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Tag: Vintage images


Nov
2013

Movember-A Collection of Vintage Mustache Images

categories: vintage images

It’s November which means it’s Movember, a global campaign that encourages men to grow Mustaches in November to support the fight against prostate and testicular cancer. I support this campaign every year (among other ones as well) and thought it would be fun for my blog to do a “Vintage” edition of moustaches and help out the cause this way 🙂

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. 

NOTE: If you click on any of the items featured below and they are not available, don’t fret! Hit the search button and see what else is on the websites. There are 1000’s and 1000’s of items being listed daily.

A Collection of Vintage Mustache Images

1920’s – 1950’s

Warren Baxter – 1920’s vintage photo sporting a tidy mustache.

1920s vintage photo of Warren Baxter in the 1920s wearing a mustache.

1920s vintage photo of a man with a large mustache.

1920s vintage photo of a man with a mustache.

Source: Etsy

1930s photo of Clark Gable sporting his infamous mustache (gosh he is so dreamy!).

1930s Vintage image of Clark Gable with his famous mustache.

Vincent Price with a wide then skinny mustache.

Vinage image of Vincent Price with his famous mustache.

1930s vintage photo of Ernest Hemingway with a thick mustache.

1930s vintage photo of Ernest Hemingway and his famous thick mustache.
Source: JFK Presidential Library and Museum

Jerry Colonna and an almost handlebar mustache with Bob Hope-1940s vintage image.

Jerry Colonna and Bob Hope-1940s vintage image. Jerry is wearing a mustache.
Source: Wikipedia

Tod Browning and a tiny curly mustache.

Vintage image of Tod Browning and his famous mustache.

Cab Calloway with a small but stylish mustache. So handsome!

Vintage image of Cab Calloway and his famous mustache.

Groucho Marx and his greasepaint mustache.

Vintage image of Groucho Marx and his famous greasepaint mustache.

Members of Handlebar Club posing for photograph, UK, July 1947.  – Nat Farbman

1940s vintage photo of the Members of Handlebar Club (mustache club ) posing for photograph, UK, July 1947.
Source: Black Watch

AND LADIES! You too can get in on the fun, by donning a fake mustache of all shapes and sizes to show your support and then don’t forget that If you wish to contribute to Movember you can by go directly to the website below:

http://ca.movember.com/

FURTHER READING:

Liz 🙂


Oct
2013

Edith Head-Costume Designer Extraordinaire!

categories: Vintage Fashion, Vintage Fashion Designer

“A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes”-Edith Head-

Today’s opening of Google lead me to squeal in excitement as I saw that the Google Doodle was dedicated to one of my favorite costume designers… “Edith Head“. High Five Google!

Edith Head Fashion Designer Google Doodle.

Edith Head-Costume Designer Extraordinaire!

Lets take a look at some of the amazing designs this 8 time Academy Award winning designer created during her very long career in Hollywood.

As the chief designer at Paramount for forty years, Head’s penchant for onscreen glamour produced some of the most formidable images in Hollywood history. Head understood the overarching importance of costuming; her most iconic looks balance the external demands of a film (lighting, set design, camera angles,) with the internal (the script, character arcs) to render a fully realized character.

Side note: Edith was actually nominated for 35 Academy Awards including every year from 1948 to 1966. WOW! (Ten Things you should know about Edith Head)

The Fashion Designer Herself-Edith Head

Edith head Fashion designer surrounded by her fashion design illustrations.

Edith Head Dresses

Grace Kelly–Rear Window (1954). A cocktail dress with an off-the-shoulder velvet bodice and a layered organza skirt. 

Grace Kelly-Rear Window (1954). A Edith Head 1950s cocktail dress with an off-the-shoulder velvet bodice and a layered organza skirt.

Grace Kelly-Oscar dress 1955. Grace’s mint green studio created gown cost $4,000 to make.

Grace Kelly-Oscar dress 1955 by Edith Head.

Mary Martin-in Love Thy Neighbor. Look at the matching purse! Drool!

Mary Martin-in Love Thy Neighbor in an Edith Head Dress

Dress for the 1944 movie “Here Come the Waves“.

Dress for the 1944 movie "Here Come the Waves" by Edith Head.

Barbara Stanwyck, in a suit by Edith Head for the 1940 film “Remember the Night”.

Barbara Stanwyck, in a suit by Edith Head for the 1940 film "Remember the Night".

Barbara Stanwyck in a stunning & elegant Edith Head Dress.

Barbara Stanwyck in an Edith Head Dress - 1940s fashion.

Bettie Davis in “All about Eve”.

Bettie Davis in "All about Eve" in an Edith Head Dress.

A costume design image from “All About Eve”, featuring Bette Davis in the black dress above.

1940s Fashion: A costume design image from "All About Eve", featuring Bette Davis circa 1940s

Source: Mutual Art

Madeleine Carroll Publicity Photo from the 1930s.

“Printed wool is high fashion this fall and winter.  Edith Head has created this charming dinner dress of black imported wool covered with a pale blue bluebell print.

Following Madeleine’s favorite “basic” silhouette for dinner clothes, the designer has used a high-waisted, Empire line with a V decolletage, short sleeves and graceful back fullness in the bias skirt.” (Source).

Madeleine Carroll in an Edith Head Dress.

Elizabeth Taylor in a pink peignoir set for the movie “Elephant Walk”-1954.

Elizabeth Taylor in a pink peignoir set for the movie "Elephant Walk"-1954 an Edith Head design.

Love what you have seen? Want some style tips for Edith herself? Then pick up her book “How to Dress for Success” from 1967.

“You can do anything you want in life if you dress for it,” -Edith Head-

How to dress for Success by Edith Head

Thank you for stopping by and sharing in my love of Edith Head designs with me. These images are really only a small portion of the giant collection of clothes she created. I encourage you to do your own research to discover her designs and maybe you will find some new favorites in the process. If you do, I would LOVE to see what you have found.

Further Reading:

Liz 🙂