Category: Vintage Style
Hollywood make-up tutorial from 1938
Iconic makeup specialist Jean Barrie, introduced here as the “Editress of Woman’s Fair Magazine” gives a supposedly plain girl a makeover adding eyebrows, eyelashes and lipstick. The final section of the video tackles glasses and discusses which types of spectacles a lady should wear.
Vintage inspiration: 1967 newsreel on London fashion
A brilliant newsreel on London fashion in 1967 – take a look at ‘what gear the cats are wearing’ and where on Carnaby Street and Kings Road Swinging Londoners used to shop. Purple lace-up boots, anyone?
The ’39 Steps’ vintage birthday party
Vintage loving Londoners dressed up in their best Thirties and Forties at the ’39 Steps’ birthday party at the Criterion Theatre last night. After watching the West End Play, guests indulged in cocktails and delicious cakes – by the Vintage Patisserie – or borrowed some accessories from the hat and gloves bar provided by London [...]
