Do you have any refs for vintage 40s and 50s hair? More specifically how WOC wore their hair. I feel like whenever I do research I don’t really find any looks for WOC outside of the whole straightening and curling thing and I’d love to see more options for curly hair! I see the same 3 looks for WOC all the time and Ik for a fact there should be more diversity in hairstyles than what I can find
A masterlist of categorized links on 1940′s and 1950′s hairstyles!
USA (Nina) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut
Russia (Anya) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut
100 Years of Beauty: Russia | Research Behind the Look by Cut
Italy (Mackenzie) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut
100 Years of Beauty: Italy | Research Behind the Looks by Cut
Germany (Brooke) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut
100 Years of Beauty: Germany 1910s to 1940s | Research Behind the Looks by Cut
100 Years of Beauty: Germany 1950s to 2010s | Research Behind the Looks by Cut
Ireland (Stephanie) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut
100 Years of Beauty: Ireland 1910s to 1960s | Research Behind the Looks by Cut
100 Years of Beauty: Ireland 1970s to 2010s | Research Behind the Looks by Cut
France (Corina) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut
Sweden (Caroline) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut
Websites suggested by @thatslayer:
https://www.instagram.com/vintage.of.color/
http://ticketybootupney.blogspot.com/
https://besamecosmetics.com/
https://glamourdaze.com/
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/ - forum!
Black:
https://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/
1940s Black Fashion by glamourdaze.com
Black Fashion in the 1940’s by lovinbritty.blogspot
Vintage African American / Black photos from the 1920s-1940s by bvikkivintager.blogspot
African American portraits from the ’40s and ’50s displayed at The Met by bigworldtale.com
Black Fashion History with KW – THE ZOOT SUIT, 1940s by notesbykw
Beautiful archived images showcase the unique and intricate hairstyles worn by African American women in the 40s, 50s and 60s by dailymail.co.uk - literally don’t trust the daily mail for anything but these photographs are beautiful and deserve a mention.
Haiti (Nzingah) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Haitian.
Kenya (Keesee) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Kenyan.
Ethiopia (Feven) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Ethiopian.
100 Years of Beauty: Ethiopia | Research Behind the Looks by Cut.
USA (Marshay) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - African-American
100 Years of Black Hair by Allure
African Beauty in 1948: Women Straightening Their Hair by Vintage Fashion
1940’s Hairstyles - Black Women on Film 1944 by glamourdaze
1940’s Victory Roll Hairstyles - 1945 Film by glamourdaze
Black Hairstyles in the 50s Until Today - #Hairties: Marian’s Story by hairunruled
NOTE: ofanotherfashion.tumblr has so many photos but I’ve only listed those clear enough / close enough to be used as hairstyle references!
Single photos:
Barbara Taylor Jewell 1947 by ofanotherfashion - African American.
Lucille Baldwin Brown by ofanotherfashion - African American.
Unknown by ofanotherfashion- African American.
Nancy Green by ofanotherfashion- African American.
Josephine Palmerby ofanotherfashion - African American.
Women of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority by ofanotherfashion- African American.
Hattie Henderson Ricksby ofanotherfashion- African American.
Unknown 1941 by ofanotherfashion- African American.
Unknown 1943 by ofanotherfashion- African American.
Unknown 1948 by ofanotherfashion - African American.
Charlotte Stribling a.k.a “Fabulous” 1950 by ofanotherfashion - African American.
Unknown 1950s by ofanotherfashion - African American.
Unknown 1955 by ofanotherfashion - Black Nova Scotian.
Ogretta Greene Robinson and Denise Hodges Mid 50′s by ofanotherfashion - African-American.
Valeria Perojo Frias by ofanotherfashion - African American and Latine.
Latine:
Latine fashion through the decades by mysanantonio
1940s Zoot Suit Girls by vintagedancer - mentions La Pachucha Zoot Style.
1940s_latina by Ryan Khatam
Mexico 1950′s by liz-7456
Mexico (Reyna) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Mexico
100 Years of Beauty: Mexico | Research Behind the Looks by Cut.
Puerto Rico (Alex) | 100 Years of Beauty - Puerto Rican.
Argentina (Mariela) | 100 Years of Beauty - Argentinian.
Brazil (Cintia Dicker) | 100 Years of Beauty - Brazilian.
100 Years of Beauty: Brazil | Research Behind the Looks by Cut.
Single photos:
Rutilo Patiño, México, ca. 1940 by sisterwolf - Mexican.
Lucy Fonseca Ramona Fonseca and Annie Madalena 1943 by ofanotherfashion
Gloria Valdez and Viola Sotoby ofanotherfashion
Unknown 1940 by ofanotherfashion
Unknown 1942 by ofanotherfashion
Dolores Tejeda 1948 by ofanotherfashion
Esther Rivera 1946 by ofanotherfashion
Alba Barrios, Frances Silva, and Lorena Eucinas 1942 by ofanotherfashion
Mary Martel 1945 by ofanotherfashion
Amelia Venegas by ofanotherfashion
Valeria Perojo Frias by ofanotherfashion - African American and Latine.
Luz Celenia Perez-Velez 1952 by ofanotherfashion - Puerto Rican American.
Teresa Limon 1956 by ofanotherfashion - Mexican.
Asian:
Japan (Mei) | 100 Years of Beauty by cut - Japanese.
100 Years of Beauty: Japan | Research Behind the Looks by Cut.
India (Trisha) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Indian.
100 Years of Beauty: India | Research Behind the Looks by Cut.
100 Years of Beauty: Vietnam (Isabelle) by Cut - Vietnamese.
100 Years of Beauty | Pakistan by Parhlo by Cut - Pakistani.
Taiwan (Sophie) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Taiwanese.
Philippines (April) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Filipino.
100 Years of Beauty: Philippines | Research Behind the Looks by Cut.
China (Leah Li) | 100 Years of Beauty - Chinese.
100 Years of Beauty: China | Research Behind the Looks by Cut.
Korea (Tiffany) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Korean.
100 Years of Beauty: Korea | Research Behind the Looks by Cut
Single photos:
Kay Kageyama by ofanotherfashion - Japanese American.
Sachiko Hamilton by ofanotherfashion - Japanese American.
Dennis Shimizuby ofanotherfashion - Japanese American.
Fumiko Hirata 1943 by ofanotherfashion - Japanese American.
Yeko Yamamoto 1943 by ofanotherfashion - Japanese American.
Hamaguchi by ofanotherfashion - Japanese American.
Florence Yamaguchi and Kinu Hirashimaby ofanotherfashion - Japanese American.
Yuriko Naito Winfrey Smithby ofanotherfashion - Japanese American.
Linda Herrby ofanotherfashion - Korean American.
Susan Ahn 1942 by ofanotherfashion - Korean American.
Unknown by ofanotherfashion - Unknown Asian American.
Sushila Rao by ofanotherfashion - South Asian.
Unknown 1955 by ofanotherfashion - Filipino Amerians.
Unknown 1951 by ofanotherfashion - Unknown.
Native:
Diné / Navajo Nation (Sage) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Diné / Navajo.
!00 Years of Beauty Diné / Navajo Nation Research by Cut
MENA:
Palestine (Zenah) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Palestine.
Israel (Stav) | 100 Years of Beauty - Israel.
Iran (Sabrina) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Iranian.
Egypt (Dina) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Egyptian.
100 Years of Beauty: Egypt | Research Behind the Looks by Cut.
Syria (Jessica) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Syrian.
Polynesian:
Hawaii (Misty) | 100 Years of Beauty by Cut - Hawaiian.
