Quantcast
Channel: Fashion – THE OLD GUV LEGENDS
Viewing all 402 articles
Browse latest View live

Women’s Hats of the 1950s.

$
0
0
1950s-hat-fashion-shot-by-philippe-pottier-12
Hats were still worn daily by women in the ‘50s. They could be very large, or very little, and were held on the head using elastic linings and long hat pins. They were made from straw, wool felt or satin for evening, and were often decorated with feathers, beads, ribbons, flowers and nylon netting
1950s-hat-fashion-shot-by-philippe-pottier-7They were worn in a variety of colors to match every outfit.Hats added the final touch of 1950s glamour to a woman or girl’s outfit, particularly in the early 1950s.
These beautiful black and white shots of 1950s hat styles were taken by photographer Philippe Pottier.

1950s-hat-fashion-shot-by-philippe-pottier-5

See more images via vintage everyday: 30 Glamour Women’s Hat Styles in the 1950s

1940s Hollywood Fashion Hairstyles.

Hot Pants from the late 1960s.

$
0
0
young-women-in-hot-pants-from-the-1970s-7
Hot Pants or “short shorts” and long boots were Fashion Styles Of the late 1960s.

young-women-in-hot-pants-from-the-1970s-16

They first appeared as a design item in so-called ‘Swinging London’ and within a short amount of time became the rage in Australia and elsewhere.
The trend for shorter, brighter shorts for young women with shapely legs was started by fashion designers in London.

young-women-in-hot-pants-from-the-1970s-12

Source: vintage everyday: Hot Pants: One Of The Sexiest Fashion Styles Of All Times

Woman in a Blaze of Colour, Cartagena.

$
0
0
Image Credit: Photograph by Stanislav Shmelev, Winner of Competition.
Photographers Comment: I took this picture of a woman in her traditional clothing in Cartagena, Colombia.
Comment from Paul Goldstein, Judge: The blaze of colour from every angle, the boldness of the picture, taken from behind, which gives it so much more allure and frankly a superb get up.
Did I mention the colours?
Oh, and that looks suspiciously like a Nokia.
Source: Readers’ travel photography competition: March – the winners | Travel | The Guardian

‘The Roaring Twenties.’

$
0
0
The 1920’s were most popular for the Flapper dress which is easily associated with the “Roaring Twenties”.
The Flapper dress had a drop waist, which gave women a more boyish figure which was popular at the time.
The low hemlines were also popular because it allowed women to kick up their heels in dances such as the Charleston.
Flapper dresses were adorned with embellishments, feathers.
Check out this wonderful WordPress Blog via Fashion Era: The Twenties – Primped and Proper

Stylish Dressers from Yesteryear.

‘Portraits’ by Frank Eugene, 1900 to 1910.

$
0
0
Born in New York to immigrant parents, Frank Eugene (1865 – 1936) was one of many young German-Americans to travel to Munich to study at the Royal Bavarian Academy of Arts.
He was a founding member of the Photo-Secession and one of the first university-level professors of photography in the world.

Eugene considered himself more like a painter than a photographer.

He emphasised by the manipulation of his photographs of the negatives as well as after the positivado, by means of pens, pencils and punzones.
This amazing selected photo collection he shot women portrait from between the 1900s and 1910s.

See more Images via vintage everyday: 51 Amazing Photos of Women Portraits Taken by Frank Eugene From Between 1900s and 1910s

‘The Gibson Girls’& Fashion in the early 1900s.

