Fashionable History- Halloween Costumes!

Hurricane Sandy is blowing my excitement for Halloween away with it...but these vintage costume photos are too good to not share!

1920's

1940's?

1920's

1950's

Which one is your favorite?


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Behind the Scenes: The Mad Men Costume Shop

I just watched this mini tour of the costume shop on the set of Mad Men at Retromodgirl. I can't help but spread it around some more. If you haven't seen it yet you must take a look!

Fashionable History: Orry-Kelly

The gorgeous metallic sequin dress in Some Like it Hot

Mitzi Gaynor in Les Girls

1930's luncheon wear in Three on a Match.

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I recently watched the fantastic pre-code 1930's films, Three on a Match (starring Joan Blondell Ann Dvorak and a young and blonde Bette Davis) and Female (starring Ruth Chatterton) and discovered the wonderful costumes were designed by Orry-Kelly. Not as well known as Adrian or Edith Head I had never heard of him and decided to do a little research. As it turns out he should be more well known than he is. He has done the gowns and costumes for hundreds of films including the big Busby Berkeley musicals, Jezebel (1938), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), and Les Girls (1957). He won oscars for his designs in An American in Paris (1951), and one of my absolute favorites, Some Like it Hot (1959).
I was already a fan and didn't know it!

Silk Spectre

I am not a huge comic book or graphic novel fan. I don't know much about all of the super heroes and such but I do love a good dark and visually stunning film, like The Watchmen. I took my BF yesterday to see it for his birthday and I really enjoyed it. Of course, I loved the the look of the 1940's group The Minutemen and Silk Spectre. I loved her super hero outfit, and her glorious pin-up hair. There were a lot of flashbacks in the film showing some great vintage looks from the 40's onward to the mid 80's. The costumes and makeup are great and worth checking out alone. But the story line, killer fight scenes, and suspense had me just as intrigued!