Yes, we have made it to the official 100 followers Give Away here in the Metropolitan Blog!
You know what that means right? I am going to share with you some goodies, you will get a chance to win for FREE! And heaven knows, you can't beat free.
Ahem, so ladies of the vintage mind, I offer to you our 100 Reader Give Away:
First I would love to give a heartfelt thank you to Miss Lauren of Bobby Pin Blog (not to mention the book!) for letting me use a copy of Vintage Hairstyling in this here give-away. Let me tell you ladies, this book is the go to book for all your questions about vintage hairstyle. It has detailed play by play instructions and tons of full color pictures. It even features a small section on make-up tips & tricks. This is hands down the vintage hairstyle bible. So, wouldn't you be excited to win it?
Second we have a lovely bright pink hair flower, that clips into your lovely "do" with the greatest of ease.
Simply wonderful, and will brighten any summer hair style. You can't go wrong with a darling flower in your hair.
I will also be including wave clamps and pin-curl clips (not pictured.) and other vintage goodies I find in my travels.
The Rules and How to Play:
There are 2 ways to enter yourself in this contest. Two (2) votes per person. You must enter by midnight PST on June 30th. A name will be picked at random on July 1st.
To Enter:
1. Comment on this entry and tell me your favorite decade/era and why. It will also be helpful if when you comment you leave your contact information, so I can get in touch if you win!
2. Link to this post. Down below this entry (under the comments) there is a link that says "create a link" click that and share this post with your blog followers. You can also just link directly to the URL above, if you know your html!
Sound Fair? I hope you all enjoy this as much as I am. I look forward to a fun and lively give away!
80 comments:
I love the 1940's and 1950's. The 40's because women did so much more than they had before and they really proved that we aren't flowers that wilt if they have too much to do. And I like the 50's because even though women had proved that they where stronger they still willingly (in most cases) went back home and became housewives.
I would like to manage to be like a mix of these women and a modern woman all at once.
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Oh how fun!
My hands down favorite era is the 20s. I mean, flappers, scandal, prohibition, which led to speak easys, gangsters, jazz, glamor, fabulous hairdo's and makeup! Fabulous hair pieces and evening gowns, woman's liberation from constriction - if you dared! The Charleston!
I always feel incredibly sexy when I go with a 20s style, the cat's meow. ;)
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This book sounds awesome. I would have to say the 40's and 50's were my favorite tip. I just love when a lady was truly a lady!
OOOH! What a great give away!!! Definitly 40's and 50's. The hair and clothes...if my grandma had only kept some of hers...not that they'd fit me now, but heck I could squeeze in!
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Thanks so much! So excited!
I do admit that I pin up my hair and dress at times like a women of the 50’s, gone modern, however I’d have to say that my favorite era of time would be that of the 1910-1920, during the Mexican Revolution. This is when women began to fight against the discrimination and began to find a place for themselves. For before the revolution they were forced to live in the shadow of they’re husbands, with their only purpose was to care for the family, marriage and be under the control of the husband. I mean don’t get me wrong I love to cook, bake and look after my family, but the fact that it was a set obligation, there were no choices, for them that was it. Where as us women can care for our family, have a career and have fun. I consider it my favorite era because from the moment the women took control of their lives, those women become writers, thinkers and role models.
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I love the 40's for the hairstyles and the shapes of the clothes, but somehow the vintage patterns I always end up buying are from 1952. Hmmm. I must also love me a beautiful skirt and waspish waists.
No matter, though, it seems that people can wear what they please these days.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
This is so cool! I love the fifty's!! Love the styles and the hair and the men were men.
Great giveaway. I did not know this book was around so if I don't win I mighthave to get it for myself!!
