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A wonderful 1950s Christian Dior gown
A wonderful heavily embroidered (or is it a print?) 1950s gown by Christian Dior. The dress is really striking but I’m not keen on those baggy brown gloves! Source and copyright: Some rights reserved...
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1920s fashions modelled by a Ziegfeld Follies girl
Some decadent 1920s fashions modelled by a Ziegfeld Follies girl. Accessories include a fur stole, leather gloves and a veiled hat. As with other photos of Ziegfeld Follies I’m assuming the...
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Vintage gown by Charles James
A beautiful lilac and blue off the shoulder evening gown by American couture designer Charles James. Isn’t it a beautiful dress? Source and copyright: Some rights reserved by mjbthird Edited with...
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Contact sheet from a 1940s fashion shoot
Contact sheet of photos taken by Toni Frissell in the mid to late 1940s in front of the Washington Monument. The photos were taken for an advertisement for Garfinckel’s to go into Vogue magazine....
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Suzy Parker and Evelyn Tripp
Suzy Parker (on the left) and Evelyn Tripp photographed for October Vogue 1956. I love the mixture of red and white in this photo, and that red dress is the most amazing shape – just fabulously...
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Jean Patchett 1940s
Jean Patchett wearing a fabulous striped jacket from Vogue Magazine 1949. The colours in the outfit are quite muted and I love the way they’ve brightened the whole look with that flash of bright red...
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1950s red wool coat
1950s model Iris Bianchi wearing a red wool coat by Lassie Maid from Harpers Bazaar magazine, February 1958. I like the clothes in this photo, but the picture itself seems a bit flat and bland, how...
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Trés chic: Evelyn Tripp in 1950s Vogue
Evelyn Tripp and another (unidentified) model in some beautiful outfits from 1952. I love the simplicity of these dresses with their black and white accessories, they’re so plain and yet so stylish!...
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The lovely Jean…
The stunning 1950s model Jean Patchett in a head-to-toe scarlet outfit from a Vogue editorial some time around 1950. You just don’t see eyebrows like those any more do you..? I was thinking though, a...
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An enigmatic 1960s portrait with baggy fishnets
I have a real fascination for portraits of unknown people. Like the forgotten beauties from a few days ago the only thing known about this woman is when and where she was photographed. The photo was...
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1930s racegoers
Two very chic racegoers, I’m guessing from the fashions that this was taken in the 1930s. If this were today they’d be looking at their mobile phones instead of racing slips! Source and copyright: No...
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A 1960s sheath dress, a dachshund and a weird double-jointed wrist…
The lovely 50s model Anne St Marie wearing a waistless sheath dress designed by Donald Brooks. If that IS Anne St Marie’s hand she has extremely dislocated flexible joints! This photo was from May...
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Admiral Goldie!
Goldie Hawn looking kookie and a bit cluless but utterly fabulous, 1970s. Source and copyright: Some rights reserved by x-ray delta one
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Silent movie actress Lillian Gish
1920s Hollywood star and silent movie actress Lillian Gish photographed by Charles Albin, New York, 1922. Aren’t her gloves and veil pretty? Such a lovely photo! Source and copyright: This file is...
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1950s suit photographed by Karen Radkai
A very pretty blue and cream 1950s suit from March 1957 photographed by Karen Radkai. This is such a lovely Spring-like photo, does anyone know who the model is? Image source and copyright: Some...
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An elegant 1930s sailor suit
Isn’t this a lovely outfit? The 1930s were so stylish with the slim fitting long and mid-length dresses. I love the sailor-styling and the bows on her shoes – so elegant! The lady is Miss Hera...
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Rita Hayworth looking picture perfect during the Blitz
Rita Hayworth looking beautiful in a photo from the 1944 movie: “Tonight and Every Night” which was about The Windmill theatre in London and performers there who refused miss a performance throughout...
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Rita Hayworth as Gilda
Rita Hayworth looking magnificent in her most famous screen role as Gilda. This is a still from the scene below. That’s one hell of a slap she gets at the end isn’t it? Source and copyright: Some...
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1940s gloves and other gorgeousness
Isn’t this 1940s advert for Hausen Gloves beautiful? The green and maroon are just lovely together. The advert was published in May 1946. Source and copyright: Some rights reserved by and used with...
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Marilyn in long leather gloves
Marilyn photographed wearing very long leather (I think?) gloves and a rather pointy top. I have to say she’s looking smashing though… Source and copyright:Some rights reserved by ky_olsen
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