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Beauty Through the Decades: 90’s

That’s how, step by step, we’ve come up to 90’s. The decade of various beauty standarts that were incredibly diverse and constantly changing. I may be wrong, but i think that this decade was a certain transition moment when fashion models became as popular as famous actress and singers and deservedly concurred prefix “super-“. You may not know the name of Gia Carangi (though she was one of the first supermodels), but you definitely heard of Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Kate Moss. Breaking into the highest league of models Kate Moss brought with herself a standard of extreme thinness, sometimes referred to as “heroin chic” from the strung-out, emaciated appearance of the face and body. In my opininon that looks great, but not on everybody. And that “androgyny” or “unisex” trend grew into the deepest layers of fashion’s mind. So now in 2011 woman in fashion hardly can afford “loosening the belts”, except Crystal Renn  of course (& other “+” size models). In the early 90’s Grunge was extremly popular not only in music, but also in fashion and lifestyle. Courtney Love can proove that!) Those who weren’t on grunge, were on rave, rap, pop-punk, brit rock or anything else that was popular back then. Tongue, eyebrow and nose piercings (for both men and women) also came into vogue in the ’90s and even crossed into the “mainstream” of youth culture. And for sure most of the teenage girls wanted to look like one of the “Spice Girls”. Well, let’s look over those, who were on the peak!)

 “Spice Girls”

90’s supermodels

famous 90s “Beverly Hills 90210” series

Alicia Silverstone is an American actress, author, and former fashion model. She first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith, and is best known for her roles in Hollywood films such as CluelessBatgirl in (1995) and her portrayal of Batman & Robin (1997).

 Carla Bruni is an Italian-born French songwriter, singer, and former model.

 Christy Turlington is an American model best known for representing Calvin Klein from 1987 to 2007.

 Cindy Crawford is a former American model. Known for her trademark moleVH1‘s just above her lip, Crawford has adorned hundreds of magazine covers throughout her career. She was named #3 on 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s. Her success at modeling made her a celebrity that has led to roles in television and film, and to work as a spokesperson.

Claudia Schiffer is a German model and occasional actress, who reached the peak of her popularity during the 1990s, initially due to her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. Schiffer is one of the world’s most successful models, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers.

 Kate Moss is an English model. She has appeared on over 50 magazine covers and in magazine spreads. She is also notorious for her high-profile relationships and party lifestyle. In 2007, she came 2nd on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $9 million in one year.

 Linda Evangelista is a famous Canadian Supermodel of 90s.

 Naomi Campbell is a British model. Campbell started her career in the 1980s and is considered a supermodel having regularly appeared on the catwalks of Milan and Paris as well as on over 500 covers for such magazines as Vogue Italia, Japanese Vogue, Elle, i-D, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, W, Vanity Fair and GQ. She was the first black cover model for French Vogue, the second for British Vogue and Time magazine. Campbell is also known for a series of legal issues and less known for her extensive charity work. In Europe, Campbell is also known for the perfumes associated with her name.

 Drew Berrymore is an American actress, film producer and film director. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore.

 Neve Campbell is a Canadian actress. After beginning her career on stage, she achieved fame on the 1990s television series Party of Five, playing the role of teenager Julia Salinger. She subsequently appeared in leading roles in several Hollywood films, including Scream, The Craft, and Wild Things, and has since appeared in smaller parts and returned to stage roles.

 Nicole Kidman is an Australian actress, Spokes model, and humanitarian.

 PJ Harvey is a English musician and singer-songwriter. She was raised in Corscombe, Dorset and Yeovil, Somerset. Growing up, her parents were both fans of American blues music. Their record collection exposed Harvey not only to the blues but also to Captain Beefheart. Both the blues and Beefheart would become major influences on Harvey’s own musical style.

 Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress. She came to international attention for her performance as Audrey Horne on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks.

 Shirley Manson is a Scottish recording artist and actress, best known internationally as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Garbage.

 Kylie Minogue is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress.

Courtney Love is an American rock musician and actress. Love is primarily known as lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for alternative rock band Hole, as well as for her publicity-ridden marriage to the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.

 Fiona Apple is an American singer-songwriter. Her 1996 debut album Tidal received a Grammy Award for the song “Criminal“.

