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[yogini108]

NATASHA POLY
embodies
THE 40s!

Oscar de la Renta ss06

The war ended in the mid 1940s, and fashion was looking up! The high waisted skirts and dainty little housewives dresses started to become popular late in the 40s by only the chic-est of chic​

Life wasn't always easy though... sometimes there were hard winters, with slim shapes and shoulder padded coats, but nevertheless, the times were looking up!​

[natashapoly.com, style.com]​

 

[Ziegfeld Girl]

Great entry yogini! This challenge is by far my favourite so far.

 

[r_r_r]

all entries are perfection so far!! great challenge indie!

 

[Mr-Dale]

OMG.. only two other entries besides mine, but they're both friggin' fab! I hope Marta's gingerbreadman will win some hearts

 

[Mr-Dale]

Anja Rubik - milamar
Bette Franke - masquerade
Heather Marks-jssy4eva
Irina Lazareanu - CharlottefromCA
Mariacarla Boscono - aLoveSymphony
Marta Berzkalna - Mr-Dale
Natalia Vodianova - morgan38
Natasha Poly – yogini108
Shannan Click - 5AvenueMarceau

Well guys, bring on all those great entries

 

[5AvenueMarceau]

/\ Its so hard though!

 

[Mr-Dale]

I know, but the official deadline has passed already

 

[5AvenueMarceau]

Oh my gosh I didn't even notice, will have to get on that this evening...

 

[morgan38]

I'll do mine this evening. I've been so busy lately, but I definitely don't want to keep anyone waiting.

 

[masquerade]

Bette Franke in the 1950's


During the 1950's, women rebelled against the full skirts and proper hairdos they were told to wear. Instead, they embraced tight jeans and leather jackets. A little bit Rebel without a Cause and a little bit Beat Generation, Bette represents the counterculture of the 1950's.
source: celeb city.




The 1950's were also a period of stunning pin-ups and screen sirens. With Jayne Mansfield and Marylin Monroe sizzling on the silver screen, Bette represents not only the sexiness of these women, but also the mystery of the film noir genre, which ended in the 1950's. A smear of bright red lipstick, and Bette is transformed into a 50's siren.
source: scanned by Dieselmax
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[aLoveSymphony]

Mariacarla
in the
1920's!​

In the 1920's, women were finally able to liberate themselves from the constricting fashions of previous years. The Roaring Twenties created a new sort of fashion, one in which girls were able to have a good time dressing up! Whether going out on the town, or just to the store, dressing up in the new above the knee dress was always fun. ​

The cloche hat appeared in the 1920's as well. This went along very well with the new dresses. The dresses also changed with the mid 1920's, along with the flapper style. This whole decade was seen as liberation for women. ​

[source: http://www.mariacarlaboscono.hpg.ig.com.br]​

 

[5AvenueMarceau]

Wow bette is stunning in that second photo! I don't know whether it's been trying to find large runway photos or that the other entries have truly been so awe-inspiring or that the challenge was just so inspiring full stop, but this has been really hard! Okee doke I'm going to stop making excuses...

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Shannan Click in

The 1910s and earlier,
"Arthur or the decline and fall of the British Empire" p)


Chinoiserie

Source: firstview

Between the 1870s and the beginning of WWIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War in 1914, the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands—the established colonial powers in Asia—added to their empires vast expanses of territory in the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. This added to a booming tea trade, large resource of raw material and sophisticated artistic methods inspired a huge amount of western artists into oriental influence art such as the costumes of the Ballet Russes, Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" and Oscar Wilde's "Salome". Specifically in fashion terms, this influence was reflected greatly in the ever popular Poiret's work, in cloche hats and turbans, lampshade tunices, jewelled slippers and fur edgings. The oriental influence was also clearly present in the work of the legendary erte.

Europe divided

source: Shannan's thread
Of course to do an entry on this period and forget the "war to end all wars" would be hard. But it was also a time of revolution in Russia and the comparitively new country of America catching up with it's European peers in terms of super-power status. With it's three most powerful countries (and empires), Germany, Russia and Britain devastating their resources throughout the course of the First World War, the proverbial (very large) nail in the coffin seemed to be hammered on the old world of empires and kaisers. It was also a time that women stepped into men's uniforms, which Shanan obviously does so beautifully ...
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[Mr-Dale]

I feel sorry for indie already... such FANTASTIC entries!
But the runway pic for Shannan doesn't work for me, Marceau

 

[Mr-Dale]

Anja Rubik - milamar
Bette Franke - masquerade
Heather Marks-jssy4eva
Irina Lazareanu - CharlottefromCA
Mariacarla Boscono - aLoveSymphony
Marta Berzkalna - Mr-Dale
Natalia Vodianova - morgan38
Natasha Poly – yogini108
Shannan Click - 5AvenueMarceau

 

[dbear1000]

Yeah the runway picture for Shannan doesn't work for me either, and niether does Mariacarla's second picture.

 

[aLoveSymphony]

Hmm. Shannon's and MC's pictures are both working for me. I don't know what the problem is.

 

[mint condish]

MariaCarla & Shannan: The pictures do eventually all work, but only sometimes

 

[dbear1000]

Well they still don't work for me. But it's all good. Maybe they will show up tomorrow.

 

[Ziegfeld Girl]

The pictures for Mariacarla and Shannan work just fine for me.

The entries for this challenge have been outstanding. I can't wait to see the other three.

 

[5AvenueMarceau]

I feel sorry for indie already... such FANTASTIC entries!
But the runway pic for Shannan doesn't work for me, Marceau

I know, can't you tell from all the historical ramble that I had to try v. hard to justify it! It was either that or something that might have made more sense to most people but was from style.com, and I didn't want it to seem as if I hadn't made the effort to find a larger pic, especially as looking back at all the runway entries, 99% of my pics have been style.com .