Dream Wedding Gown Pattern Found!

Albeit, from 1966

1957 Misses Pattern

Ingrid Bergman in Color

Gene Tierney

Like Chimneys

Lucky Strike, 1955

Sweet Caps, 1955 (what are those?!)

Parliaments, 1956 (what are they doing to that poor animal?)

Winston, 1956

Grey's Cigarettes, 1951 (I had to add this one)

Casual Marilyn

circa 1950, via 2009: Swimwear

[suits via modcloth]

circa 1950, via 2009

Liz Claiborne!

TIME 2/18/1952

The week my mother was born:

Harper's Bazaar 1958

Floppy hat!

Kodak Has Always Been Grossly Endearing

Color!

I always love seeing color photographs from the 1950's and 1960's, because they were so rarely used outside of advertisements.

Grace Kelly by Howell Conant

Behold: The 1950's Female Intellectual

Sylvia Plath, high school graduation photo, c. 1950
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Jayne Mansfield. Did you know she spoke five languages and was a classically trained pianist/violinist? I didn't.

Haven't Updated In A While

... Because of been out of town
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School is nuts

but I'm back!