$
0
0
At the turn of the twentieth century, it was all about Evelyn, Camille, and Irene, the original “Gibson Girls” and the models for the drawings that changed the way America thought about women.
Though the 1890s may seem buttoned up by modern standards, they were anything but. Independent, well-read, and urbane, a new class of woman was emerging in America’s cities.
This “New Woman” did not care to be chaperoned in public. She was athletic and free-spirited. Above all, she was educated, taking advantage of new access to secondary school and college.
2628359
Photo: Evelyn Gibson (Getty Images).
She was also scary. By the 1890s, the reform fervor of suffragists and their sisters had ceased to be cute and started to be all too real.
The status quo was being challenged by Progressive politics, new divorce laws, and women who chose to work outside the home.
Charles Dana Gibson, a popular illustrator, looked down on reform zeal in women.
And so he created “the Gibson girl,” a catch-all representation of a kinder, gentler New Woman—one who rode bikes, wore casual clothing, and flaunted her attitude, but was above all beautiful and anonymous.
By the 1910s, to visit Gibson’s office was to push your way through hundreds of gorgeous models with big hair and small waists, each vying for a go as one of Gibson’s girls.
Now read on via The Gibson Girls: The Kardashians of the Early 1900s | Mental Floss.

Vintage Pics of Strange Beauty Devices,1920s-1940s.

Olde Edwardian Style – c.1910.

$
0
0

Vintage fashion from the 1910s (1)

During the 1910s the Edwardians became more playful and innovative, taking an interest in asymmetrical draping techniques. Corsets and bodices were now solely for supporting the shape as opposed to changing it.
Suits were fashionable for daywear and walking became easier due to a really big fashion happening – the skirt hemline rose from the floor to the ankle.
Here’s a collection of vintage photos of fashion from the 1910s, via Europeana.
Vintage fashion from the 1910s (3)

Vintage fashion from the 1910s (4)

via vintage everyday
http://goo.gl/Ni1zYD

Swimwear Models of the 1920s.

$
0
0
In the late 1800s swimwear consisted of fully covered gowns and bloomers that revealed very little. Although the sun’s harmful UV rays were an unknown danger at the time, this conservative beachwear would have provided a good deal of protection.
By the early 1900s, beach resorts were becoming a popular destination. But water activities such as swimming and diving were a burden due to the bulky Victorian-style swimsuits, especially for the women.
By the 1920s fitted swimwear that modestly conformed to the body became a part of beach fashion.
Here’s a collection of beautiful vintage photos of swimwear models from the 1920s.
Vintage Swimwear, 1920s (1)
 Circa 1929: Actress Joan Blondell is seen modeling on the beach. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Vintage Swimwear, 1920s (8)
August 1926: Two women modeling bathing suits on the beach at Deauville. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Vintage Swimwear, 1920s (15)
 Circa 1926: A bathing dress, England. (Alexander Binder/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
See more Images via vintage everyday: 20 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Swimwear Models in the 1920s.

Vintage Swimwear 1940s-1950s.

Monochromes from the 1980s-90s.

Fashion photography by Vogue.

$
0
0

9bfd6754-dc99-44c2-91c4-93dcb8f014dc-1571x2040

Gloria Swanson, 1924. All photographs courtesy of Lumas Gallery. Photograph: Edward Steichen/VOGUE Archive Collection
From Gloria Swanson to Kate Moss, desert starkness to urban grit, a new exhibition cherrypicks the most arresting images from every era of fashion photography.
587b527a-dff5-487e-b347-0c00da735bc4-1612x2040
Snapshot, 1956. Photograph: Richard Rutledge/VOGUE Archive Collection
66f74a6e-b9bd-4ec4-84db-19077416d668-968x1020
Anouk Aimée, 1965. Photograph: Bert Stern/VOGUE Archive Collection
2d2076b8-9b91-4414-ab2d-ef55620d7b45-1020x1020
Sun, 1949. Photograph: Clifford Coffin/VOGUE Archive Collection
See more images via Come on, vogue: striking poses from a century of fashion photography | Art and design | The Guardian.

Big Hair Hits Munich in the 1960s.

$
0
0
The prize-winning coiffures in a contest in Munich, Germany on 1 May, 1964.
They were designed for evening wear and hairdressers at the time said that anyone with a little time could copy them.
Image Credit: Photograph by AP Photo
Source: 1964: The World 50 Years Ago – The Atlantic

Flappers of the 1920s.

