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Tag: vintage hairstyling


Sep
2018

1940s Real Life Women’s Hairstyles

categories: Vintage Fashion, Vintage Hairstyles, vintage images
1940s vintage photo of 3 women with 1940s hairstyles and 1940s fashions sitting on the grass for a photo.

If you’re like me and you like to wear your hair in a vintage hairstyle, looking for inspiration on what exactly you want that look to be can be a bit overwhelming. There are many photos out there and some can seem darn right impossible and very intimidating.

1940s vintage hairstyle photo for women on how to wear your bangs in four different ways.

How to Combat This?

I like to use inspiration of real life women of the specific time period I’m going for. Why? Because they seem more achievable. If Betty with 2 kids, a husband at war and home-front work can throw a victory roll or 2 in her, why can’t Liz who works from home do something similar? ALSO I love when I see frizzy sets, and not perfect hair because once again this is REALITY! A photo of a movie star with loads of help to make her hair look like perfection is well stunning to look at but for most of us, hard to achieve.

actresses June Havoc and Helen Walker doing their hair in the 1940s. vintage photo

Actresses June Havoc and Helen Walker

So for today’s post I want to showcase Real Life Photos of women in the 1940s and how they wore their hair. Maybe this will inspire you to jump into vintage hairstyles or try a new look on your next night out.

Happy browsing and experimenting (P.S. at the end of this post I will share links to great tutorials & blogs posts to help you out)!

Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy , eBay, are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 

1940s Real Life Women’s Hairstyles

The Vintage Photos….

Let your beautiful curls go free! Sometimes you don’t need to meld the curls into the most popular style of the time, just letting them roam free is equally as beautiful. -1940s photo.

1940s Vintage Photo of a young woman in a photo booth with curly hair. Vintage Hair Inspiration from the 1940s.

Source: Pinterest

Another outstanding photo of two friends with gorgeous curls posing in a photo booth.

1940s vintage photo of two young women posing together in a photobooth with beautiful 1940s hairstyles, heads full of curls.

Source: Etsy – therescuedphoto

Hair Flowers can give you a 1940s look in an instant. How happy is this young woman, taking a fun photo booth photo? I love it!

1940s photo of a young woman in a photo booth wearing a hair flower. Perfect 1940s vintage hairstyle inspiration.

Source: Etsy

Candy Apples, Hair Bows and Bumper Bangs. Simple style for anyone to try. -1940s photo.

1940s vintage photo of young Black Women college students eating candy apples holding books and showcasing 1940's hairstyles

Source: Daily Mail

Another super hair flower placement idea. Thanks for the lovely look “Miss Fair Oaks”. -1940s photo

1940s photo of a young woman who won a pageant, 1940s vintage hair inspiration

Source: Etsy

1945 Vintage Hairstyles. A hair scarf and a simple pull back of the hair can give you a beautiful authentic 1940s look (another hair flower as well!).

1945 of three young women in 1940s fashions and 1940s hairstyles posing for the camera.

Source: Pinterest

1949 photo: Victory rolls and more hair flowers. Aren’t these ladies adorable?

1940s vintage photo of TWO JAPANESE WOMEN ON THE BEACH in 1949

Source: Chuckman’s Photos

Just adding a lovely small roll or 2 to your hair, creates a 1940s look instantly.

1940s vintage photo of the back of a Black Women's hairstyle in the 1940s. Great 1940s vintage hair inspiration.

Source: Daily Mail

Brush out your curls and add a scarf to your hair and then your done.

1940s women vintage photo vintage hairstyle -Brush out your curls and add a scarf to your hair and then your done.

Source: Pinterest

Photo Booth Beauty. This 1940s woman’s curl hairstyle is just so dreamy!

Photo Booth Beauty, c1940s Vintage Photo of a young woman with a 1940s hairstyle and red lipstick posing for photo in a photobooth.

Source: Etsy

University of Pittsburgh students 1948. Have curls (or created curls)? Take 2 bobby pins and pin back. Easy (that is my go to style)!

1940s Black Fashion & 1940s hairstyles as seen on these University of Pittsburgh students 1948

Source: GlamourDaze

The girl on the left is how my hair usually looks after I get tired of brushing it out from a set and frankly she looks adorable! So the lesson here is, sometimes just leave it because it works. 

