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Olivier de Havilland
Remember this photo of Dita’s stunning hair that I posted a few days ago? Well I just stumbled across an image of Olivier de Havilland sporting a similar ‘do in the late 1940s, and had to share. If anyone knows how to create a look like this, please do let us know!
You probably know Olivier de Havilland as Melanie in Gone with the Wind. She was a fairly serious actress in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, and often played in period pieces. She also happens to be Joan Fontaine’s older sister. She is still alive today (she is 93 years old).
Tagged: 1930s, 1940s, Dita Von Teese, forties, gone with the wind, Hair, hairdo, olivier de havilland, style, thirties
The Lovely Lina Romay
Lina Romay was an actress and singer in the 1940s and 50s, with Columbia and MGM. Though she was born in New York, she was daughter to the Mexican Consul to New York City and was typically cast as a Latin American beauty. She sang with Xavier Cugat’s orchestra in the early 1940s. You may have seen her singing with the band in the Fred Astaire/Rita Hayworth flick You Were Never Lovelier (1942) or in Stage Door Canteen (1943). In the clip below, she could be singing about herself…
Categories: Celebrities, Vintage Photos, Vintage Videos
Tagged: 1940s, 1950s, actress, fifties, forties, latin, lina romay, mexican, MGM, silver screen, singer, starlet, Xavier Cugat
Alexander McQueen Retrospective Part 1: Fall 2001
In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I am going to post a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. To start, my top picks from the Fall 2001 ready-to-wear show. More to come…
Tagged: 1930s, 1940s, Alexander McQueen, catwalk, fashion, forties, retrospective, show, style, thirties, tribute, vintage, wartime, wwii
Taking Fashion Inspiration from Dolls
I wasted a whole lot of time on this doll blog, so that you don’t have to! Check out these retro doll fashions, can you believe it? The downside is, you can’t buy any of these outfits… you know, unless you’re 6″ tall. I’d wear all of these outfits! If anyone out there is a wizz with a sewing machine and wants to recreate one of these for me, just let me know!!
Tagged: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, barbie, doll, fashion, fifties, forties, retro, sixties, thirties, twenties, vintage
1940s Men’s Fashion Snap Shots
From the Square America Snapshot Archive…
Tagged: 1940s, 40s, fashion, forties, men, suits, wartime, wwii
New Zealand’s Fashion Quarterly Spring 2009
Behind the scenes photos care of Lotus Notes
Categories: In Magazines, On CatwalksTagged: 1930s, 1940s, 2009, dress, fashion quarterly, feminine, floral, forties, new zealand, retro, spring, thirties
Haworth 1940s Weekend
Harworth 1940s Weekend is an annual event in Haworth, West Yorkshire in England (that’s Bronte country). It’s held each year in springtime. Dates for the 2010 event have not been announced yet, but here are some photos from previous years, to show just how committed the town is to recreating the 1940s for this weekend. Visit www.haworth1940s.co.uk to find out more.
Tagged: 1940s, forties, haworth, homefront, weekend, wwii
Vintage Costumers, Seattle
Another great reason to live in Seattle! Costume shop Vintage Costumers specialising in authentic vintage styles to hire. Here’s a sampler, I think I’ll post some more later, there’s so many great things to hire!
7011 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Monday to Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturdays & Sundays 11am - 6pm
Tagged: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, beaded gown, Clothing, costume, fashion, flapper, forties, hire, men, seattle, suit, thirties, twenties, women, wwii
Arthur Elgort & Grace Coddington for US Vogue October 2008
Another 1940s-esque Vogue editorial styled by Grace Coddington, that I love. Photographer Arthur Elgort for Vogue US October 2008 issue. The model is Isabeli Fontana, and the little boy is in fact her son.
Tagged: 1940s, 40s, Arthur Elgort, forties, Grace Coddington, Isabeli Fontani, vogue, wartime, wwii
Swing Kids Los Angeles
Some pics of the über cool LA swing crew, which I Facebook-swiped from Chandrae Roettig. I spy some buddies of ours, like Minn Vo, Nick Williams and Katie Anderson. Looking awesome, you guys!
Tagged: 1940s, dance, dancers, fashion, forties, katie anderson, LA, lindy hop, Los Angeles, Minn Vo, Nick Williams, scene, swing
2nd Annual Seattle Vintage Fashion Runway Show
Well, the 2nd Annual Seattle Vintage Fashion Runway Show and Lecture just happened on December 4th as part of the Killer Diller Weekend, and here are some snaps of the gorgeous vintage clothes, circa 1920-1950, that were on display. If you’re a swing dancer, you’ll recognize some familiar faces strutting their stuff on the runway, and some of you may also know the mastermind behind the event, Lorraine O’Neal. Photos are by Jared Luxenberg. Click on the photo to see it larger. Enjoy!
Tagged: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, fashion, forties, Jared Luxenberg, Killer Diller, Lorraine O'Neal, runway, seattle, show, thirties, twenties, vintage, weekend
African American Vernacular Photography
Some gorgeous black women of the 1930s and 40s, on Omega418’s Flickr stream…
Tagged: 1930s, 1940s, african american, antique, black, forties, photography, thirties, vintage, women
Sheer Beauty: Rita Hayworth
Here’s another glamorous lady, Rita Hayworth. You’ve probably (hopefully!) seen her in Cover Girl (dancing with Gene Kelly), and Gilda (the film that made her one of the most lasting sex symbols of the 1940s). She was named number 19 in The American Film Institutes 50 Greatest Screen Legends. Glamorous from birth, her parents were Eduardo Cansino, a Spanish flamenco dancer, and Volga Hayworth, a Ziegfeld girl. She was born Margarita Carmen Cansino, in Brooklyn, New York City. Amongst her five husbands were Orson Welles, Argentine actor/singer Dick Haymes and Prince Aly Khan (yes, Rita, not Grace Kelly, was the first movie star to become a princess).
Known for her luscious red locks (and damn did she have good hair!), she did go blonde for The Lady of Shanghai, although critics claimed that was why the film was a box office flop. I think she looks great!! Anyway, in the early 40s she was photographed pin-up style, including the infamous shot of her in a negligee perched on her bed in LIFE Magazine, so when the USA joined the war in 1941, she was admired by thousands of servicemen and became one of the top pin-up girls of the war (along with Betty Grable and that saucy peekaboo pose of hers). A few interesting Wiki facts:
- Before she broke in to films, she danced in nightclubs in Tijuana, Mexico under her real name Margarita Cansino, and some say that the Margarita cocktail was named after her.
- She weighed 55kg and was 5′6” (exactly the same as me!), making her “tall for women of her time”
- In 1949 her lips were voted best in the world by the Artists League of America. She had a modeling contract with Max Factor to promote its Tru-Color lipsticks (one of the adverts is below).
- Famous quote: “Men fell in love with Gilda, but they wake up with me.”
- And another: “I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.”
- She died in 1987 at the age of 68, of Alzheimer’s disease. At her funeral, Ricardo Montalban, Glenn Ford, Don Ameche and Hermes Pan carried her coffin.
Click on the images below to see Rita in all her full-size glory…
Tagged: 1940s, 1950s, Cover Girl, fifties, forties, Gilda, images, Margarita Cansino, photos, Rita Hayworth
Beautifully styled shoot by Julia Galdo
Photography and styling Julia Galdo.
Source: Nadinoo Blog
Categories: In MagazinesTagged: 1930s, 1940s, car, fashion, forties, thirties
David Beckham suits up for GQ December 2008
Tagged: 1930s, 1940s, David Beckham, forties, gangster, GQ, suit, thirties