glitter on my heels

Sideblog dedicated to Hollywood glamour and historical fashion

[maudelynn]

The Sweetest of Cherries by Leo Fontan June 1923

[fyeahblackactresses]

Happy birthday to Lena Horne, born June 30, 1917. She is pictured here with jazz pianist and singer, Hazel Scott, in the 1940s.

[ladybegood]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Eve Arnold, 1955

[archive-archives]

just making friends

[pnglove]

[oldroze]

Lalique 1898 brooch - opals, gold and diamonds

[kilianromero]

1923

[frostedmagnolias]

Grasshopper Brooch

c. 1913

by René Lalique

Musée des Arts Décoratifs

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Sam Shaw in Amagansett, New York, 1957.

[vintage-every-day]

Clara Bow and a pre-talkie Gary Cooper in 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 (1927), directed by Frank Lloyd and an uncredited Josef von Sternberg.

[clarksgables]

Myrna Loy as Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934)

[davidhudson]

Randolph Scott, January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987.

With Cary Grant in 1935.

[davidhudson]

Randolph Scott, January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987.

With Cary Grant in 1935.

[questionableadvice]

~ The Winton Motor Carriage Co., 1898

It's made with Ball Bearings and goes from 3 to 20 mph, people. What else do you need to know?

Pro-horse propaganda

[the1920sinpictures]

1919 Lanvin drawing and the dress itself, in velvet and crepe, beaded. From Noah, Pinterest.

[anxeious]

an edward bawden calendar 1930

[questionableadvice]

~ The Mentor: A Little Book for the Guidance of Such Men and Boys as Would Appear to Advantage in the Society of Persons of the Better Sort, Alfred Ayres, 1884

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