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Photos of Edwardian Rapunzels.
“Rapunzel” is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children’s and Household Tales. The Grimm Brothers’ story is an adaptation...
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Thierry Bouët’s Photo of a Strange Item for Sale.
1963 Paris Larsen coat ‘Nicolas, a regular auction-goer, wouldn’t have missed the sale of Maurice Chevalier’s belongings at Drouot for anything in the world. Drawn by the fame of one of the few...
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The Pirelli Calendar at 50.
Julianne Moore as the Greek goddess Hera, by Karl Lagerfeld for the 2011 Pirelli calendar. Photograph: Karl Lagerfeld/Pirelli The publication to which these giants of modern style refer? A soft-porn...
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Vogue’s masterful Fashion photography.
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...
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Hollywood Women before they were Famous.
Ingrid Bergman photographed during the filming of her first film Munkbrogreven (The Count of Monk’s Bridge). Here are beautiful portrait photos of classic Hollywood actresses before they were famous....
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Creepy Couture: A 3D Printed “Spider” Dress.
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...
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Fashion from the 1910s.
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...
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Women’s Hairstyles in the 1940s.
Women’s hairstyles and their beauty from the ever stylish 1940’s with their pin-up curls and more. Curls were used to dress an area of the hair, like the opposite side to a roll, or piled up on the...
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Fashion in 1920s/1930s.
Berlin, 1928 Immortalized in movies and magazine covers, young women’s fashion of the 1920s was both a trend and social statement, a breaking-off from the rigid Victorian way of life. These young,...
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From flappers to grunge.
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. In the 1920s, flappers embodied the...
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The Legend Coco Chanel at Work.
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,...
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1920s-1930s Wedding Dresses.
Remember that 1920s encompasses a decade which is a long time in fashion, so there is not just one definitive look. At the beginning of the 20s, women were moving from their confined Edwardian corsets...
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Glamour Photos from the 1950s.
These photos depict a very common style of the 1950s in glamour photography. There were however no modelling agencies and this made it difficult in terms of finding professionals. Most of the support...
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British Teddy Boys and Girls from the 1950s and 1960s.
Teddy Boys admiring the view on Clapham Common in 1954. In 1953, the major newspapers reported on the sweeping trend in men’s fashion across all the towns of Britain, towards what was termed the New...
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Photos of Early Hair Dryers – 1920s and 1940s
Before the invention of hair dryers, women would often attach hoses to the exhaust ends of vacuum cleaners to blow-dry their hair. A woman sits under a chrome-plated hair dryer, 1928....
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The Beauty Calibrator.
“This tortuous looking device is a beauty calibrator or ‘micrometer’, made in 1932 by make-up mogul Max Factor, the father of the modern cosmetics industry. A bizarre union of beauty and phrenology,...
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59 y.o. Woman Revolutionizes Modeling Industry.
Yasmina Rossi is revolutionizing the modeling industry while simultaneously empowering women everywhere. The 59-year-old began her job as a model when she was in her late 20s—a time when most...
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B/W Photos of Celebrities 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...
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How to Dress when using Your Telephone.
How to Dress When Using Your Telephone, ca. 1900s. These beautiful vintage black and white photograph show young women posed using telephones in the early 20th century. See more Images via vintage...
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Hollywood Women before they were Stars.
Ingrid Bergman photographed during the filming of her first film Munkbrogreven (The Count of Monk’s Bridge). Here are beautiful portrait photos of classic Hollywood actresses before they were famous....
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