bernice bobs her hair which tells the story of a girls transformation from sweet society girl to vamp ! Bernice became a role model for many young flapper women.
In Paris, fashion designer Coco Chanel had her locks cropped. Louise Brooks took the page boy look, also known as the " Dutch Boy " and combined it with the bob cut, and this is probably the most definitive and iconic bobbed hairstyle remembered today.
The New York Times reported in 1924 that thousands of women of all ages were invading the traditional mens barbers and demanding the new cuts !
Fingerwaved or Shingle bobs became very popular and soon hairdressers were falling over themselves to come up with the next New Hair Look. By the late 1920s the Eton Crop was a dominant cut. The differences between the Orchid Bob, Eton Crop, Brushed Back Bob, Tousled Frizy Bob, The Shingle and all the other popular haircuts for women in the 1920's was not exactly easy to tell, other than that they were all generally influenced by taking a pair of scissors to the once cherished long locks of a woman. It was a big decision, as the soft condition engendered by long hair could never really be reversed. Thanks to Photo Detective for these wonderful images of 1920s hairstyles
Well girls, we've been labouring away here at Glamour Daze and for all you vintage retro beauty and fashion fans out there, Glamourdaze proudly presents a beautiful range of 16 month 2012 vintage glamour wall calendars for instant download in high resolution PDF form or for ordering ready printed from our Zazzle shop. Celebrating womens dress, swimwear, lingerie and makeup styles and much more from the glamourous decades of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Unique and individually designed. You can select your favourite decade or get all the calendars in one great value bundle! Bring some vintage glamour into your home kitchen or office. Download Instantly for great value or purchase ready printed. The choice is yours.Visit our vintage fashion calendar store at RetroCalendar.com
This archive video features some stunning dance routines from the 1920's like the Charleston and Black Bottom dance. This was the disco dancing of that era. These social dances were essentially Jazz dances.
Another favourite of this blog is this video by Aaron1912 of Youtube.His channel is possibly the best resource for all things 1920's !