 Gwyneth Paltrow is a famous American actress.

 Gwen Stefani is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani is the lead vocalist for the rock band No Doubt.

 Winona Ryder is an american actress.

 Christina Ricci is an American actress. Ricci received initial recognition and praise as a child star for her performance as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993), and her role as Kat Harvey in Casper (1995). Ricci made a transition into more adult-oriented roles with The Ice Storm (1997), followed by an acclaimed performance in The Opposite of Sex (1998), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She continued her success with well-received performances in Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Monster (2003).

 Supermodels of 90s: Cindy & Claudia

 Juliet Lewis is an American actress and musician. Juliette gained international fame for her role in the 1991 thriller Cape Fear for which she received an Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. This followed with major roles in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Natural Born Killers, The Evening Star, and From Dusk Till Dawn. Her work in television has resulted in two Emmy nominations.

 Kim Basinger is an American actress and former fashion model.

 Madonna (one of her 90s looks)

 Monica Belluci is an Italian actress and fashion model.

 Sharon Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance in Casino.

 Sophie Marceau is a French actress.

 Vanessa Paradis is a French singer, model and actress. She became a child star at 14 with the worldwide success of her single “Joe le taxi“. Since then, she has accomplished a career in music, movies and modelling.

 Liv Tyler (born July 1, 1977) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of Aerosmith‘s lead singer, Steven Tyler, and Bebe Buell, model and singer. Tyler began a career in modeling at the age of 14, but after less than a year she decided to focus on acting.

Tori Amos is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument.

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Beauty Through the Decades: 80’s

Moving closer and closer to what we call “modern”, we can’t pass through a decade of 80s, that has given us…well..lots of interesting culture stuff. When thinking of 80’s the first few things that came on my mind was Hip-Hop, Graffiti, Madonna, Dami Moore, New Wave..Haha, i guess that was all. But i have a  good excuse – i was born in the end of 80s..i was too little to understand anything that happens around me and that was Soviet Union.., so anyway!:) So first i’ve asked my Mom what she remembers about the decade. She was also very young at that time, but her eternal love to fashion helped me to figure things out and of course internet..And i’ve made a conclusion that 80’s was a jump over the gap to craziness in fashion and culture, but this craziness was so artsy that still inspires our hearts and minds.
Talking about music, the decade began with anti-disco backlash in US and 80s music would be characterized by the wide spread synthesizers and keyboards. The main tendencies in music were New Romantics, New Wave, Synth Pop Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock and Hip-Hop. Madonna was regarded as the most groundbreaking female artist of decade, she was noted for her many fashion incarcations (smells like Lady Gaga in the end of 00’s). The super-cool haircut was mullet and intentionally messed-up and off-colored hair. And 80s gave birth to such popular cloth items as leggings, headbands, skinny ripped jeans, leather pants, Ray Ban Glasses, open-shoulder shirts, bolero-jackets, leotards, sweatshirts, Dr. Martens…In make up there was different tendencies mixed up: from crazy and motley colours and heavy make-up to something more natural. However we can notice most of this on the Famous & Beautiful girls of 80’s:

Yasmin LeBon (Parvaneh) is a British Iranian fashion model. In 1981, the young Yasmin was discovered by a local modeling agency while working a part-time sales job in a boutique. In mid 1984, Yasmin Parvaneh met Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran.

 Madonna (Hope, this Lady doesn’t need some extra-introduction!!!)

Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.

She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll“, which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular recordings including “Crimson and Clover,” “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” “Do You Want to Touch Me,” “Light of Day,” “Love Is All Around,” “Bad Reputation,” and “Little Liar.”

 Demi Moore is an American actress. After minor roles in film and a role in the television drama series General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St. Elmo’s Fire (1985).

 Olivia Newton-John is an English-born, Australian-raised singer and actress.

Princess Diana was a member of the British royal family and an international personality of the late 20th century as the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981.

 Annie Lennox is a Scottish recording artist. After achieving minor success in the band The Tourists in the late 1970s, Lennox went on to major international success in the 1980s as part of the duo Eurythmics, which she formed with former Tourists’ member David A. Stewart.

 Brooke Shields is an American actress, author and model. Some of her better-known movies include Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon, as well as TV shows such as Suddenly Susan, That ’70s Show and Lipstick Jungle.

 Tatjana Patitz is a German model and actress who rose to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s.

 Carol Alt is a American supermodel and actress.

 Christie Brinkley is an American model best known for her three consecutive appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for her long-running contract with CoverGirl, the longest ever of any model in history, and for her marriage to musician Billy Joel.

 Cindy Lauper is an American singer, songwriter and actress, also know as The Empress of Pop. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She’s So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album. Lauper has released 11 albums and over 40 singles, and as of 2008 had sold more than 30 million records worldwide.

 Elle Macpherson is an Australian supermodel, actress, and businesswoman. She is perhaps best known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s. She is also known as the founder and primary model for a series of business ventures including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and “The Body”, a line of skin care products. According to Forbes, Macpherson possesses assets around £60 million. In 2010, she became the host and executive producer of Britain’s Next Top Model.

 Helena Christensen is a Danish fashion model, (former) Victoria’s Secret Angel, beauty queen, and photographer. She has also served as creative director for a fashion magazine, designed clothing, and supported funding for breast cancer organizations and other charities.

 Rene Simonsen and Joan Severance

 Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom’s most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.

 Kim Alexis is an American model and actress.

 Molly Ringwald is an American actress, singer and dancer. She became popular with teenage audiences in the 1980s, as a result of her starring roles in the John Hughes movies Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986). She resumed her acting career with her role as Anne Juergens in the ABC Family show The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Paulina Porizkova is a Czechoslovakian-born model and actress. At the age of 18, she became the first woman from Eastern Europe to grace the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She was the second woman (after Christie Brinkley) to be featured on the swimsuit issue’s front cover consecutive times (1984 and 1985).

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Beauty Through the Decades: 70’s

I must say that this era has slowly issued from  60s with it’s swing, hippies and rock’n’roll into something you may call “totall 70s”. The “it girls”, musicians, celebrities and powers that be having the time of their lives in legendary Manhattan club “Studio 54”. 70’s was the time when models started to become supermodels like Janice Dickinson and Gia Carangi. In early and mid 70s female facionistas wore Halston. It was a period of disco and glamour. In fact, hair became the symbol of the era in more ways than one, evolving into perhaps the most powerful means of projecting an image or making a statement. For most of the decade, men and women of all ethnicities wore their hair long, natural and above all free. Long before Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel cut spawed a million copies, american actress Farrah Fawcett created first must-have celebrity hair-style, and demonstrated it to the world on hit show “Charlie’s Angels”. Toward the end of the decade the punk movement arose in opposition to the hippie-influenced values of the era. Punks created a deliberately shocking, provocative look that included spiked hairdos dyed bright fluorescent colors, shaved and tattooed scalps, facial piercings and spectacular makeup. Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm Maclaren brought this extravagant and shocking style into fashion.

70s Revlon make-up Add featuring Jerry Hall, Iman and Janice Dickinson

 Jerry Hall is american supermodel who began her career in early 70s and became one of world’s top models fronting campaigns for YSL and Revlon. During the decade of 70s she met Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music and achieved world fame as the star of his music videos and 1975 album cover. In 1979 she left Ferry for her most famous and long-lasting relationship with Mick Jagger from whom she has 4 children.

Bianca Jagger is known to the world after marrying legendary rocker Mick Jagger. In 70s Bianca was known for her partying ways and being an “IT-Girl” thanks to her adventures in “Studio 54”: the Manhattan club that was all about sex, drugs and disco music.

  Farrah Fawcett was an American actress who became world famous for her role in 

“Charlie’s Angels” TV Show.

France Gall is a French singer

 Diana Ross is an American singer and actress. Ross served as lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway.

 Liza Minnelli a doughter of 30s legendary hollywood actress Judy Garland. In 1972 Liza won The Best Actress Oscar for her role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret. The distinct style of character soon became Minnelli’s signature look, and she sported a short block bob, hure eyelashes and dark eye make-up throughout the decade.

Cher is an American recording artist, actress, director, and record producer.

 Ali MacGraw as Jenny in 1970’s “Love Story” she became an instant style icon, noticed for her natural look, preppy outfits and woollen hats that became her signature style.

 Anjelica Huston became something of a fashion muse during the decade and she’s closely associated with Halston, often wearing his glamourous designs. During 70’s she dated with jack Nickolson.

 Barbara Brylska is a native Polish actress who also was featured in numerous films throughout the countries of the Warsaw Pact including the Soviet Union. She is noted especially for her role as Nadya in the 1975Soviet comedy film Irony of Fate.

 Marie Helvin was one of the best known faces of fashion scene. She marryied photographer David Bailey in 1971. And he quickly made her his muse, photographing her for a host of magazine shoots and covers throughout the decade.

Iman is a Somali–American supermodel, actress and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the field of ethnic cosmetics, she is also noted for her charitable work. She is married to David Bowie.

 Janice Dickinson is an American model, fashion photographer, actress, author and agent. She has described herself as the first supermodel. One of the most successful models throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she expanded her profession to reality television in 2003 by judging for four cycles on America’s Next Top Model. She subsequently opened her own modeling agency in 2005, which was documented as The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency.

 Gia Carangi was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi was considered by some to be the first supermodel. After she became addicted to heroin, Carangi’s modeling career rapidly declined. She later became infected with HIV and died at the age of 26. Her death was not widely publicized and few people in the fashion industry knew of it. Carangi is thought to be one of the first famous women to die of AIDS.

 Debbie Harry achieved worldwide fame in late 70s, when her band called “Blondie” gained international success with 1978 single “Heart Of Glass”. With her platinum blonde locks and distinct look, Debbie quickly became a style icon for punk fans.

 Siouxie Sioux is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known as the singer of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. She’s considered to be “one of the most influential British singers of the rock era”.

 Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress. Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging New Wave music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and angular, padded clothes. Throughout the 1970s, she also became a muse to Andy Warhol, who photographed her extensively. During this era she regularly went to the New York City nightclub Studio 54.

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Beauty Through the Decades: 60’s

The “Swinging Sixties” was a great step forward to women’s freedom. The athmosphere and sounds of Rock’n’Roll conquered hearts of people from almost all over the world. Dresses and skirts became shorter, costumes – more clinging, hairstyle – voluminous,  everything around – more colourful. Freedom of Love, Psychedelic experiences, drugs, music, Woodstock, The Beatles, Elvis, The Rollins Stones..& Andy Warhol made this era so catchy and unlike others.
In the 1960s women were once again moving out of the domestic sphere and into the workplace, pursuing careers as well as an education. As a result, in the early to mid-1960s women reacted against the time-consuming, complex hairstyles of the ’50s and opted for more practical short styles (often variations of the 1920s bob), or long, straight hair. There was only one makeup look throughout the 1960s: dark eyes paired with pale lips (or, by the late ’60s, no makeup at all).

60s Air Hostesses

Briggite Bardot & Serge Gainsburg in “Comic Strip” video. [Paris]

Eddie Sedgwick was an American actress, socialite, model and heiress. She is best known for being one of Andy Warhol’s superstars. Sedgwick became known as “The Girl of the Year” in 1965 after starring in several of Andy Warhol‘s short films, in the 1960s. Dubbed an “It Girl“, Vogue magazine also named her a “Youthquaker“. – [New York]

 Anita Pallenberg is an Italian-born actress, model, and fashion designer. She was dating with guitarist Keith Richards of Rolling Stones  from 1967 to 1979. [Rome]

 Marianne Faithfull is an award winning English singer, songwriter and actress. From 1966 to 1970, she had a highly-publicised romantic relationship with Rolling Stones’ lead singer, Mick Jagger. She co-wrote “Sister Morphine” which is featured on their Sticky Fingers album. [London]

 Veruschka von Lehndorff  is a German model, actress, and artist who was popular during the 1960s. Often known simply as Veruschka or Veruschka von Lehndorff, she is a daughter of Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort, a member of the German Resistance.

 Twiggy is a famous English model, actress, and singer, now also known by her married name of Twiggy Lawson. At 16, she became the first prominent teenage model. She was known for her androgynous looks, large eyes, long eyelashes, and thin build.

 Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion (1965) and Belle de jour (1967)

 Faye Dunaway is an American actress popular for playing a role in  Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Claudia Cardinale is a Francophone Italian Tunisian actress. She had starring roles in Cartouche in 1962, 8½ (1963), The Professionals (1966), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and The Pink Panther (1963); the majority of Cardinale’s films have been either Italian or French.

 Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru . She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou.

 Jean Seberg was an American arctress who played a famous role of Patricia in Jean-Luc Godard‘s film “À bout de souffle“.

Jean Shrimpton is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world’s first supermodels. She appeared on covers such as Vogue,  Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies’ Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time magazines. She starred alongside Paul Jones in the 1967 film Privilege. [London]

 Elizabeth Taylor is an English-American actress. She is known for her acting talent and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood’s golden age.[London]

 Mia Farrow is an American actress, singer, and former fashion model. [Los-Angeles]

 Pattie Boyd is an English model and photographer, and the former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton. It has been suggested that she was the inspiration for love songs written by both musicians, Harrison’s “Something,” “I Need You” and “Isn’t It a Pity,” and Clapton’s “Layla,” “Wonderful Tonight” and “Bell Bottom Blues.” [Somerset]

 Sharon Tate is an American actress and model who also was a wife of a famous film director – Roman Polanski. Tate was eight and a half months pregnant when she was murdered in her home at the age of 26, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson.

  Nico was a German singer, composer, fashion model, actress, and Warhol Superstar. She is known for both her vocal collaboration on The Velvet Underground‘s debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, and her work as a solo artist from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. She also had roles in several films, including a cameo in Federico Fellini‘s La Dolce Vita (1960) and Andy Warhol‘s Chelsea Girls (1966), as herself. She was related to Hermann Päffgen, who founded the Päffgen brewery in 1883 in Cologne.

 Priscilla Presley is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the ex-wife of entertainer Elvis Presley, and the mother of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley.

 Jane Birkin is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. She is best known as the muse of Serge Gainsbourg who wrote several of her albums, and for her work on screen collaborating with such directors as Jacques Rivette, Agnès Varda and Jacques Doillon. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.

 Jacqueline Kennedy was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She was later married to Aristotle Onassis.

 Marina Vladi is a French actress. She won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for The Conjugal Bed. She was married to Russian poet and song-writer Vladimir Vysotsky from 1969 until his death in 1980.

 Marie Laforêt  is a French singer and actress. Her career began accidentally in 1959 when she replaced her sister at the last minute in a French radio talent contest Naissance d’une étoile (birth of a star) and won. Director Louis Malle then cast the young starlet in the film he was shooting at the time, Liberté, a project he finally abandoned, making Laforêt’s first appearance on screen opposite actor Alain Delon in René Clément‘s 1960 drama Plein Soleil.

 Romy Schneider was a German film actress who was born in Austria and also held French citizenship. A wife of Alain Delon.

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Beauty Through the Decades: 50’s

In the uncertain times following the end of World War II, tradition and conservative values made a big comeback. The glamorous woman at home, able to attend to all domestic chores without a hair out of place, became a popular image. As a result, many women spent an inordinate amount of time living up to the ’50s ideal of beauty. The “doe eye,” created with shadow on the lids, eyebrow pencil, mascara and heavy eyeliner; along with a pale complexion and intensely colored lips, became fashionable. Women’s hair suffered even greater abuse. It was teased, styled, sculpted and sprayed at the salon every week into a helmet of perfectly formed curls, waves and bouffants.

 Sophia Loren

 Audrey Hepburn

 Ava Gardner

 Briggitte Bardot

 Grace Kelly

 Jean Pratchett (Model)

 Marilyn Monroe

 Wilhelmina Cooper was a model who began with Ford Models and, at the peak of her success, founded her own agency, Wilhelmina Models, in New York City in 1967.

 Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress and photojournalist. She was one of the most prominent actresses in Europe of the 1950s and early 1960s. Today, she remains an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). In 2008, she received the NIAF Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foundation’s Anniversary Gala.

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Beauty Through the Decades: 40’s

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Hollywood starlets continued to set the trends in women’s fashion. Longer, more feminine hairstyles became popular again, and women immediately copied Bette Davis’ curls, Betty Grable’s topknot with ringlets, and Rita Hayworth’s gleaming waves. Veronica Lake created a sensation by wearing a lock of hair that covered one eye. The hairstyle that most symbolized the era, however, was parted on the side, with soft curls falling over the shoulder. Also, for the first time, tanned skin (for both men and women) began to be perceived as a symbol of high class — again showing the influence of screen stars on standards of beauty.

 Veronica Lake (American film actress and pin-up model. She received both popular and critical acclaim, most notably for her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, and was well-known for her peek-a-boo hairstyle.)

 Ann Sheridan (American film actress)

 Bette Davis (American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.)

 Betty Grable (was an American actress, dancer and singer.Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was later included in the LIFE magazine project “100 Photos that Changed the World“. Grable was particularly noted for having the most beautiful legs in Hollywood and studio publicity widely dispersed photos featuring them. Hosiery specialists of the era often noted the ideal proportions of her legs as: thigh (18.5″) calf (12″), and ankle (7.5”). Grable’s legs were famously insured by her studio for $1,000,000 with Lloyds of London.)

 Esther Williams (retired American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star)

Evelyn Ankers (British actress born in Chile. She often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s)

 Ingrid Bergman (Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute. She is best remembered for her role as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942), a World War II drama co-starring Humphrey Bogart.)

 Judy Garland (American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy Award, won a Golden Globe Award, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her work in films, as well as Grammy Awards and a Special Tony Award.)

 Katherine Hepburn (American actress of film, stage, and television)

 Lana Turner (American actress. Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won’t Forget (1937). She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938). During the early 1940s she established herself as a leading actress in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Ziegfeld Girl (1941) and Somewhere I’ll Find You (1942), and her reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her performance in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). Her popularity continued through the 1950s, in such films as The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Peyton Place (1957), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.)

 Lauren Bacall (American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks.)

 Loretta Young (American actress. Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She won the 1948 best actress Academy Award for her role in the 1947 film The Farmer’s Daughter, and received an Oscar nomination for her role in Come to the Stable, in 1950.)

 Rita Hayworth (American film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s not only as one of the era’s top stars, but also as a great sex symbol, most notably in Gilda (1946). She appeared in 61 films over 37 years and is listed as one of the American Film Institute‘s Greatest Stars of All Time.)

 Vivien Leigh was an English actress famous for playing Scarlett O’Hara in 1939’s film “Gone with the Wind”.

 Deanna Durbin is a Canadian-born, Southern California-raised retired singer and actress, who appeared in a number of musical films in 1930s and 1940s singing standards as well as operatic arias.

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P.S. Dear Earthling, if i’ve forgot somebody beautiful and important of this time period – please do not keep silence! Leave Comments, telling me who should also be in the list. Merci.

Beauty Through the Decades: 1920’s & 30’s

    In 20’s the situation has changed pretty much as the society reacted against the puritanical Victorian standarts of beauty. This era is also called the “Roaring Twendies” as you may know. Woman started wearing popular new short “bobbed”, waved or shingled hairstyles which symbolized the growing freedom of women. The impact of cinema was felt for the first time, as women increasingly took their beauty cues from film stars such as Louise Brooks and Clara Bow. The heavy use of makeup also returned to fashion in this era. Generally, white women applied pale powder and cream rouge circles to the cheeks, plucked their eyebrows and penciled in thin arches, and painted their lips very red, emphasizing the cupid’s bow of the upper lip.

In the 1920s and 1930s American fashion began to assert itself and soon gained world recognition.  Hollywood was instrumental in providing the world with the latest looks for concepts of dressing with feminine allure and glamour.  Women demanded the same exciting new fashions and beauty tricks and products as the film icons and stars wore and so costumers and beauty experts became important in their own right.

So here we go..beautiful & famous FEMMES of 20’s and 30’s.

 Fay Wray – famous Canadian-American actress.

 Anita Louise – American actress

 Barbara Stanwyck (American actress)

 Claudette Colbert (French born American stage and film actress) New York

 Dolores Del Rio (Mexican actress, who was a star of Hollywood films during Silent Era and in The Golden Age of Hollywood. Also she was the firls Latin American movie star to have international appeal.)

Marlene Dietric – Berlin 20s-(German actress and singer. In 1920s Berlin, she acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel, directed by Josef von Sternberg, brought her international fame and a contract with Paramount Pictures in the US.)

 Ginger Rogers (an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century)

 Gretta Garbo ( Swedish actress primarily known for her work in the United States during Hollywood‘s silent film period and part of its subsequent Golden Age. Born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, she moved to Los Angeles, California in 1925 to develop her film career.)

 Isadora Duncan (dancer, considered by many to be the creator of modern dance. Born in the United States, she lived in Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 50. In the United States she was popular only in New York, and then only later in her life. She performed to acclaim throughout Europe.)

 Jean Harlow ( American Film actress, the icon of her era, a sex symbol of the 30s. Known as “Platinum Blonde” and the “Blonde Bombshell”. She suddenly died of renal failure at the age of 26!!!)

Louise Brooks (American Silent Film actress, dancer, model, showgirl)

 Joan Crawford (American actress in film, television and theatre)

 Norma Sherer (Canadian-American actress)

Anna May Wong (was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star. Her long and varied career spanned both silent and sound film, television, stage, and radio.)

  Lilian Gish  was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W. Griffith, including her leading role in Griffith’s seminal Birth of a Nation (1915). Her sound-era film appearances were sporadic, but included memorable roles in the controversial western Duel in the Sun (1946) and the offbeat thriller Night of the Hunter (1955). She did considerable television work from the early 1950s into the 1980s, and closed her career playing, for the first time, opposite Bette Davis in the 1987 film, The Whales of August.

Jeanette MacDonald  was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier.

 Franciska Gaal was a Hungarian cabaret artist who had a brief career in films.

 Tamara Makarova was a Soviet actress. She appeared in 31 films between 1927 and 1984. She was married to the Soviet film director Sergei Gerasimov.

 Lyubov Orlova was the first recognized star of Soviet cinema, famous theatre actress and a gifted singer. She was born to a middle class family in Zvenigorod near Moscow and grew up in Yaroslavl. When she was seven, Fyodor Shalyapin predicted her future as a famous actress.

 Marina Ladynina was a famous soviet (Russian) stage and fild actress.

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P.S. Dear Earthling, if i’ve forgot somebody beautiful and important of this time period – please do not keep silence! Leave Comments, telling me who should also be in the list. Merci.

Beauty Through the Decades

   Each historical period enthroned it’s type of beauty, it’s own icons, ideals and standarts. And if antique ideal standart was Venus de Milo with such body dimensions as 86-69-93 (33.9-27.2-36.6.) and height 164sm, now ideal woman became taller and slender. No matter this changes has happend i’m pretty sure every type of woman has it’s fans. But it would’ve been so interesting to retrace the beauty timeline of 20th Century as it gave us our modern conception of how beautiful woman may look like. Undoubtedly every decade and period was specified with their own traditions, fashion, make-up and hairstyle tendencies, people lifestyle and of course places..By the way, talking about make up, remember the TV Show “Blush” on MTV? – it’s about make up artists trying to become #1 – in one episode there was a mission to recreate the looks of 30s, 50s, 60s, 80’s and so on, but it became evident that none of the make-up artists had a clear idea of the image he/she was going to work on. Of course, why should we remember everything when we can just google it?! But the real professional is ready for everything. And better if he can do it without spending some extra-time on searching for “How Gretta Garbo looks like”. That’s why i’ve decided to make it clearer for myself..about the most beautiful females, their make-up and hairstyle, their favourite fashion designers, their lives e.t.c., but i’ve also wanted to share my discoveries with you, my Dear Readers. So let’s start our little journey into the past..
The Victorians
   The people of Victorian era with their puritanical views preferred natural, restrained beauty and just a little bit of makeup. Middle- and upper-class woman used small amount of cosmetics whereas only prostitutes and actresses covered their faces beyond  powders and more audacious makeup. Society at that time really cared about hygiene and health that’s why many woman magazines warned against the toxic qualities of lead-based industrial cosmetics. In 1840s women’s heads were sleek and demure the hair oiled and smoothed down over the temples with long sausage curls at the side and later with a heavy knot of curls or plaits in back.

 Gabriella Ray (english actress)

 Adrienne Augarde (actress)

 Cléopatra Diane de Mérode (french dancer)

Edna May (american theatrical actress)

Camille Cliford (american actress of belgian decent)