$
0
0
1920s-fashion-coco-chanel-louise-brooks-and-flappers-mydaily-uk-fashion-quotes-images-20s-fashionIn the early 1920s, things changed rapidly, the 19th Amendment passed in 1920 giving women the right to vote.
Women began attending college. The Equal Rights Amendment was proposed by Alice Paul in 1923.
World War I was over and men wanted their jobs back.
Women, though, who had joined the workforce while the men were at war, had tasted the possibility of life beyond homemaking and weren’t ready to relinquish their jobs.
Prohibition was underway with the passing of the 18th Amendment in 1919 and speakeasies were plentiful if you knew where to look. Motion pictures got sound, color and talking sequences.
The Charleston’s popularity contributed to a nationwide dance craze. Every day, more women got behind the wheels of cars. And prosperity abounded.
All these factors—freedoms experienced from working outside the home, a push for equal rights, greater mobility, technological innovation and disposable income—exposed people to new places, ideas and ways of living.
Particularly for women, personal fulfilment and independence became priorities—a more modern, carefree spirit where anything seemed possible.
DelphineAtger-Cars-1920s-01a-575x381Delphine Atger, 1920s
The embodiment of that 1920s free spirit was the flapper, who was viewed disdainfully by an older generation as wild, boisterous and disgraceful.
While this older generation was clucking its tongue, the younger one was busy reinventing itself, and creating the flapper lifestyle we now know today.
CapturePhoto: YouTube
It was an age when, in 1927, 10-year-old Mildred Unger danced the Charleston on the wing of an airplane in the air (see above).
What drove that carefree recklessness?
For the most authentic descriptions that not only define the flapper aesthetic, but also describe the lifestyle, we turn to flappers themselves.
Read more via The History of the Flapper, Part 1: A Call for Freedom | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian.

From Flappers to Grunge, 1920s -1940s.

$
0
0
A recent piece calls for the death of the hipster, who’s about to be dethroned by a less cool cousin, the yuccie (young urban creatives).
But we call it a bluff.
1440In the 1920s, flappers embodied the edgy coolness of hipsters.
2680
John Bantry, Nancy Cunard and Taylor Gordon looking chic in Harlem in the 1930s. Photograph: Keystone-France/Getty Images
2000
Hepcats like Thelonius Monk seen here outside Minton’s Playhouse in New York in the 1940s.
Photograph: William Gottlieb/Redferns/Getty Images
See more Images via From flappers to grunge, a century of the invincible hipster – in pictures | Fashion | The Guardian.

Hair & Makeup from the 1920s.

$
0
0
womens-hairstyles-1920s-1
 Four beautiful examples of the 1920s Hair and Make-up most fashionable styles.
Although popular conceptions of the Jazz Age suggest that every fashionable woman bobbed her hair during the 1920s, some women did keep their hair long.

womens-hairstyles-1920s-10

 Bebe Daniels, 1920s.
Long-haired women did not customarily wear their hair loose; rather, they pulled it back to the nape of the neck and wound it into a smooth chignon or knot.
See more images via vintage everyday: Vintage Women’s Hairstyles – Fabulous Pictures of Women’s Hair & Make-Up from the 1920s

Fashion pics of the 1950s by Norman Parkinson.

$
0
0

Fashion Photography of 1950s by Norman Parkinson (1)

 Anne Gunning outside the City Palace, Vogue, November 1956.
Norman Parkinson (1913 – 1990) was a celebrated English portrait and fashion photographer.
He always maintained he was a craftsman and not an artist.
From his early days as a photographer up to his death he remained one of the foremost British portrait and fashion photographers.
His work, following the lead of Martin Munkacsi at Harper’s Bazaar, revolutionised the world of British fashion photography in the 1940s by bringing his models from the rigid studio environment into a far more dynamic outdoor setting.
Fashion Photography of 1950s by Norman Parkinson (3)
Audrey Hepburn, US Glamour, 1955.
Humour played a central role in many of his photographs which often included himself.
As well as magazine work he also created celebrated calendars featuring glamorous young women.
Fashion Photography of 1950s by Norman Parkinson (22)
Traffic 1957
See many more Images via vintage everyday: Amazing Fashion Photography of 1950s by Norman Parkinson.

Evening Wear from the ‘Roaring 20s.’

Viewing all 402 articles
Browse latest View live


Latest Images