Style Moments that defined the 1970s.
Joni Mitchell , 1972: The poster girl of hippie chic, Joni Mitchell was undoubtedly one of the Seventies’ ultimate style icons. She wore tie dye blouses, earth-goddess hair and billowing kaftans like...
View ArticleVogue Photos – Clifford Coffin, 1940-1950.
Fabulous Fashion Photographs from Vogue Taken by Clifford Coffin from Between the 1940s and 1950s. American photographer Clifford Coffin (1913-1972) is considered by many who knew him as the greatest...
View ArticleVintage Images of Women.
Vintage Newton, a pop-up exhibition of Helmut Newton prints from 1974-1984, feature Charlotte Rampling and Elsa Peretti, were produced from a series of transparencies that he considered his most...
View ArticleFashion Pics of the 1940s-1950s.
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 – 1969) is regarded as one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. In the 1940s and 1950s he became famous for his fashion photography, working for Vogue...
View ArticleMiss Fisher’s 1920s Fashion.
In the ABC TV series “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” costume designer Marion Boyce shares her favourite new looks for the stylish lady detective. Based on Kerry Greenwood’s bestselling novels and set...
View Article3D Spider Dress by Anouk Wipprecht.
by Shawn Saleme. 3D printing is being explored in many different ways, and Dutch artist Anouk Wipprecht isn’t afraid to use the technology to push the limits of fashion. Her latest creation is the...
View ArticleHot Pants from the late 1960s.
Hot Pants or “short shorts” and long boots were Fashion Styles Of the late 1960s. They first appeared as a design item in so-called ‘Swinging London’ and within a short amount of time became the rage...
View ArticleA top shot from China fashion Week.
Beijing, China A model has her outfit arranged backstage before showcasing the collection by Zhang Kejia during China fashion week Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty ImagesFacebookTwitterPinterest...
View ArticleVintage Portraits of Beauty c.1930s.
National types of beauty was a series of real photo cigarette cards distributed in the 1930s. Some of the women portrayed were well-known actresses in their country, such as Anna May Wong from China,...
View ArticleHenley Regatta Fashions from the Past.
Oxfordshire hosts something called the Henley Royal Regatta—“one of the quintessential British events of the summer season,” according to WWD. Apparently it’s quite an occasion and has happened...
View ArticleHair & Makeup from the 1920s.
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...
View ArticleCelebrity Pics by Cecil Beaton.
Photo: Marilyn Monroe. Sir Cecil Beaton was a favorite photographer of celebrities and aristocrats. Katherine Hepburn. H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Andrew. His famous subjects included...
View ArticleDressing to the Nines.
Meaning: Dressed flamboyantly or smartly. Origin Nine is the most troublesome number in etymology. There are several phrases of uncertain parentage that include the word. Examples are, cloud nine, nine...
View ArticleWoman in a Blaze of Colour.
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...
View ArticleStylish Dressers from Yesteryear.
Fashion goes round in circles. At least to a certain extent, the fashions of the past will become the fashions of the future. When we look back to photos of the post-war era of 1940-1960, all we see...
View ArticleCoco Chanel at Work in Paris.
A new book featuring images of Coco Chanel by the photographer Douglas Kirkland provides a unique insight into the woman who transformed fashion. Sent to Paris on assignment for Look magazine in 1962,...
View ArticleFashion by Edward Steichen.
English stage actress Mary Taylor, 1933 As chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair, Edward Steichen profoundly shaped the look of celebrity and fashion photography in the 1920s and 1930s. Chanel...
View ArticleVintage Swimwear 1940s-1950s.
The mid to late 1940s was a breakthrough period for women’s swimwear, and at its peak was the birth of the pacesetting Bikini in 1946. And it really boomed in the 1950s. A postcard set of 69 women in...
View Article1940s Hollywood Fashion Hairstyles.
Lauren Bacall The 1940s was really a glamorous time for hairstyles. Rita Hayworth Many movie stars including Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Rita Hayworth… with their wavy and curly...
View ArticleStyle Tribes of the 1950s-1960s.
Teddy boys: With a streetwise 1950s blend of Edwardian dandyism, Saville Row fashion and styles borrowed from Hollywood westerns, teddy boys were Britain’s first identifiable youth tribe. Photograph:...
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