1940s women in summer clothes at the lake in 1940s swimsuits and 1940s fashions sporting 1940s hairstyles in this 1940s vintage photo. So fun!

Source: Pinterest

Frizz Frizz Frizz! See everyone it was not always the perfection you see on Instagram and in classic movie star photos, women had frizz and they embraced it. Why? Looking good was mandatory to help with moral but helping the boys overseas was even more of an important cause. So bring on the frizz! 

About photo: Women munitions workers of the Dominion Arsenals Ltd. plant dining with friends. 24 Aug. 1942 (Canada in WW2). Next photo is also of friends from the same plant also hanging out.

Women munitions workers of the Dominion Arsenals Ltd. plant dining with friends. 24 Aug. 1942 WW2 Homefront Canada vintage photo. The image also showcases women's 1940s hairstyles.

Source: Collections Canada

1944 Beautiful Black Hairstyle Inspiration from Shaw University in Raleigh North Carolina.

1940s vintage photos from 1944 Black Women Hairstyles from a Shaw University Yearbook featuring vintage Black Hairstyles for Women.

Source: DigitalNC.org

Hair not working out? Add a cute sun hat to it.

Women munitions workers of the Dominion Arsenals Ltd. plant hanging out with friends. 1942 WW2 Homefront Canada vintage photo. Plus 1940s hairstyle inspiration-How to wear a hat with your 1940s hair.

Source: Collections Canada

Of course if we are talking real life photos from the 1940s we cannot forget the look of women working IN the factories. 

The 2 photos below are of “Veronica Foster the Bren Gun Girl: Canada’s Original Rosie the Riveter“. She is wearing a kerchief in the first image and demonstrating how to wear it in the second one (the kerchief protects the hair from being caught in machinery).

Veronica Foster the Bren Gun Girl blog post by www.vintageinn.ca vintage photo bomb girl
Veronica Foster the Bren Gun Girl blog post by www.vintageinn.ca how to tie a head scarf for war work vintage photo

One more scarf photo-Vintage Photo of a 1940s Female worker Margot Bourassa shellacks the body of a fuse in the breakdown room of the Cherrier plant of the Defense Industries Limited. 1940s,

Vintage Photo of a 1940s Female worker Margot Bourassa shellacks the body of a fuse in the breakdown room of the Cherrier plant of the Defense Industries Limited. 1940s vintage hairstyle inspiration-how to wear a hair scarf in 1940s style.

Source: Collections Canada

Collection of 1942 vintage women’s hairstyles, I put together for my Pinterest boards (shown below).

1940s vintage hairstyles for women from 1942 vintage yearbook

Need More Help?

Vintage hairstyle tutorials collection by vintageinn.ca blog on pinterest 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s

Vintage Hairstyles inspiration from the 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s collectio by vintageinn.ca blog

Question time: Do you take inspiration from real life photos from the era you enjoy or do you like to emulate the stars of that time? Share your comments and anything else you wish to discuss in the comments section below.

Liz

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real life hairstyles of women from the 1940s vintage photos collection by www.vintageinn.ca blog


Feb
2014

American Hairdresser Magazine-1947 and 1948

categories: Vintage Hairstyle, Vintage Hairstyles, vintage images, Vintage Magazines

This weekend a dear friend of mine was out doing some vintage/antique shopping and stumbled upon a bunch of Hairdressing magazines from the 1940’s that he knew I would just adore and want to scoop up. The magazine was “American Hairdresser” and the 3 copies he got for me were from 1947 & 1948 (seen below).

1940's hairdressing magazine - American Hairdresser featuring a 1948 hairstyle
1940's hairdressing magazine - American Hairdresser featuring a 1948 hairstyles for kids
1940's hairdressing magazine - American Hairdresser featuring a 1947 hairstyle for women

Now I’m no expert in the vintage hairstyle world, I have mastered like 2 styles and that is pretty much where I’m at right now. I can honestly only ever dream of being able to have hairstyles like my fav vintage ladies online. I do adore though, looking at beautiful vintage hairstyles and giving props to the ladies (and their stylists) who took the time to make those styles look so fantastic. So this magazine is really great for doing just that…looking at cool and super technical vintage hairstyles. The magazines even show you how to do some of the sets to achieve the looks shown but it’s seriously way to complicated for my “2 styles only” skills lol!

