In the classic 1960s television show, The Addams Family, Morticia Addams was the perfect, ghoulish midcentury housewife. With all of her many duties around the house, she kept up her
In celebration of spooky season, let’s talk about the horror movie hairstylist. Carmen Dirigo was hairstyling department head at Universal Studios where many of the Universal Monster movies were made.
Imagine being a hairstylist for a traveling circus in the 1930s. Curious? Then keep reading… My September 1932 issue of Modern Beauty Shop has a feature article about Mrs. Eva
Every year I try to come up with ideas for Halloween costumes for those of us that love vintage and want to incorporate it into our costumes in creative ways.
Just in time for Halloween…I just happen to be leafing through a vintage 1957 American Hairdresser magazine yesterday, looking for something completely unrelated to Halloween. And then I cam across
There are so many cool vintage-inspired Halloween costumes out there. This year I have a new inspiration for what I am going to be…Atomicpunk (aka atompunk). Above image from Planet of
A Victorian Look for your Vintage Halloween Costume If you aren’t totally broke this Halloween, here are a couple ideas using an inexpensive thrift store wedding dress! With a little
So my beau and I had grand ideas this year for our Halloween costume. We were going to do Dr. Who. He would obviously be Dr. Who and I was
The Vintage Queen of Halloween I’d like to dedicate this day and post to the vintage queen of Halloween, Yvonne De Carlo. She had a long career in Hollywood, but
I went with Hitchcock’s Psycho for my Halloween Costume this year. The costume is going to be great. I am having a party at my house Saturday night and for
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