Waist Training: a Visual History of Corsetry
I found myself wondering the other day about waist training and just how corsets and girdles have shaped women and
A decade of Hollywood-inspired sophistication and grown-up glamour sandwiched in between the roaring 20s and the austerity of the 1940s.
I found myself wondering the other day about waist training and just how corsets and girdles have shaped women and
1930s actress and dancer Marilyn Miller photographed as a ballerina in 1932. Source and copyright: This image (or other media
Need some inspiration for a 1930s-inspired hairstyle? That’s what I thought! So here’s my gallery of 30s hair dos –
1930s skiing fashions from the cover of McCalls Homemaking magazine, 1938. Jinx Falkenberg in California, photographed by Nickolas Muray. Source and copyright:
1930s colour fashion photo of a woman wearing a flower hat and holding a makeup compact from McCalls Magazine, 1937.
1930s movie star Paulette Goddard in a beautiful dress on the cover of Cinegraf Magazine. Source and copyright: This image
1930s advert for Lucky Strike from 1936: ‘Lucky Strike, Girl with Snowshoes’. Photo by Nickolas Muray. Source and copyright: George
I think this photo must be from the early 1930s – she’s just lovely. There is something about her face
1930s cover for McCall’s Magazine: woman wearing scarf and looking rather defiantly at the camera! The magazine was from July
They are photos taken by an unknown photographer of a circus in the early 1930s. Thanks to the Tyne &
They are photos taken by an unknown photographer of a circus in the early 1930s. Thanks to the Tyne &
I just love this beautiful dress! Clip from Shall We Dance. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing to “They All
I love the futuristic fashions in this 1930s fashion forecast for the new millenium!
Photo of Mary Pickford kneeling in front of a full length mirror. Photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston.