Underground Eightq: Vintage Vanities & Old Hollywood Glamour

Friday, August 7, 2009

Vintage Vanities & Old Hollywood Glamour

"Vanity for Humanity" is still on! Send photos of your dressing table vanity to Claudia at The Paris Apartment. Her email address is theparisapartment@yahoo.com. She's writing a book called "Vanity for Humanity" with a look at the blogger’s vanities. All the proceeds will go to Habitat for Humanity so please do send them. Hopefully these glamorous shots of the vanities and movie stars will inspire you to take a few pictures, and to have many beautiful dreams that come true.

This is a wonderful video of about the glamorous movie stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. There are more lovely vanities in the video too! It has music so you might want to turn off the volume on my player at the bottom of the page while viewing.

The video is from xoxClaudia101xox on You Tube - A young girl who loves the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979) by Alfred Cheney Johnson - Photo via Pufferfish76 on Flickr

Lillian Gish (1893 - 1993)

Model Vionnet Photo by Cecil Beaton Fashion Photographer for Vogue, 1937

Jean Harlow (1911 - 1937) in "Dinner at Eight"

Madge Evans (1909 - 1981) - Photo via GaryCooper79 on Flickr

Ann Sheridan (1915 - 1967) - Photo via Remember When? on Flickr

Ann Sheridan

Ruth Chatterton (1893 - 1961) arranges her hair in the reflex of a luxurious mirror table. Circa 1933.

Does anyone know who this is?

Gloria Swanson (1897 - 1983) models one of the many gowns, designed and created by Rume Hubert for her role in the film "Music In The Air" directed by Joe May for Fox in 1934.

Merle Oberon (1911 - 1979)

Kay Francis (1905 - 1968)

Ann Miller (1923 - 2004) in her Dressing Room

Linda Darnell (1923 - 1965) Photo via Kathleen's photo stream on Flickr

Nina Leen (1909 - 1995) She was one of the first female photographers for Life Magazine. My Vintage Vogue has a group of Nina Leen photos on flickr which perfectly capture the style and spirit of times past.