Everyday Women of the Golden Era

[Miss Sis]

Interesting how very 40s looking the people looked in 1953 Britain.

 

[lolly_loisides]

^^^ Yes I thought that too, the article is just a cheesy tie in with the coronation celebrations, but the photos are good regardless.

 

[Shangas]

Don't forget, they were still under rationing at the time. So stuff like cloth would've been pretty hard to find...

 

[Flicka]

I think people here looked like that in 1953 too. Maybe it's a European thing?

 

[Katinka von K.]

I think people here looked like that in 1953 too. Maybe it's a European thing?

I think so, too. The new look was coming, but it hasn´t fully arrived yet in 1953. Not even in the magazines. I think we can blame the war for it?

 

[Espee]

Just yesterday I saw a rack of throat drops made in Boston, England. Otherwise I would have guessed the road sign arrow for New York and Boston were one of those cute jokes we sometimes see.
I always figured there's a YORK in England, as well as a Hampshire, but NEW York too? How about that...

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Just yesterday I saw a rack of throat drops made in Boston, England. Otherwise I would have guessed the road sign arrow for New York and Boston were one of those cute jokes we sometimes see.
I always figured there's a YORK in England, as well as a Hampshire, but NEW York too? How about that...

There's also a Hollywood just outside of Birmingham.

 

[Miss Sis]

I actually meant more the hairstyles etc, but although clothes rationing would have affected people's wardrobes, actual clothes rationing had ended in March 1949! I do think the War had an effect on how some people consumed clothing though.

Even standard womens magazines of the time would have been showing quite different fashions. It is interesting to see some people either couldn't or wouldn't follow the new fashions.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Here in the States there was a lot of resistance to the New Look -- "who is this Dior guy, and who is he to tell us to wear our skirts like that!" It wouldn't surprise me at all to find that similar ambivalence existed across the pond.

 

[Miss Sis]

Some women did think it was very wasteful and refused to adopt it, but others felt starved of looking 'womanly' for so long and jumped at it!

 

[therizyflapper]

Images taken from this article about life in Britain during 1953.

i adore these pictures! i love this thread! its always so interesting and fun!

 

[Katinka von K.]

For me, hair and make up are part of the new look. I can´t imagine their clothes in combination with the rather dramatic and somewhat graphic look of Dior.
Here´s a picture I bought some time ago that is dated 1954. It was taken in Germany. It could easily be dated earlier, I think:

 

[Lorelai99]

Just yesterday I saw a rack of throat drops made in Boston, England. Otherwise I would have guessed the road sign arrow for New York and Boston were one of those cute jokes we sometimes see.
I always figured there's a YORK in England, as well as a Hampshire, but NEW York too? How about that...

I'm pretty sure you would find alot of the city we have here in the US are named after cities in Europe...Unless of course they have Indian (as in american Indian) names... A lot of cities names have also been changed over time over here New York City didn't start out as New York City and such. (Amman, Jordan was once name Philadelphia way before Philadelphia, PA ever exsisted!!)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I'm pretty sure you would find alot of the city we have here in the US are named after cities in Europe...Unless of course they have Indian (as in american Indian) names... A lot of cities names have also been changed over time over here New York City didn't start out as New York City and such. (Amman, Jordan was once name Philadelphia way before Philadelphia, PA ever exsisted!!)

I know there are at least two cities in the US named Paris (Paris, ME and Paris, TX) and two Romes (Rome, GA and Rome, NY). I myself live near Westminster, CA and I once sold something on eBay to a buyer in Irvine, Scotland, so I mailed it from Irvine, CA!

Then, of course, there's also an Ontario, CA.

 

[Miss Moonlight]

This isn't everyday, but it's so amusing that I had to post it. Photo from an appliance trade show.

This is flipping awesome. Hilarious, and wow do they look uncomfy.


Oh, incidentally, my avatar over there is a everyday gal. My great aunt Winona- my maternal grandpa's sister- in her swimsuit. Her shoes are cute white wedges. Her hair is great, and she was such a galmour gal. I'm not sure if I ever posted her pic in full before. But I had to crop it for my avatar.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

1934

Mixing eras?? lol

Could be two teen girls from today, only they would need some duck lips. lol

Found all these on Tumblr.

 

[Flicka]

oops, double post!

 

[Flicka]

I hope these weren't already posted... A bunch of '20s mugshots from Australia.

Isn't she stylish?

 

[Amy Jeanne]

 

[Amy Jeanne]