Chanel has always understood one truth before her arrival to design costumes for her first film, given that Chanel was the first designer, not just from Paris, but over all to design for major films. Chanel’s relationship with Hollywood has been a long, elegant flirtation built on glamour, rebellion, and impeccable timing. Coco Chanel herselfContinue reading “Chanel’s Relationship with Hollywood”
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Elizabeth Taylor: Shaved Her Face for Exfoliation
Elizabeth Taylor understood glamour as both an art and a discipline and her beauty routine reflected that devotion. Among her most surprising routines was one that modern skincare now praises: she shaved her face. Not for hair removal but for exfoliation, luminosity and that signature Taylor radiance. Long before dermaplaning became a trending treatment, TaylorContinue reading “Elizabeth Taylor: Shaved Her Face for Exfoliation”
Joan Crawford’s Lip‑Liner Technique
Old Hollywood had its share of beauty obsessives however Joan Crawford operated in a league of her own. This is a lady who believed a perfectly drawn mouth could communicate discipline, glamour and emotional command. Her lip‑liner technique wasn’t just about applying makeup; it was about strategy to Joan Crawford. Crawford famously approached her lipsContinue reading “Joan Crawford’s Lip‑Liner Technique”
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”
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!”
