This is Canada from the 1920s to the 1990s: the social, political, and cultural forces that curated the beauty and fashion looks we recognize today. Understanding beauty and fashion history isn’t just about the products, the silhouettes or the trends — it’s about the world that shaped them. For years, I’ve walked you through theContinue reading “Canada from the 1920s to the 1990s: Social, Political, and Cultural forces that Curated Beauty and Fashion Looks”
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Doris Day: Her Coral‑Peach Lipstick Is Historically Significant Beginning of a Classic Hue
Doris Day’s beauty was sunshine made visible — warm, approachable and effortlessly fresh. But one detail of her look carries genuine historical weight: her coral‑peach lipstick. Far more than a flattering shade, it marked a turning point in mid‑century beauty culture, and Day became one of its most influential ambassadors. In the late 1940s andContinue reading “Doris Day: Her Coral‑Peach Lipstick Is Historically Significant Beginning of a Classic Hue”
The Breakdown, the Draft and the Firing (Part Four)
By 1960, Yves Saint Laurent had become both the jewel that this fashion house needed and a bit of a burden of the House of Dior. He was still impossibly young, delicate, introverted and carrying the weight of a legacy on his shoulders that would have crushed men twice his age. For three years heContinue reading “The Breakdown, the Draft and the Firing (Part Four)”
The Birth of the House of YSL: A New Era Begins (Part Five)
When Yves Saint Laurent walked out of the House of Dior in 1960, he was leaving the institution that had shaped him, broken him and ultimately betrayed him. At the age of twenty-four-years-old, he was fragile from hospitalization, furious from the firing and carrying a brilliance too large to be contained by anyone else’s vision.Continue reading “The Birth of the House of YSL: A New Era Begins (Part Five)”
25 Beauty Secrets Women Actually Used in the 1960’s
The 1960s were a decade of revolution in fashion, in culture and especially in beauty. It was the era of Twiggy lashes, Brigitte Bardot eyeliner, Jackie Kennedy polish, and the rise of youth culture. But behind the iconic looks were real beauty tricks women used every day were clever, some questionable, all of which wereContinue reading “25 Beauty Secrets Women Actually Used in the 1960’s”
The 1960 Firing Scene
“The Day the House of Dior Let Him Go” Paris, September 1960 — Avenue Montaigne The sky over Paris was the colour of steel the morning Yves Saint Laurent was summoned to the House of Dior. He arrived pale, exhausted, still recovering from the trauma of military service, a service that had broken him physicallyContinue reading “The 1960 Firing Scene”
