Fashion

April 1, 2021

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When Every Day is April Fool's Day

Vintage cartoons, funny stuff (unintentional and otherwise), and an assortment of the odd and unusual from the land of filmdom. Baby Peggy Flies Her Pelican Caught on film for eternity,…

February 14, 2021

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Vintage Inspired Valentines

These Valentine's Day greetings may inspire you to send a Valentine to someone(s) special. As a lover of history, poetry, and art, I found my inspiration for these customized greeting…

October 9, 2020

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Mona Lisa and The Spendthrift

The Los Angels Belasco stock theatre company established singer-actress Thais Magrane as their new leading lady in 1909. (Thais Magrane 1920 Merchants of Venus, and in 1909 for the Belasco…

September 25, 2020

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What Was New in September 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from September, 1952: George Reeves, star of The Adventures of Superman; Charlie Chaplin's U.S. Re-Entry Permit is Revoked; and the Classic Movie Release of Just…

June 28, 2020

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Fashion in Advertising..because

How do you run a highly successful advertising campaign for over 20 years, for an "unmentionable" product? If you're Johnson & Johnson, you successfully pussy-foot around it for decades and…

May 18, 2020

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A Look Inside Jazz Age SHADOWLAND

Billed as "The Handsomest Magazine in the World" when it debuted in September 1919, browsing though an edition of SHADOWLAND is like taking a journey back to a unique time…

January 5, 2020

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100 Years Ago: 1920 At A Glance

Although people haven't really changed that much in the past 100 years, our modes of transportation, the hairstyles, fashion, the film stars and movies we liked to watch, appliances, houses,…

October 6, 2019

Fashion,
Movies

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Hats Off to Hedy Lamarr

Stunning Austrian-American movie star Hedy Lamarr wore a myriad of fashionable hats in her 1930s-1950s movie roles, possibly because movie costumers realized her luminous eyes and perfect features were set…

August 11, 2019

Fashion

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A Bonanza of Bras For Big Busts

I'm not talking about C or D cups folks, although most major retailers that sell bras seem to think cup sizes stop at double D's. For 35+ years my best…