Bring It Back Vintage
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Vintage Research and Resources
I have been a publishing Lensmaster for Squidoo
since 2006 on a variety of topics, most concerning the vintage fashion industry. My specialty has been fashion and costume designers of the 20th century. I love to research and share my knowledge with people. After all knowledge is power and so I offer what I have learned to you:
- Betsey Johnson in Living Color
- Like red lipstick on the mouth, my products wake up and brighten and bring the wearer to life.....Betsey Johnson Whats not to love about this incredibly vivacious woman! The first time I laid eyes on a Betsey Johnson garment my heart...
- Claire McCardell American Look Fashion Designer
- Claire McCardell has been identified as the first truly American Fashion designer. One of America's leading fashion designers in the 40's and 50's, McCardell is the originator of the "American Look". She is known for her wrap-ar...
- Vintage as I see it
- Why is it that I would rather a 1950's Pauline Trigere coat to chase away the winter chill over all other present day designers or department store's finest? Well I guess it is for the same reason that I spent one full day of my wint...
- The Artistry of Adrian
- Adrian Adolph Greenberg, (March 3, 1903 – September 13, 1959), known mostly as Adrian, was a Hollywood costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his...
- Fashion and Costume Designers of the Twentieth Century
- Any vintage fashionista has a favorite or two. I love the sturdy engineering and sophisticated lines of Pauline Trigere on the other hand whats not to love about the cheerful kookiness of Betsy Johnson's over the top designs. Let us not forget the gr...
- Ceil Chapman
- CEIL CHAPMAN Ceil Chapman’s son Peter, described his mother’s design skills as being akin to engineering and indeed, if one studies her skilful draping, tucking and folding of fabric it is clear as to what he meant. Born in Staten Islan...
- Emma Domb
- EMMA DOMB Emma Domb was a California dressmaking company that was active from 1939 through the 70s. Domb Manufacturing Company was owned by Emma Domb and Lorraine Domb Steinberg. They specialized in wedding, party and prom dresses, and were also kno...
- Irene Lentz
- Born in Baker, Montana, Lentz started out as an actress under her birth name, appearing in secondary roles in silent films beginning with Keystone Studios in 1921. She was directed in her first film by F. Richard Jones and the two eventually began a...
- Vintage Fashion Books
- There are so many aspects of the vintage fashion industry. If you are a collector of vintage, seller, plain old curious about how to identify a 1920's art deco necklace or all of the above this lens is for you. This lens plans on becoming a comprehen...
- Edith Head The Most Famous Costume Designer in Hollywood
- For many people, Edith Head and film costume design are synonymous. Other designers may have been more flamboyantly creative, or more consistently original, but no one did more to earn this art form popular recognition. Her guiding principle was that...
- Ode to Pauline Trigere
- "Building a wardrobe is like collecting paintings, Your choices should be careful and personal and should reflect your taste, not just for a season, but for years to come." &n...
- Bonnie Cashin
- Chic is Where You Find It "Wouldn't it be nice if I could get a tweed by spinning together a bird's nest and a spider's web?" -Bonnie Cashin, 1972 Bonnie Cashin (1908-2000) was one of the foremost American fashion designers in the second half of th...
- Helen Rose
- 1904-1985 Helen Rose was born in Chicago on 2nd February 1904. She studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In 1929 she moved to Los Angeles, California. Her first professional job in designing was for Fanchon and Marco's "Ice Follies&quo...
- rockabilly
- Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early-1950's. The term "rockabilly" is a portmanteau of "rock," from rock and roll, and "hillbilly", the latter a reference to the country music (often called "hillb...
- The "New Look" of Christian Dior
- Dior launched his couture house on 12 February 1947 and became an overnight sensation. His voluptuous collection was the antithesis of masculine wartime fashions. Instead, the designs featured sloping shoulders, a full bust and a cinched-in waist abo...
- Manuel Pertegaz
- At just 12 years of age, Pertegaz discovered his love of dressing women and started practicing on the women and friends of his family. 12 years later he had already opened his first Fashion House in Barcelona which he named after himself. He is now 8...
- Anne Fogarty
- If you adore her, you must adorn her. There lies the secret of a happy marriage Anne Fogarty from Wife Dressing Anne Whitney Fogarty designed the American look, creating clothes that were youthful, simple and stylish. Although Fogarty studied drama...
- Mr Blackwell
- Richard Blackwell (born August 29, 1922, Brooklyn, New York as Richard Sylvan Seltzer) is a fashion critic, journalist, television personality, artist, former child actor and former fashion designer, known internationally as Mr. Blackwell. He is the...
- Vintage IS green!
- I was just reading this blog on Style Dash about Adrian Grenier stating the obvious: Being green is hot right now and Adrian Grenier is in the know! The bearded boy wonder attended the Global Green USA 5th pre-Oscar Party held at Avalon last week an...
- Holly Harp
- "I've been designing clothes since the late 1960s. I always try to remind myself that I am dressing a woman's soul as well as her body. Souls and bodies do best when they are relaxed, fluid, and comfortable. They love to play "dress-up." They love a...
Also On Hub Pages Under the Pseudonym Annie Couture
671920s Hair and Makeup
by Annie Couture
Remember the "roaring 20's"? Me either, but I do remember all of the images, movies and stories that I have experienced over my lifetime which have left an impression of this incredible decade. Following...
The Lovely Art Of Fingerwaving
by Annie Couture
What is a finger wave you ask? Well, I will tell you, gather around boys and girls. Once upon a time when I attended "beauty school" as the only foreseeable way to graduate from high school in 1981, I was...
Freecycle
by Annie Couture
So, I was having dinner with friends the other night and one of the gals told me about this freecycle website. She proceeded to tell me that you can just go to the website, register and find stuff for free. ...
Fashion and Costume Designers of the Twentieth Century
by Annie Couture
Any vintage fashionista has a favorite or two. I love the sturdy engineering and sophisticated lines of Pauline Trigere on the other hand whats not to love about the cheerful kookiness of Betsy Johnson's... published 4 weeks ago
Tom Waits
by Annie Couture
In 2006 Tom Waits and his wife (Kathleen Brennan) were identified as #4 on Paste Magazine's top 100 best living songwriters. This acolade only scratches the surface of the couples talent not to mention Waits'...
NEW! 1930s Hair and Makeup and 1940's Hair and Makeup by Annie Couture on Hub Pages
Bring It Back Vintage
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United States
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