For my hairdressing friends the magazines also have great ads on tools you could have purchased for your business, tips on working in salons etc. So if you ever see them, I would totally advise to grab some for your collection.

For today’s blog I really wanted to share some of the fantastic images that were in the magazines, the hairstyles and some of the fun ads.

(note: due to the magazines being somewhat fragile I had to take pictures of the images instead of scanning to protect it from bending and such. I apologize if some of the images are not super super clear).

So here we go….

American Hairdresser Magazine-1947 and 1948

The Vintage Advertising

Get that perfect perm with…”Supertest for Supercurl with RAYette deb-u-curl supertest, the speed waves that features the JUMBO ROD”.

A 1940's Hairdressing Magazine Ad for deb-u-curl perm curlers featuring an image of women with curly hair and perm roller.

I know the below seats from ‘Dixie Chrome Products’ are for your hair salon but I would not mind a couple just for my apartment, they are so cool.

A 1940s vintage advertisement for Dixie Chrome Products featuring chairs for the hair salon as seen in a 1940s vintage hairstyling magazine.

“For short hair! The new original Grip-Tuth “Shorty””

Grip-Tuth is still around today and in fact I use my combs on a regular basis.

1940s Grip-Tuth ad- 1940s Vintage Hairstyle tool for 1940s Hairstyles as seen in a 1940s vintage hairstyling magazine.

Create the perfect waves, with a “Fleetwave”. This ad made me giggle on how “HAPPY” she is to own this item..almost stunned I would say.

1940s vintage hairdressing ad for Fleetwave by Nestle. Create the perfect 1940s waves for your 1940s hairstyle as seen in a 1940s vintage hairstyling magazine.

Ahhh what we do for beauty. 1940s Heating Cap to get those curl dried quick!

1940s vintage ad for a heating cap that will get your curls dried quick as seen ina 1940s vintage hairstyling magazine.

The Late 1940s Women’s Hairstyles

First lets just take in the beauty that is “Jacqueline White” who was on the cover of the first 1948 magazine shown above and is modelling here. Stunning is probably the only word I can use right now, her hair is unbelievable gorgeous. I also am madly in love with her dresses in these images and I will take 2 or 3 of each in multiple colours.

The 1940s hair with all those shiny curls are just wonderful!

1940's vintage hairstyle from 1948 for women featuring actress Jacqueline White modeling the stylish hairstyle and wearing a pretty 1940s dress.
1940's vdress as seen in a 1948 American Hairdresser magazine. 1940's vintage hairstyle from 1948 for women featuring actress Jacqueline White modeling the stylish hairstyle.

This updo hairstyle is incredible and way out of my league but there is the set if someone is willing to give it a go.

1940's vintage hairstyle for women as seen in a 1948 vintage hairstyle magazine called "American hairdresser".

“Parisienne Mood”. The side swiped hair with the headband reminds me more of a Grecian look then Paris but either way another outstanding hairstyle.

1940s vintage hairstyle from a 1948 vintage hairdressing magazine, "American Hairdresser" -The side swiped hair with the headband reminds me more of a Grecian look then Paris but either way another outstanding hairstyle.

“Careerist”. For the Career Girl you can go with this style. Setting patterns are so helpful!

1940's vintage hairstyle called the Careerist as seen in a 1948 Hairdressing magazine called "American hairdresser". Cute short haired curls.

Looking for a style to wear with that Easter Parade hat? Here you go, fun stylish up do’s.

1940's vintage hairstyles for when your wearing a hat. Seen in a 1948 American hairdresser magazine.

“Colanite Curl Clips”. This is actually an information piece on how to set the curl clips professionally and correctly. I adore how her hair looks at the end.

1940's vintage hairstyle inspiration as seen in a vintage ad from a 1948 American Hairdresser magazine for "Colanite Curl Clips".

Beautiful! There was no description on how to achieve this look but I’m sure you needed at least 10 hands.

1940's vintage hairstyle inspiration for women as seen in a 1948 American Hairdresser magazine

There is a little peak into my hairdressing magazines, I hope you enjoyed browsing and maybe you will run off to try one of the sets. If you do, please please share you pictures!

On a funny side note, I opened up one of the magazines and in the middle, flat as a pancake were two dead flies..from the 1940s! Not what I was expecting to see that is for sure.

FURTHER READING:

Liz 🙂