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A 1920s Menu: What Did People Eat in the 1920s?82

A 1920s Menu: What Did People Eat in the 1920s?

What did people eat in the 1920s? Learn a little bit of history with food in the 1920s and also see an authentic 1920s menu of food with recipes!

18 comments    food recipes cooking
Cool Options For Medium Length Hair Styles65

Cool Options For Medium Length Hair Styles

1. The updo – It works best with a blonde or brunette hue. Just comb your hair in an upward turn, so that the weight spills around the backside. Revert to Marilyn Monroe hairstyle for better understanding. 2. The waves – You can just let the tresses fall down silkily around the edges of your face. The fringed cut; one-side sweep or the crumpled curls at the downside; all fall in this category. 3. The bob or flapper...

0 comments    hair hairstyles waves
Charleston Flapper62

Charleston Flapper

I wrote a poem in Triangular Sequence format when I took up a Poetry Challenge by Triond writer, Daniel Crompton a few months ago and immediately fell in love with this form. It’s a three-verse poem of three lines each, using the syllabic...

16 comments    grey heron snap-shots
1920’s Fashion and the Flapper Dress88

1920’s Fashion and the Flapper Dress

Once upon a time, women wore dresses that grazed the floor. Amusingly enough, women were showing more upstairs than they would dare right now- but heaven forbid that you should spot a hint of ankle back then. Necklines and hemlines have changed...

0 comments    flapper dress 1920s fashion
Extraordinary Gothic Fashion of Yasutaka Funakoshi70

Extraordinary Gothic Fashion of Yasutaka Funakoshi

Designer Yasutaka Funakoshi showcased a taste of the goth subculture of Tokyo via his Alice Auaa Fall 2012 collection at Japan fashion week. The many outfits and looks were amazing, and the makeup and hairstyles were bold in some cases; ranging...

1 comment    retro gothic goth
Wearable Heart-Shaped Lips62

Wearable Heart-Shaped Lips

This slightly heart-shaped lipstick style originally came from the 20’s. To get the look: 1. Put concealer all around your lips so they will stand out when applying lipstick. 2. Use concealer as well on the outer edges of your lips to white...

2 comments    makeup vintage red
Style Watch: Hot Accessory Trends73

Style Watch: Hot Accessory Trends

Don't miss these hot accessory trends straight off the runway. Find out how to incorporate one or more of these must-have looks into your wardrobe without spending a fortune.

2 comments    accessories handbags earrings
Teen Culture of the 1920's79

Teen Culture of the 1920's

The Twenties... the jazz age... Flaming Youth... these labels evoke excitement and change, fabulous wealth and wild parties, the romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. They conjure up images of fashionable young men and women dancing the...

2 comments    america history teenagers
Movie The Artist: Fantastic 1920s Sets, Costumes, and Hairstyles77

Movie The Artist: Fantastic 1920s Sets, Costumes, and Hairstyles

Due to its garnering of Golden Globe Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Original Score awards, The Artist has returned. Now, you can see it in mainstream movie theaters. As I watched it, I was thrilled at the level of attention to detail in scenery, costumes, and hairstyles to re-create California in the late 1920’s and early ‘30’s.

0 comments    hollywood costumes oscars
A Tiny Tempest: My Aunt Maggie73

A Tiny Tempest: My Aunt Maggie

Maggie was my great aunt and Margaret, I’m proud to say, is my middle name. She was never shy about voicing her opinion to me, or to anybody else, for that matter. Maggie taught me double entry bookkeeping, and so much more.

2 comments    smoking cigarettes alcoholism
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