I have amazing friends, friends who bring back from their stay in Europe, a whole collection of Vintage Professional Hair Dressing Magazines called “La Coiffure De Paris” for me to just have. Yooza! Thank You Bryan!
For today’s post I want to give you an overview of what you can see in these amazing hair dressing magazines.
March 2023 update: I have done some videos on TikTok taking a look inside of some of the magazines in this collection. You can find them on my profile HERE.
A Look Inside “La Coiffure De Paris
1948-1952 Professional Hair Dressing Magazines
Let us begin with February & May 1948 for Part 1 of this Series.
Note: The magazine is in French (obviously), so if you can read the instructions you are going to have an even better chance of achieving these looks.
The Cover -February 1948
Hairstyles seen at the Championship of France in 1947.
Beautiful large curls for a stylish daytime look.
1940s Hairstyle for the evening.
Bangs for another daytime look.
The cover for May 1948
Hairstyles seen at Antwerp International Days.
Hairstyles seen at Toulouse competitions.
Styling for 3 Hairstyles from 1. A Fantasy look, Afternoon and Evening look.
The 1948 “Fantasy Look” and the setting pattern for the 3 styles that you will see below.
1948 Evening Look-Transformation # 1.
1948 Afternoon Look-Transformation # 2.
There you have it! February and May 1948 La Coiffure De Paris Vintage Hair Dressing Magazine. Such stunning styles that are oh so elegant! What was your favorite from above (Share in the comments below)?
FURTHER READING:
Take a look at my ‘Women’s Vintage Hairstyle‘ archive HERE
I did a detailed blog post on “1940s Women’s Hair Accessories” HERE
It’s Friday! Vintage Hairstyle day and the Men’s Vintage Swimsuit contest at the pool (my fav).
My friend Liisa was such a doll and offered as a gift to myself and a mutual friend to have our hair done by the magical and amazing Teresa of “Beauty by Teresa Song“. So I zipped done to their room with Champagne and Orange Juice in hand and prepared for some pampering and girl talk.
Breakfast of Champions
I have never had my hair done all fancy by anyone at Viva, I usually tackle this process by myself and hope for the best. I by no means am a Vintage Hair Style wizard, but Teresa..was. She took my mess of hair and turned it into this…
Ready for my close up! Man I look different with no glasses.
Kidding! This is what she did…
Not sure if this is possible to do by regular folk like me
Victory Rolls
Voila! The Finished Product. Teresa you are amazing and I 100% recommend her to anyone looking to get their hair done next year. She works fast, was professional and really nice.
1940s Meets Rockabilly
Okay I’m done, it’s my friends turn now.
Meow!
Above turns into the below..like Magic.
Drea’s turn.
Drea was trying to go for the same look as me. hehehe
So pretty, mini victory roll and curls.
We are 3 happy ladies, full of champagne and orange juice and lots of girly time. Thanks again Liisa!
Now we are all done up…time for the Pool and the Men’s Vintage Swimsuit contest especially now that sun was out and it was finally hot.
There was even a live band-The Sabres to set the tone for the afternoon.
The Sabres
Pool Time is Friend Time!
Hanging out with Friends at the Pool in my 1960s Vintage “Ceeb of Miami” swimsuit from Cabaret vintage
Cool Glasses Ladies
Time for the Men’s Swimsuit Contest! Here were some of my favorites:
I really liked this swimsuit and matching shirt.
Our host (man with the microphone) plays Carl Perkins in the Million Dollar Quartet in Vegas.
It’s a Jungle Out There!
What a great contest, the men really had wonderful vintage swimsuits and it was a fun afternoon. But all good warm and sunny day’s have to come to an end and so we packed it up and got ready for the evening ahead.
My Friday Night Outfit. 1940s Vintage Seersucker dress from “The Best Vintage Clothing” online store.
First band of the night and now one of my favorite singers, “Kay Marie“. Her sound channeled the spirit of Americana trailblazers with powerful and passionate vocals, and had this old school vintage feel that I just loved. I danced almost to every one of her songs and it was fantastic to see the room so packed for her show.
Kay Marie in the Bienville Room
After Kay Marie it was time for one of the big shows in the Ballroom that I was really really looking forward to… Bobby Brooks Wilson, the son of Jackie Wilson. If you have time click on his name and read about his story about how he found out he was Jackie Wilsons son, it is pretty incredible.
Bobby Brooks Wilson
Speaking of incredible…his show was incredible! I thought I was listening and watching Jackie himself. Such an amazing talent and a ridiculously good show. A highlight was when one of the past singers of the Platters came on stage to sing “Only You”. Check out my video to experience what I experienced that night.
After my mind was blown for an hour and half, I still had tons of energy to zip off and support a favorite band of mine (and the Toronto Rockabilly Scene), Jittery Jack. Jittery Jack’s band always puts 120% into their shows and once again this was another good one.
Jittery Jack
Only one person is having fun here..can you guess who (and it’s NOT Bill from the Hellbent Rockers lol)? Cheer up Drea..the night is not over yet, it’s time to hit up the Ballroom!
I ended my Friday night checking out the final performance EVER of the band “The Chop Tops“. The band coined the phrase “Revved-Up Rockabilly” to describe their wild, upbeat blend of rockabilly, psychobilly, old punk, teddy boy, and surf music genres (source) and have been playing together since 1995. This final show was going to be nothing but amazing and filled with surprises at every turn. And it was!
The Chop Tops
One of those surprises was bringing up Mario Valens the brother of La Bamba singer Ritchie Valens. That was a real highlight of the evening for me.
Mario Valens
Here is Mario singing with the Chop Tops a tune you might all know….
And that friends was Friday of VIVA 18. Stay tuned for Car Show and Dion (The Wanderer) day aka Saturday.
Those who went to VIVA….How was your Friday Night?
