1920s girls playing in the surf
It’s tipping it down with rain here today and I’m sitting here with a living room full of new garden
1920s photo: another lost beauty
Another beautiful portrait of a woman whose name has got lost somewhere in the mists of time. She was photographed
3 vintage beauty queens from the 1920s
These 3 vintage beauties are the winners of a Beauty contest at the Venetian Pool in Coral Gables, Florida in
Making health fun (and frightening) for kids in the 1920s
Health was clearly an important issue to be tackled in schools in the 1920s, so the authorities brought out the
1920s wooden bathing suits
The gorgeous 1920s “Spruce Girls” photographed on a beach wearing spruce wood veneer bathing suits during “Wood Week” to promote
1920s fur coat adverts, which make me a bit uncomfortable!
I’m sure you all know by now that I’m very anti-real-fur, so I constantly find it strange to see vintage
Joan Crawford 1920s
Joan Crawford looking very different to her 1930s and 40s screen image. This photo dates from 1927.She was signed to
1920s swimwear photos
A group of young women photographed in 1920s swimwear, some of which is lovely and some of which is terribly
Colour video of London in the 1920s
I discovered this video today and I thought it was absolutely fascinating! It is original colour video footage taken in
Josephine Baker dancing the Charleston
The fabulous and vivacious Josephine Baker dancing the Charleston at the Folies-Bergère, Paris in 1926.
1920s monokini (topless swimsuit)
I thought the topless swimsuit was invented by Rudi Gernreich in the 1960s, but apparently a slightly baggier version was
1920s portrait of Dorothy Dickinson
1920s portrait of American actress, singer and Ziegfeld Follies girl Dorothy Dickinson, 1927.
Barbara Stanwyck when she was in the Ziegfeld Follies
Before she got into movies, Barbara Stanwyck spent a couple of years working as a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl. This photo
10 things you didn’t know about Louise Brooks: 1920s silent movie star and flapper icon
Louise Brooks with her sharply bobbed hair is one of the most iconic figures of 1920s cinema, but I realised
10 things you didn’t know about Clara Bow (including the truth about those scandals)
Clara Bow was the quintessential ‘it’ girl and a flapper icon. She was one of the few silent movie stars who
Clara Bow with the worst hair (but a really beautiful dress)
1920s silent movie star Clara Bow photographed around 1924 with a very scruffy hairstyle! The dress she’s wearing is wonderful though, it
A striking 1920s Clara Bow photo
A really striking photo of 1920s movie star and flapper icon Clara Bow. This is a promotional photo from 1927.
Vintage wedding dress embroidered with pearls
American Eleanor Clay Ford, wife of Edsel Bryant Ford, in her beautiful beaded wedding gown and headdress, 1916. I like