Archive for the 'Fashion' Category

1920’s Fashion Colors

COLOR CHARACTERISTICS AND COMBINATION
To become familiar with the colors used in dress, look into their characteristics.
Blue may be regarded as a standard color for woman’s dress. It not only gives the impression of coolness, but is restful and unobtrusive. The lighter tints are very closely related to white, and when it is the purpose to [...]

History of the Marcel Wave Hairstyle

The Marcel Wave (sometimes spelt Marcelle) is a stylish wave given to the hair by means of heated curling irons. Named for Francois Marcel, 19th century French hairdresser who invented the process in 1872. It revolutionized the art of hairdressing all over the world and remained in vogue for over fifty years, making a fortune [...]

The Art of Finger Waving Hair

Finger Waving Techniques of the 1920’s and 1930’s
FINGER WAVING is possibly the newest branch of beauty culture, yet in its few years of existence it has reached an importance that few phases of the art enjoy. Very little has been written on the subject, and there is a great demand for instructive literature on finger [...]

Fashion or Comfort 1927

POIRET VS. THE WOMEN
Source: The Literary Digest for November 12, 1927
American women have seemed to stage a Waterloo for Monsieur Paul Poiret, the acknowledged king of the art of women’s clothes. He comes to us with complaints that they will not change their taste. Having put them in shorts, he now wants longs. But the [...]

1920’s Finger Waving

DEFINITION OF FINGER WAVING
FINGER WAVING is the art of shaping or moulding hair while wet into “s”-shaped curved undulations with the fingers and comb. These waves when dried without being disturbed will fall into beautiful deep waves. Finger waving differs from marcel waving in that there are no irons used on the hair. Not only [...]

Create Bobbed Hairstyles of the 1920’s and 1930’s

Create Beautiful Bobbed Haircuts
Learn how to create the short, intermediate, and long bobs of the 1920’s - the beautiful bobs of the modern era. Learn how to cut and mould to the contours of the head and neck…the natural hair lines…and the facial features. Learn how to emphasize good features and minimize defects to create [...]

1920s Fashion Craft and Decorating Books

1920’s Books on Beading, Fashion, Millinery, and Drapery
We have recently published a series of books which consist of compilations of 1920’s material on the above subjects. These are available for download over the Internet, but most require a fast Internet connection due to large file sizes caused by the number of illustrations they contain.
There are [...]

The Secret of Makeup 1927

The Secret of Make-up
MY DISTASTE for dyed hair, however, is only aesthetic. Since my marriage I have completely changed my point of view about dressing up for effect. Before I married I hardly ever used make-up, except when playing. I didn’t care what I looked like. I was the worst-dressed actress in New York [...]

Fashion Tips for Woman Motorists - 1917

It is not easy to be decorative in your automobile now that the manufacturers are going in for gay colour schemes both in upholstery and outside painting.
A putty-coloured touring car lined with red leather is very stunning in itself, but the woman who would look well when sitting in it does not carelessly don any [...]

The Bobbed Hairstyle of the 1920’s

Here is an excerpt from a twenties book on hairstyling:
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“The present bobbed hair vogue began during the World War. Practically all the women who drove ambulances had their hair cut for reasons of sanitation and convenience. Gradually other women in French civil life, as well as those engaged in auxiliary military duties, Red Cross Work, [...]