Category: Fashion
6 Cool Catsuits from 1969
Why were they called catsuits? Because they were “suits” for women. Both the top and bottom of the suit would match and it was often…
10 Awesome Bell Bottom Pant Styles of the Sixties
Back in the eighties, anyone caught wearing a pair of old bell bottoms was written off as a fashion dork. But then those millennial kids…
10 Awesome Headdresses from the Roaring Twenties
Here are a collection of headdresses commonly worn by the flappers in the roaring twenties. Many of these can be easily recreated, beaded, or sewn…
10 Popular Women’s Hairstyles of the Twenties
Hairstyles in the Twenties were predominantly above the shoulders. It was the age of the hair bob and women were expressing their new found freedoms…
Mini Skirt Drama and Violence in the Sixties
Remember the super mini skirts back in the sixties? As one newspaper headline read, “Eyebrows as high as the hems.” That’s right. As women (and…
Pattern 1947 Bead Choker
Bead chokers can be very easy to make and yet they look like you spent a lot of time putting them together. Back in the…
Sew Pattern 1974 String Bikini
String bikinis were ever so popular in the 1970s. My older sister had several sets and I had a few myself. They were great for…
Crochet Knit Pattern 1906 Tam Hat
Tam hats were popular back in the early 1900s and they hit the fashion scene in a major way back in the 1980s. Rumor has…
How to Make Curvy 1940s Lips
Just like today, women were concerned about the different lipstick fashions back in the 1940s. The article and illustration below was originally published on July…
Fingernail Fashions and Fads from the Past
Think we have weird fingernail fashions today? You are so wrong. Women of the past had us beat when it came to doing their nails….
