Chanel’s influence on Hollywood wasn’t limited to costumes or couture; it extended into the psychology of stardom itself. Nowhere is this clearer than in her relationships with Marlene Dietrich and Gloria Swanson — two women who understood that glamour could be both a vibe and an argument. Marlene Dietrich adored Chanel because the clothes matchedContinue reading “Chanel, Swanson & the Birth of Intellectual Glamour”
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Chanel Goes to Hollywood
When the queen of Paris couture stepped into the dream factory. Hollywood in the 1930s was a world of sequins, satin, and spectacle — a place where glamour was engineered, lit, and projected onto screens larger than life. And into this world walked Gabrielle Chanel, the woman who had spent her career stripping fashion down toContinue reading “Chanel Goes to Hollywood”
Audrey Hepburn x Givenchy: The Tiffany Dress and More: The Birth of a Long-Lasting, Collaboration and Friendship
A partnership, a collaboration all began publicly in the 1950’s, to curate Hepburn’s wardrobe for her new film, Sabrina. She wanted to be transparent with whom she is, through expression of fashion, her style. Audrey has grace, elegance, class, dignified with a bit of rebellion in her heart, or shall we say, a lady with someContinue reading “Audrey Hepburn x Givenchy: The Tiffany Dress and More: The Birth of a Long-Lasting, Collaboration and Friendship”
let’s take a stroll through history, shall we?
Hi, everyone! Let’s take a stroll through history, shall we? From beauty secrets that have been forgotten, history of make-up, make-up routines of the decades and from whichever in time of civilization. Oh, and of course, hair-care, hair styles and what have you will be included. What can I say, I love history. Here’s aContinue reading “let’s take a stroll through history, shall we?”
25 forgotten beauty secrets women in the 1950’s part 1: Pond’s cold cream and Vaseline petroleum jelly
I sometimes wonder if I were to embark on some of these beauty routines, rituals from the women in the 1950s, what the results will be. From using beer to curate volume and vinegar for shine and lemon to brighten my hair, you know your typical, common hair rinse of the decade. Or, how aboutContinue reading “25 forgotten beauty secrets women in the 1950’s part 1: Pond’s cold cream and Vaseline petroleum jelly”
25 forgotten beauty secrets women in the 1950’s part 2: ice water facials Joan Crawford’s secret to tightening pores, pin curls, hair rinse!
It is so fascinating to discover or re-discover beauty secrets from the 1950s, specifically with women. From Pond’s Cold Cream and Vaseline petroleum jelly, such as did you know Kleenex facial tissue was invented in 1924, by Kimberly-Clark through the global phenomenon of Pond’s Cold Cream? How about cream-based cleansers and cleansing balms that evolved fromContinue reading “25 forgotten beauty secrets women in the 1950’s part 2: ice water facials Joan Crawford’s secret to tightening pores, pin curls, hair rinse!”
