Christmas Bombshells: Who's Your Favorite?

This month, we were inspired by classic Christmas Bombshells! These talented beauties sure gave us holiday spirit! Now it's time to let me know, which one is your favorite?

The adorable Clara Bow? 

Swimsuit ready Esther Williams? 

Or our Poinsettia Beauty Queen, Rita Hayworth? 

Leave a comment below and have a Merry Christmas!!!

xx,

Karen

Mid-Week Inspiration: Christmas Bombshell Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth is true Poinsettia beauty queen!  Love that swimsuit! 

Every Wednesday this month I have been featuring a different Christmas Bombshell from the past. On Christmas Day, next Wednesday,  let me know which one is your favorite! 

Already featured, Clara Bow and Esther Williams! 

For more inspiration, any day of the week, follow me on Pinterest. 

Fashionable History: Tennis, Anyone?

I don't play, but I've always loved vintage tennis wear.  Tis the season for the US Open, so let's have a look at some highlights of the women's tennis costume from the last century. 

Not sure how these ladies maneuvered the court but they look lovely! Turn of the century. 

A tennis date in 1910. Takes courting to a new level. (haha?)

These flappers have all the right accessories. 1920's. 

I love this knit! I would wear it to work. Really. 1930's. 

Jean Harlow glowing. 1930's. 

Ginger Rogers. Adorable. You may notice that skirts lengths are getting shorter. 1940's.

Rita Hayworth in what we would now call a sundress. 1940's. 

Mid-Century model. Prints! A variation from the typical white. 

Short and mod! Very Courréges or Pierre Cardin. 1960's. 

Too cute to sweat in. Fred Perry. 1960's. 

What look is your favorite? Can you imagine playing in any of these looks?

Images via pinterest. 

Mid-Week Inspiration: Rita Playing Solitaire

Rita Hayworth. 

Floral dress, floral couch, all dressed up and playing solitaire. 

Be glamorous! 

For inspiration, any day of the week, follow me on Pinterest! 

Fashionable History: Red Lipstick

I love red lipstick! Now that the season is changing into fall, I am ready to exchange my lip gloss for the fuller look of bright red lips. Wearing red lipstick can signify many different kinds of pouts. Depending on your attitude red lips can portray strength or demure femininity; Old Hollywood Glamour or punk rock; smokin' hot bombshell or dolly clown. In today's market there are so many choices and shades but applying color to one's lips is nothing new. Women have been altering their lip color to be more feminine and sexy since Egyptian times. Egyptian Queens carried lip staining kits around with them with color made from henna and crushed beetles. Elizabethan ladies wore pale faces with lips painted red from a poisonous mercuric sulfide. And Victorian women used red crepe paper to stain their modest lips. It took the make-up company Guerlain to introduce the first wax based lipstick in a refillable tube in 1870 that catapulted lipstick as we know it, into the mainstream.

The first Guerlain bullet lipstick; Ne M'Oubliez Pas (Forget Me Not)

Rita Hayworth in a 1940's Max Factor red lipstick ad.

Marilyn Monroe in matching red lips and nails. Classic!

Even funny ladies wear red. Lucille Ball also in matching lips and nails.

Madonna's favorite red shade in the 80's was MAC Russian Red. Still a top seller.

Gwen Stefani mixes punk rock with Old Hollywood Glamour and is hardly ever seen without her red lips.

The return to Old Hollywood Glamour. Dita Von Teese wears red lipstick impeccably.