I love more than one era but I am currently enamored with the forties and fifties. Earlier this month I watched; Forever, Darling with Lucie and Desi. I heart Lucie's wardrobe in that movie. Her dresses were divine!
ooo! I've been looking into getting this book for a long time! Here goes:
I've found that in each of the "vintage" decades there is something that I love. I like to mix things from different eras to create something unique and abnormal. 70's hippie stuff has a very earthy charm to it, 60's mod is cute and young and full of life, 50's dresses and gloves are elegant and feminin, 40's hats and and playsuits are strong, structured, yet soft and pretty. I love the idea of flappers (and have been reading F. Scott Fitzgerald lately to learn more), and love their carefree and jolly attitude. I love how 20's dresses are flirty and feminin, yet were shocking and bold in their time. However whenever I come across clothes from the 30's, something instantly draws me to them. It's not just the clean shilliouets(sp?), or the pretty simplicity, which is there and I love that. But I love the idea behind how women in the 30's were struggling, yet took the time to look beautiful. They were strong, and resourceful, and didn't forsake their appearance, despite troubled times. They were clever and made clothes out of whatever they could, and still looked amazing. I love that there is so much history wrapped up in vintage clothing, and while each decade was frought with individuality, the 30's were full of people being resourceful. I think it's particularly important to remember this today as the economy gets worse and worse. sure bad times come, but that doesn't mean we should let them rule us. So we can't go buy a designer gown, fine! I'm going to make one out of a bed sheet and it's going to look just a beautiful, not just because it will be tailored to me, but because I did it with my own two hands, and didn't let the world bring me down.
1930s would be my favorite era, women remained classy and tough at the same time,some of the best movies came from this era,its really when hollywood hit the golden age. Fashion from the 30s to me was very sleek and damn right glamourous .
For me the 50's so far. Though I am only just getting into vintage and learning more about the eras. I love the style of the 50's as it's so flattering and there is so much colour.
People were 'decent' back then and wore neater clothes - none of these leggings as pants atrocities we see today. And no trackpants! At least not in public.
Right now for me it's more about the clothing, as I choose my own outlook on life which doesn't fit
with any past times.
However, another decade I am enamored with is the 1870's! That was the time of bustles and bonnets and rich fabrics. I love the whole aesthetic of that time and the shape that a bustle gives the female form.
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Picking my favorite era is so hard! I would have to say the 30s-50s (I know, big span). I love the fashions of the 30s and 40s, the hair of the 30s and 40s, and the housekeeping of the 50s.
I love your blog and thanks for the giveaway.
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Thank you for hosting such a lovely giveaway! That is such a difficult question, though, as I am such a history junkie. To make it easier, I will narrow it down to the 20th century. (because it is the most practical to replicate in daily dress!) The 1940s is my favourite decade of the 20th century. I love the beautiful simplicity of wartime clothing, especially. Women had to be so resourceful and make do with what they had, yet somehow they still managed to be feminine and pretty. My grandfather was in the war, and I love the old pictures of him in his handsome uniform, and of my grandmother on the homefront in her dainty southern dresses. I think women really cared about being feminine back then, and it is a lovely thing to aspire to. :)
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First, I'd like to say congratulations on getting 100 readers! I just found your blog and I am utterly in love. Second, here's my giveaway entry: My favorite era would have to be the 40's. Betty Grable, seamed stockings, swing dancing - you can't beat the culture! Creativity was flourishing with hair and clothing thanks to the war rationing and left us with some pretty amazing styles.
By the way, I'm hooked on your blog!
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I love the 1980's because of the style of clothing and all the color they had! I just saw a play called Footloose that took place in that time period and I must say that it was of the utmost awesomeness :P
Felicia
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Hooray! Thanks for the opportunity :]
Hi! So, my favorite era is the mid 40's to end 50's, for the "chic" of fashion, hairstyle and make up. I love all the esthetic of this era but not the rest : hate racial discrimination hate housekiping and wisky to husband bringing..; Si I diceded to take the best, the fun, the glamour and to leave the other dark side!
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I love everything from the 40's and the 70's (and a few select 80's dresses) for various reasons. There are things from each decade to love including the patterns in the 70's and shapes of the 40's. I don't know, I really can't decide between them all:)
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Fantastic giveaway!
My favorite era is the late 30's- early 40's. The fashion and hair was so sleek and feminine, modest and strong, but still sexy.
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"I could no sooner choose a favorite star in the heavens."
I'm a total history buff. I love the regency era, everything was so elegant and feminine, with the empire waists and the light, airy fabrics. I also love the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the high necked, lacy blouses were oh-so beautiful!
And I love the music, and some of the styles of the 1940's. And I love the swingy skirts of the 1950's.
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Congratulations on 100 followers!
I linked this post to the very top of my blog.
Anyway so here’s my entry:
My favorite era has to be the 60’s. I love the mini dresses brought upon by the mod era in which Twiggy emerged. But also, I love the simplistic masculine/feminine looks of Audrey Hepburn. But who doesn’t love Audrey Hepburn anyway? And I must say that I love Natalie Wood and Bridgette Bardot. They weren’t typical 1960’s beauty icons, but that’s what made them beautiful and different.
So there you go, my answer: The 60’s. Have a Lovely day.
Love,
Morena (withlove.morena@gmail.com)
P.S. You’re really very pretty. :) I found your blog through "Vixen Vintage" and it looks like you two had a fun time attempting at the dress. ;)
I love your blog! I linked to the contest on my blog here.
Also, my favorite time period is the post-war 1940s, because of the super-feminine shapes, crazy novelty fabrics, bright colors, and the generally upbeat mood of the nation. :)
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Hi, I love the 20's and 30's. If i could look like Ginger Rogers every day, I would.
love your blog.
Cheers,
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You're the BEST, Mama, for having such a great contest! Grats on the 100 followers!!
Hands down, without question, I'd take the 1940s. Despite the War, the loss, the hardships, I feel that so many did their part to band together, get creative, get thrifty, be supportive, be loving. There was less acts of entitlement and more getting down to brass tacks, so to speak. People worked hard for what they had, they were proud of their country, home and family. To come out of the Great Depression and into WWII, it built strong character. I saw it in my grandparents and they're my heroes. Ladies and gentlemen. What a time it must've been.
My favorite decade would be the 1940's for the glamorous hair styles and for Cary Grant, film noir and Dana Andrews!! :) I am a film major and films from the forties are my faves. I just found your blog and it's lovely!!
Emily
I absolutely adore the 1920s and the 1930s. The 20s were amazing, the women were breaking the molds, living a high and wild life. No one cared what people thought of them, no longer would they be restrained by the old fashioned morals of their parents and grandparents, not even the prohibition would damped their parade.
The 30's was a wonderful mixture of high fashion and a certain maturity within these beautiful risque flappers. We were also given the gift of Shirley Temple!
What kind of a world would be in without that adorable child?
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Bucket loads of love~
Eek--how did I miss entering this sooner! *sigh* Anyway, I am so excited over this giveaway! :) Thank you so much for hosting it.
My favorite era is the 1940s, hands down. Some of my favorite music, movies and of course, fashion come out of this decade. I especially love the fact that 1940s styles were practical and classic without being unfeminine or boring. I definitely love the fact that I can work the glamor of the time into my daily wardrobe without worrying too much about too much fuss and layers! ;)
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I love the 1950's look as it was the epitome of femininity in my book. The hour glass figure, the house dresses, the hair, the make-up. I also love the idea of making your family's happiness and welfare your job. As much as I'd love to stay home and take care of things here, it just won't work with our budgets right now.
I like the 1950s because the silhouettes from that era are not very pretty in my eyes but are also naturally flattering for me, for the most part.
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I just found this give-away - and your blog - thanks to another blogger who posted about it! This giveaway is so exciting! And your blog is so wonderful!
i would have to say my favourite decade for fashion is the 1940's. Although I draw inspiration from almost every decade, I feel as though the 40's translate so easily into everyday modern life, and something about the shapes, hemlines, fabrics and details from the decade remind me of wholesome Christmas movies...probably because some of my favourite holiday films are from, or set in the decade. Christmas being one of my favourite times of year, there's nothing I like more than throwing something on in the morning that reminds me of the feeling I get during the holidays!! :)
I'm off to link to your giveaway on my blog! Thanks again for putting this give away together!! :D
Hi! I'm here via Casey's Musings!
This sounds like a great giveaway and I look forward to reading more of your blog.
I really love the 40's...not only for the fashion but for the whole romance/military part of it. I know the saying "war is hell" is all too true, but I love the whole idea of how the men (and some women too!) went off to war leaving their significant others behind, how good those troops looked in their uniforms, the backdrop of the USO clubs and the music, you know what I mean?
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I love the late 1940's and all of the 1950's, mainly because I think I look cute in the clothing. But beyond that, I pine for the lost art of glamour and style, which I feel was embodied in those decades.
In addition there appears to be a general happiness in the 1950's which can be seen in the vibrant colors and funny advertisements of the period.
Oh goodness...Edwardian, probably. But I love 40s skirts, and big obnoxious graphic prints of the 60s...let's be serious, I love it all! I'm guilty of using pieces from all decades in the pursuit of wearing lovely things :)
Great give away!I have been trying to find a book like this! I LOVE the style's!
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Hi! I found your blog through Casey's Musings. I've wanted this amazing book for a long time, so I'm terribly excited to see you offering it as a giveaway. :)
My favorite era is the 1940's. I'm a pretty hardcore fan, too. I wear my hair in the "roll" style everyday, with variations on the theme to mix it up a bit. Classic films from the 1940s are my favorite entertainment. Hedy Lamarr, Ginger Rogers, Rita Hayworth, Alice Faye and Lana Turner are some my favorite actresses. The clothing of the forties is a constant inspiration to me. I'm an avid sewer and am finishing up a bright yellow shirt dress today created from a vintage 40s pattern.
Anyway, thanks so much for the giveaway! I'm going to tweet your giveaway on Twitter. My name on there is NoirGirl.
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By far, my favorite era is the 1940's. Those women had class! They looked so elegant and smart! I love the fact that they wore gloves and hats daily. The music of that era is also swell. I always listen to it as I put pin curls in my hair :)
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Oh, what a lovely giveaway!
My favorite decade/era is ever-rotating between 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Currently I'm in love with the 1940s. I love the feminine, yet practical fashions of that time and the movies and songs have a special place in my heart.
Congrats for the 100 readers!! And thanks for the giveaway!
Well my favorite decades are 40's and 50's mostly because of the glamour of fashion, women were very different from now...honesty I guess I couldn't do now what they used to do, I mean, cleaning, cooking, AND wearing perfect clothes!
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My favourite era is definitely the 50's. I loved the dresses from then. I've even written a post on fashion from the 50's. The make up from that era is fab aswell.
However the 20's is a close second. I dressed up as a flapper for halloween and absolutely loved the look, and the red lipstick!
Its hard to choose, because I love the 20s but I have to say, at the moment I am loving the late 30s/early 40s fashion scene. My favorite movies were made around that time and screen goddesses were just so glamorous! It was the heyday of hollywood! You just don't find that kind of fabulousness anymore.
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I would have to say my favorite era would be the late twenties to early thirties, there was a quiet after the great war, prosperity and women were still ladies as well as revving up for equality, the best of both. I love the style of the time and am trying to bring back the style of the thirties to fifties hats ( i cant pull off a cloche) in my city of london. While saying to this that I am intrigued by the late victorian and regency period as well, trying to alter dresses for my everyday, while some of the time wearing my victorian dress to the park scaring many of the locals I'm sure. All this a side product of being a performance designer. By this, hopefully little by little introducing the term 'lady' into 'cool' circles again.
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Wow!! Love the blog...just got introduced to it!! It's truly a gem. My fave decade would have to be the 40's...I hate to sound like I'm repeating anyone, but so much happened that really changed EVERYTHING. Men went off to war, women got out there into those factories & worked their butts off! People wanted to be conservative because of rationing, but so many beautiful things were still created! I can't say it's a true comparison by any measure...but my husband just joined the Army...I'm living without him...taking care of the homestead alone. So, I think I am identifying a little more with the decade itself, and especially with women like my grandmother that had loved ones fighting a far-off war.
My favorite era is the very late 1930's and very early 1940s. The fashion of this era was so creative, particularly during the war years. Rationing meant that women had to do without frills, long skirts, and many other (more necessary) things. They found new ways to use and shape fabric that made use of every inch they had to work with. A very ingenious era.
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My favorite right now is the 30s, but the 40s and 50s seem to be most of my closet, they fit me the best. But the 30s hats were the wildest!
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Hmmmm... that's a bit of a tough question for me. Although I love the style of the 40s and 50s, it's something that after some trying out I realized just didn't work for me - I'm always running out of the house with half-dry hair and clashing purse and shoes. As much as I may love those pristine, ladylike looks, they'll never look quite right on me because I can't bring myself to make the time to do them right. And although I think it's a noble ambition to aspire to being a lady, it is just not me.
The 1920s and 1960s, however, I can get behind both the fashion and the attitude of. Although original 20s clothes aren't practical for everyday (too fragile and irreplaceable), I love finding modern pieces that emulate the style - for example, I admit I've completely gone in for the hairpiece trend lately. I also love my cloche hat, and my drop-waist LBD makes an appearance nearly every weekend.
My 60s mod dresses are great (particularly the few in natural fibers!). I can ride my bike in them, and they usually stand up great to trips through the washing machine.
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oh gosh, this is just what the doctor ordered! i'm actually terrible with pin curls and old styling methods and can use any help i can get haha ;)
just found your blog today, it's so great :D!
I love the 60's!
I was brought up by two 60's children!! In the 60's my mum was this fantastic pop sock wearing mini dress touting, daisy stuck anywhere possible kinda woman! My dad was a hippy, a sailor, with a big curly hair, and a roll up cigarette! they met, knew each other for 3 weeks and then got married and traveled all around Europe for two years. i grew up with the music being played in the house, and the fashion! I got all my mums 60's dresses and my dads clothes too! i wear other ears too mainly 50's and 20's but i love the 60's and feel most at home in a little 60's mini dress!
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I love the 1920's - art deco, first haute couture designers as Paul Poiret and Coco Chanel, movies especially german expressionism ( with my favourite " the Cabinet of doctor Caligari"), and for the time when women begun to emancipated. I love 1940's and 1950's for fashion and Christian Dior's New Look, movies ( film noir), pin up girls and many other things.
I love the fifties, because of all the beautiful dresses with a tailored waist and the nice prints. I also really adore the hairstyles, I even let my hair grow now because of this :-)
I love the 40's because I think the golden age of hollywood was truly the era of the most glamorous and feminin style.(Sorry for my english, I'm french.)
This book looks to be a dream !
Bonne continuation !
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Ah, I have been reading this from work all week and am finally in front of my my computer at home and can comment...
Well, my favourite vintage era is the early to mid forties, something that started back when I was seven and my Grandmother moved back to England to live with us (she was in England during the war and me about life there at that time. She married a naval engineer – my grandfather – who fought in the war, but sadly I never met him), via school trips to the War museum in London (and one I can't remember, but it had a simulated air raid shelter during a bombing which was really effectively scary) and an interest in the lives (including the clothes, home lives, social ideas) of ordinary people during second world war, more so than the dates and politicians names etc... and it is something I have only fairly realised is actually available to me in clothing, home stuff, the strong graphic design, swing dancing lessons, local big bands playing etc, as for so long I thought it was all way to expensive and very much out of my league – and also hard to find here in Australia! The internet has changed all that :) It has been amazing to find this whole other world out there, and blogging and blogs have been the main reason for that.
My favorite is the 1940's because women were so classy and they always looked good. I also like how women were actually womanly in the sense that they dressed feminine and has curves, unlike today. The music(big band, swing) is the best and the dances are fabulous.
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Hiya, I am new to your blog but I love it. I love all things old and wonderful. I think I first fell in love with the 20's the flappers and finger waves. I got into swing dancing and Charleston, and I fell in love with the style of the 40's and 50's I have always liked oldies music and I guess just generally love anything old. I also found out that my great grandfather could cut quite a rug back in the 20's and my grandmother also was quite the swing dancer in her day. It's a legacy. :) It was a way for me to connect with them, which was really cool.
I love that women were strong but still feminine back then.
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Woooo...a book about haistyles...something I have became quite obcessed with over the last few weeks....
Actually...that´s the hardest question ever...My favorite decade changes with the day...I can´t pick one. I love the 20´ever since I was a child.There is a misterious elegance about it, and the women in there were so much different from what they had been the previous decades. I love the 40´s silluette. The 50´s charm. And then I love the 60´s as well, the short joyful dresses....lovely. And then ...how can one not have a weakness for the colourful 70´s??
So yeah, I didn´t really answer your question. But it is really changeable for me, I just love to go through the decades according to my mood...
So I guess I actually like to live on a decade when I can go back and experience all the previous ones!
But if I had to choose a decade to live in...I think I would go for the 20´s. Beautiful clothes and accesories, women were getting into all sorts of cultural circles as never before and the dances.....oh my god, the dances!!!!!!!! How come charleston is hardly ever danced anymore????
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I love the 1930's simply because the dance Lindy Hop was invented, wich is my favorite dance off all time... And the hair and clothes was feb to! ;o)
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Thanks to Esme and the laneway for directing me here. My favorite era is probably the 60's but more hippy chic than grunge. I've only just started to find out about the eras so I'm not sure exactly where these fit in but I have two wonderful shift dresses (Knee length, short sleeves, square neckline, fitted to the body with a side zip) that were my Grandmother's the fabric is just amazing sort of metallic but not at all scratchy. Made by Grandma so extra special because of that. I just been given all her old patterns so am planning on having a go at making something special myself.
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I love the 40s and 50s and also the 30s. The 40s because of the nipped in waist that works so well on my body type, plus the ladies were so hard working and pretty and keeping the US going at the same time. Strong women.
Also love the 50s for the full skirts and pearls and our lovely marilyn. When women were prized for their curves instead of being too skinny!
I'm so glad you've reached your 100 and get to do this give away! I've been eyeing that hairstyling book through Bobby Pin Blog for weeks now!
I've always been a 40s and 50s fan. Clothes were made to fit women, the way women really were, and enhance everything that is beautiful about them. In our modern society most people don't take the time to really consider how they're dressed, or how their hair and make up is done before leaving the house. I think a huge party of our culture's appearance issues stem from the clothing that is pushed on people as what should be the norm and what is beautiful. In the 40s and 50s, women took care of themselves, their husbands, and their families and were proud of their lives and fulfilled in doing so. I can only hope to be so lucky in my life!
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I like the 40s hairstyles because they're just so detailed and elegant. The 50s dresses with full skirts are my favorite fashion era.
I prefer the 50's because of the elegant silhouettes of the dresses; the nipped-in waist, accentuated with a full skirt underneath... It's so sophisticated!
Ha, it would be wonderful to win this giveaway. I've been trying to straighten my hair less, and let it have its naturally waves and curls. A lovely book like this, however, would give me so much more ideas and inspiration to try out different hairstyles - without having to destroy my hair with nasty, artificial heat!
The early teens are just so elegant - I love the long movie starlet hair, the white dresses and tiny "rosebud" lips. But then the 60's are pretty sweet too! ;)
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I love the 40's the most because of the hat's and the fact that no matter now bad things got no self respecting lady would leave the house without one!
Thanks for hosting a giveaway! My favorite decade has been this past one the 2000s. fashion is anything and everything, wear what you want from any decade of influence, style blogs everywhere showcasing any looks you could imagine (plus it's been my 20s and they are awesome!).
Oh, I'm a real sucker for the 40's. Swing dancing would have been my main attraction, and I love the patriotism!
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At the moment I really love the 40s. The amazing hairstyles are my main attraction (I have actually started putting my hair in pincurls as often as I have the time to), although I also love the elegant fashions of the 40s and the music.
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I love the '50's, especially for the clothing styles. I love how they emphasis waistlines and how the skirts can be so full. I really think that the 50's were the peak of fashion. I'm new to the whole blogging thing, but yours is lovely.
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Oh wow, really hard to choose! I'd say my favorite era for CLOTHING and HAIR only would have to be the early 40s. I think we tend to romanticize the era and I wouldn't have wanted to lived through the hardships of it, especially for women. My other favorite era is the 70s because it is very nostalgic for me and it felt free to be alive then. I think it was one of the last great eras.
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Hands down 1940's. I'm a huge film noir fan and I wish I looked like Rita Hayworth and had the wise-crackin' personality of Barbara Stanwyck.
Congratulations and thanks for this wonderful give-away!
Karen
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This may sound silly but, although I am absolutely besotted with the 1940s, my favourite decade is the current one! So many choices (in terms of fashion and in terms of lifestyles). I feel very lucky to be living in the here and now, with the ability to look back over history and be able to pick and choose elements from various decades of the past, while also being able to enjoy and celebrate the fruits of our foremothers' labours!
Ohhh, a give-away - and such a lovely one! I absolutely adore the 40s because I like the independent working woman: all elegance, style and class!
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What fun! I adore the 50's! The cars, the hair, the clothes, the music, everything! Have a great day!
This has to be the greatest giveaway! My favorite decade is the 50s, of course. The hair was amazing, well put together and fun. There was such an air of American confidence then too. Not to mention late 50s car are the most!
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I love 40's hairdos and 50's party dresses. And my style icon, no other than the Miss Jackie O.
This is an amazing giveaway!
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OMG, gimme gimme please! I have been trying to do my hair in pincurls or that 20's flaper look without much success! I would adore this book!
My favorite era hands down is the 50's!!! Rockabilly was inspired by all era's, but I feel the 50's were the most influential. The woman were gorgeous, and their style is being replicated to this day! Those were the days when a woman was a classy woman. I love it!
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Thanks, and good luck ladies! :]
Hi!
Thank you for doing this giveaway!
I would have to say my favorite era is the roaring '20s. I absolutely love everything from that era. Like the fashion at the time with the flappers, the hats, headpieces, hairstyles. I really like seeing black & white photos of the women of this era because their makeup greatly enhance their features along with the fashion and this easily seen in the Ziegfield Follies. The dancing and music of this era was just perfect. This might seem unusual that a 17 yr old has so much interest and intrigue in vintage stuff. Though I have to admit I am also a fan of the '80s as well. Well thank you again for doing this.
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This book looks so cool! I like the early sixties because women still were dressing very classy but fashion choices were becoming a bit more bold and daring, which culminated with the hippie fashions of the late sixties. I love the shapely wiggle dresses and the beatnik look.
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The 50's, hands down! Love the feminine styles (clothing, hair and accessories), love that the ladies looked so classy even when they were being vixens. Not like today when nothing is left to the imagination!
And how great to afford to live on one income! Oh what a world we now live in!
I'd love to be the lucky winner of this awesome book! My contact email is: oldbagvintage@yahoo.com, or convo me in my etsy shop (oldbagvintage). Thanks so much!
the 30's! the finger waves say it all, the sweet silent style and the black and white photos! love it!! and i love yout blog! thanks for beinging back that sweet styling!
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