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
Archive by category 1930s
A decade of Hollywood-inspired sophistication and grown-up glamour sandwiched in between the roaring 20s and the austerity of the 1940s.
1930s actress Marilyn Miller
1930s actress and dancer Marilyn Miller photographed as a ballerina in 1932. Source and copyright: This image (or other media
3 Beautiful 1930s Hairstyles
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
1930s skiing fashions from the cover of McCalls Homemaking magazine, 1938. Jinx Falkenberg in California, photographed by Nickolas Muray. Source and copyright:
McCalls magazine 1937
1930s colour fashion photo of a woman wearing a flower hat and holding a makeup compact from McCalls Magazine, 1937.
1930s fashion
1930s movie star Paulette Goddard in a beautiful dress on the cover of Cinegraf Magazine. Source and copyright: This image
1930s Lucky Strike advert
1930s advert for Lucky Strike from 1936: ‘Lucky Strike, Girl with Snowshoes’. Photo by Nickolas Muray. Source and copyright: George
1930s photo of Dena Evelyn Shapiro
I think this photo must be from the early 1930s – she’s just lovely. There is something about her face
1930s magazine cover: woman wearing a headscarf
1930s cover for McCall’s Magazine: woman wearing scarf and looking rather defiantly at the camera! The magazine was from July
Hoisting the Elephant
They are photos taken by an unknown photographer of a circus in the early 1930s. Thanks to the Tyne &
Lion Tamer: 1930s
They are photos taken by an unknown photographer of a circus in the early 1930s. Thanks to the Tyne &
Fred & Ginger: They All Laughed
I just love this beautiful dress! Clip from Shall We Dance. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing to “They All
1930’s Fashion Forecast for the New Millenium (Video)
I love the futuristic fashions in this 1930s fashion forecast for the new millenium!
Mary Pickford by Alfred Cheney Johnston
Photo of Mary Pickford kneeling in front of a full length mirror. Photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston.