A Sip of Vintage

01/03/2026

Marie-Thérèse in a dusky pink organza polka-dot evening gown with a large grey satin bow by Madame Grès.

Photographed by Philippe Pottier for L’Officiel Magazine, 1953

11/29/2025

Audrey Hepburn's "Elegance is the only beauty that never fades,"🩷

11/17/2025

Dior House models in evening gown by Christian Dior - Spring/Summer 1957.

Credit: Giusy Messina

11/17/2025

The essence of classic beauty lies in its ability to transcend time, evoking a sense of refined elegance.

11/02/2025

Love her or loathe her......
Coco Chanel had exquisite taste - photographed at home - 31 Rue Cambol
Paris.

01/30/2025

Patented in 1957... an automatic vacuum and you thought the
Roomba was a new thing! I love the styling!

01/29/2025

01/26/2025

1930’S FASHION

Posted by Tallee Savage
The devastating stock market crash in 1929 was severe and the great depression which followed persisted throughout major parts of 1930’s and affected all western industrialized countries. Widespread unemployment, near halts in industrial production a huge percent of decline in stock prices. But strangely enough the economic crisis did not stop people from going to the movies to see the big stars. Maybe this was a way to flee the depression for a few hours. This decennium has nostalgically been stamped as “The Golden Age of Hollywood”. With popular genres like gangster, western and social realism films. Stars such as Ingrid Bergman, Zarah Leander, Ginger Rogers, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich are the contemporary style icons. The film’s significance for beauty care was ravishing and grand. However a lot of beauty expertise emigrated from Paris to Hollywood and the fascism advent and mass unemployment were reflected in fashion and colors. The cosmetic industry flourishes. The “Snow White” pale skin lost status and tanned did not anymore mean that you where a “country girl” or had to work outdoors, it now meant that you had affordable times spent on the beach and in nature. 1930’s look was healthy!