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1940s Fads: Indoor Sunbathing
The 1940s was a time when no one gave much thought to sunscreen and you could happily …
1940s Summer Underwear
Before the structure and corsetry of the 1950s was the softer silhouette of the 1940s. …
Louise Brooks: From Dancer to Showgirl to Scandalous Flapper Icon
Louise Brooks with her sharply bobbed hair is one of the most iconic figures of 1920s …
1950s Hand Drawn Dresses by Hermes
I don't know very much about these fashions, except that they were captioned 'Hermes …
Iconic Wedding Dresses #10: Princess Anne
When Princess Anne married Mark Phillips in November 1973 at Westminster Abbey, she …
Air Hostess Training in the 1940s
Photos taken at the McConnell Air Hostess School which trained air hostesses for TWA in …
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How The World Looked When Airships Filled The Sky
The airship industry effectively died with the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, but for 80 or …
Risqué Nose Art from WW2 Bombers (NSWF)
Nose art on airplanes first became popular during WW1 when German airmen (or rather their …
Back When Everybody Smoked…
More and more smokers are becoming social pariahs. They have to stand on the street in …
Scream Queens: Elsa Lanchester
You might not recognize the name Elsa Lanchester, but you'll definitely recognize her in …
Happy Vintage New Year!
What better way to start off the new year by seeing how they celebrated in years gone by! …
Iconic Wedding Dresses #1: Wallis Simpson (1937)
The wedding of Wallis Simpson to Edward, Duke of Windsor in 1937 was one of the most …
