Click image for 1446 x 2146 size. Scanned from Brazillian mag Fon Fon, No. 2437, 26 December 1953. Image kindly donated by Ciana Bodini.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Aimée, 1947
Click image for 1106 x 1522 size. Século Ilustrado, No. 482, March 29 1947.
Brazillian actress Aimée visits Lisbon, Portugal.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Dresses of the Atomic Age, all made in fiber glass!
Click image for 1098 x 1526 size. Século Ilustrado, No. 482, March 29 1947.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Ligne underwear, 1950s
Via Flickr:
Click image for 572 x 1024 size. Via Agence eureka.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Réussite nail varnish, 1950s
Click image for 810 x 1024 size. Scanned from a Film Complet magazine, 21-9-50. Via Agence eureka.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Século Ilustrado, No. 482, March 29 1947
Click image for 1088 x 1522 size.
An Egipcian wedding. Clothes made from glass fibre.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Elizabeth Taylor, Lustre-Creme Shampoo, 1957
R. I. P., Elizabeth Taylor.
Click image for 616 x 883 size. Scanned from Taschen's All-American Ads of the 50s.
"Hollywood's favorite Lustre-Creme Shampoo...
Yes, Elizabeth Taylor uses Lustre-Creme Shampoo. It's the favorite of 4 out of 5 top Hollywood movie stars!
It never dries your hair! Lustre-Creme Shampoo is blessed with lanolin... foams into rich lather, even in hardest water... leaves hair so easy to manage.
It beautifies! For soft, bright, fragrantly clean hair - without special after-rinses - choose the shampoo of America's most glamorous women. Use the favorite of Hollywood movie stars - Lustre-Creme Shampoo.
Never Dries - it Beautifies!
Elizabeth Taylor
co-starring in M-G-M's
Raintree County
Filmed in M-G-M Camera 65 and Color"
Monday, March 21, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Japanese White face Powder, 1940s
Click image for 724 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
"White powder that is the 'newest in the world'" (Thanks to Paula Wirth and Michi for translating!)
Friday, March 18, 2011
Japanese ad, 1940s
Click image for 718 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Japanese Moisturizer, 1940s
Click image for 725 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Japanese Face White Powder, 1940s
Click image for 715 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
"We are proudly introducing a powder that protects your skin from sunlight" (this is a white powder for your skin, sold prior to WWII.) (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Século Ilustrado, No. 481, March 22 1947 - 17
Click image for 1087 x 1545 size.
A legs model; skater Wanda Norton being helped by her mother before presenting herself before the jury; and cartoons by Baltazar.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Japanese Cosmetics, 1940s
Click image for 719 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".
"Fine beautiful skin for you -- When you put the cream on your face, you can get beautiful skin." (Thanks to Paula Wirth and Mishi for translating!)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Adrian, June 1945
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