Found Photos: Glamour de tous les cheveux!

Hair this fabulous deserves some of my awful French!

The glamour of it all!

From 1966: Hair-Hoppin' Glamour!

1966

 

Let me tell you, it takes a lot of effort and dedication to get a hairdo this high.  If that isn't the very epitome of La Glamour, I don't know what is.

Found on what is turning out to be an absolute treasure trove for my beloved Found Photos, Pinterest.

Found Photos: Prom Glamour!

Hopeful pastel-colored tissue-paper blooms, the lovely smile of a young lady wearing what I suspect is the product of many hours of labor by her mother at a sewing machine and a Simplicity pattern (or perhaps she made it All By Herself in her Home Ec class), the proud yet slightly sheepish smile of a tall young man who is thrilled to be the young lady's escort (so you can forgive his predilection for plaid)...it's photos like these that keep me blogging here.

For more Prom Glamour, be sure to check out my tribute to Prom 1965!

"...so I have more time to tease my hair to dizzying heights!"

Don't get me wrong.  I enjoy Convenient Meats as much as the next gal, especially in a party setting, as I am usually too shy to speak to anyone and wind up drowning my sorrows in several party-size platters of assorted cold cuts.

And I am willing to overlook the fact that Our Lovely Hostess has apparently chosen to go with a quasi-Polynesian theme for her Whores Devores (hors d'oeuvres).  You just know those cherries came straight from a glorious syrupy jar, and the pineapple is courtesy of Dole!

I can't, however, overlook the hair.  It fascinates me.  The amount of engineering...not to mention hairspray...involved in this coiffure belongs in The Hairdo Hall Of Fame.  If one exists.  And if one doesn't, should I start one?

Thirty Years Ago Today, Courtesy Of Casey Kasem

1983 was an unbelievable summer for music.

I remember it like it was yesterday...listening to WFBQ, Indianapolis' own Q95, for hours on end, laying out in Suzanne's back yard, drenched in Coppertone tanning lotion, drinking Tab (Diet Coke was still a very new product that summer).

I was twelve...going on twenty-seven.  Boy crazy and made up like a cocktail waitress most of the time.  Was there a better purple eyeshadow than Aziza, in those days?  I don't think so.  But yeah, most of the time, I was all dolled up like I belonged in Vegas, not in our humble home in Lafayette, Indiana.

Here's to thirty years ago, here's to great music, and here's to Casey Kasem: a voice every bit as cherished to our generation as the records we spun during that long, hot, distant summer.

From 1952: Palmolive Soap

Thank heavens there was a girlfriend to help our singing star find the path to a lovelier complexion...with Palmolive!

"Look here, Marge...here's the score.  Us girls down at Monsieur Henri's House Of French Coiffures have been cleansing our skin the Palmolive way...and you should, too!"

Personally, I'm a big believer in doing beauty the old-fashioned way (or what we would consider "old fashioned" today).  I switched recently from fancy-schmancy facial wash to plain old Dr. Bronner's rose bar soap for facial scrubbery.  My skin has never been cleaner nor clearer.  And it's cheaper and organic!

Prom 1965

Prepare yourselves for untold glamour!

If I could reach out and give every single one of these darlings a kiss on the cheek, I would.

Photos found on Google Images; search "Prom 1965."  Many of these shots will lead you to truly wonderful websites where you can lose yourself in all of the glorious memories.

From 1984: Oh, Boy!

 

People

April 30, 1984

I think the vaguely Japanese look and feel of this ad is quite beautiful. 

My favorite.  I had the 45 and played it to the point that my Dad banned it in our house.  The only other records that received that distinction were "867-5309/Jenny" and "Come On Eileen."

From 1957 and 1958: TWA Jetstream

1957

The TWA Jetstream was a common site in movies in the 1950s.  Two films that immediately come to mind are Funny Face and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?  In the latter, you see Jayne Mansfield languishing in one of 
the Jetstream's luxurious sleeper beds.

1958

I always love Trans World's colorful, eye-catching advertising from this era.  Many of their travel advertisements could have doubled as art for the home, and often did.

Be sure to double-click each ad so that you can read 
all of the text!

From 1947: When You're In Love

Such an enchanting and beautiful ad.  I love it.

 According to one of my favorite sites, Fragrantica, Muguet des Bois is the work of nose Henri Robert, who created another of my favorite scents, Cristalle.

From 1956: As I Lay Dyeing

 

This ad is a divine double-clicker!

From 1972: Aletha, Viola, Bill, and Shirley Have A Party

1972

I Want To Be That Blonde Perched On The Couch, Blowing Kisses

This video clip incarnates everything "A Touch of Tuesday Weld."

Remembering times like these; that's what this blog is all about.

I wonder what songs they were dancing to!

Be sure to watch to the very end, where That Blonde sexily smooches toward the camera and lights up the entire room with her smile.

New Year's 1965, Manhattan Beach

Film by Richard Jones

From 1979: Gorgeous, Gorgeous Gia

There will never be enough words said about her beauty. She really was one of the best models who ever lived, and she managed to attain that status in less than five years of working in the industry and despite having a, shall we say, dangerous way of living.

This photo appeared in the April, 1979, issue of Vogue UK.

If you double-click the photo, prepare to be stunned.

From Gia Carangi Editorials (a wonderful site)

From 1952: Lustre-Creme Shampoo Ad Featuring St. Joan of Crawford's Mugshot

Double click for larger text and more detail.

More about St. Joan of Crawford

From 1979: This, I Do For Me

Well, it's springtime, and that means a couple of things.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are already gearing up for another dismal season,
Ken's allergies are driving him nuts,
and I am monkeying with my hair color.



I haven't seen my natural hair color since the summer of 1987, when I used Clorox to bleach my dark brown hair an unholy blonde.

I'm a big believer in hair color changes, especially when you are a woman who has been married for a while. It's good to keep a husband guessing, I think ;-)

From 1954: Maybe She's Born With It

Pattie Boyd Shampoos Her Hair

She had quintessential Sixties hair, long and blonde and swingy. Pattie always shampooed her hair daily, which was unusual for the times. She then would allow it to air dry.

I've loved you from the moment, I saw you
You looked at me that's all you had to do
I feel it now, I hope you feel it too
Because you're sweet and lovely, girl, I love you
Because you're sweet and lovely, girl, it's true
I love you more than ever, girl, I do

"For You, Blue," by George Harrison

Curly Girls

From 1987: I'd Say Her Values Are Corrupted, But She's Open To Change...

Just because it's marvelous and because it's Tuesday.

This is a cover of a Jules Shear demo.



Then one day she's satisfied and
the next I find her cryin'
and it's nothing she can explain