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3D “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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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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Italian Fashion – 1950s-60s.
Leombruno-Bodi is the name that identifies Joseph Leombruno and Jack Bodi, who were both American photographers active in Italy beginning in the mid 1950s. Partners in life as well as in work,...
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B/W Photos-Actresses greeting New Year.
Stunning Black and White Photos Show American Actresses Greeting the New Year in the Past. Here are just some of the stunning vintage photos of the ladies: Alice Faye Ann Miller Donna Reed Shirley...
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Vintage Regatta Fashions.
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...
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Provocative Images by Newton.
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...
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Steichen’s Vogue photos.
Actor Jetta Goudal wearing a satin gown by Lanvin, from Vogue, November 1923. Shooting for Vogue and Vanity Fair in the 20s and 30s, father of fashion photography Edward Steichen devised a mode of...
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Fashion in Oz.
Zoe, Mrs Mary, Marjorie and Chloe Gullick, outside Altoncourt, Killara (ca. 1909). Zoe, Marjorie and Chloe are wearing wide-brimmed sun hats, a look which Margot Riley says Australians pioneered....
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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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‘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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B/W Fashion Photos by Vernier.
Eugene ‘Gene’ Vernier (1920–2011) worked as a fashion photographer for British Vogue from 1954 to 1967, during one of the most exciting periods in fashion history. Shooting of-the-moment looks from...
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‘1950s Glamor’.
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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Teddy Boys/The Who/Bowie.
Teddy boys With a streetwise 1950s blend of Edwardian dandyism, Savile Row fashion and styles borrowed from Hollywood westerns, teddy boys were Britain’s first identifiable youth tribe. Photograph:...
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Early Hair Dryers.
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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Dressing for the 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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Vogue Photos by Clifford Coffin.
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...
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‘Portraits of Beauty’.
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,...
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The Sutherland Sisters.
These days, the biggest stars—like Miley Cyrus and Beyoncé—know the easiest way to get the world to gawk is to chop off your long locks for a “boy cut.” And then, perhaps, perform some sexually...
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Fashion Outbreak of the 1920s.
1920s: The Period of The Female Fashion Outbreak Over 90 Years Ago The 1920s is the decade in which fashion entered the modern era. It was the decade in which women first abandoned the more restricting...
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The Truth about “Ugg” Boots.
Ugg boots were first created by Australian farmers, who used sheepskin to stay warm. As the years went by, many Australian surfers also cottoned on to using them for their warmth-giving properties....
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