Vidal Sassoon hairstyle, 1962A smooth, sleek hairstyle by quintessential sixties hairdresser, Vidal Sassoon. Date: 1962
Louise Brooks (1906 - 1985), American silent film actress and dancer Date: 1928
Louise Brooks / Song SheetSongsheet for Je n ai qu un Amour, c est toi as sung by American film actress LOUISE BROOKS (1906-1985), in the movie Prix de Beaute [FR 1930], which turned out to be her last starring role
Cut and he will not come again by Reginald HigginsAn illustration showing a mermaid with the shorn, shingled Eton crop hairstyle of the 1920s, looking rather forlorn as she waits for her lover to return
The Modern Girl by Wilton WilliamsA series of sketches by Wilton Williams, subtitled Full dress and bathing dress (other artists show undress, and underwear in this series of three) showing the modern girl of 1925
Tatler front cover, May 1962Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing typical 1960s makeup. The lipstick is Cardinal by Lancome and the dramatic eyes use spangled Pailettes D Or and turquoise eyeshadow by Perle Dore
Jessie Matthews / WildingJESSIE MATTHEWS British singer and dancer of stage and screen
1920s woman in room at nightIllustration showing a woman in a fringed flapper dress standing pensively against a window. Her dress rather nicely matches the fringed lampshade and scarf or wrap nearby. Date: 1927
Little girl watering flowers by Muriel DawsonA little girl watering flowers in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. circa 1930s
Bedtime by Muriel DawsonCharming illustration depicting a very sweet little girl with straight bobbed hair and a pot belly warming her toes by the stove before bedtime
Cocktails by BairdA wonderful, stylised illustration showing a fashionable flapper girl not only drinking a cocktail but hallucinating about them also
Travelling HairdresserRoadside Beauty Service. A travelling hairdresser gives a girl a fashionable haircut
Cover design, London Mail, Christmas Extra 1923Cover design in art deco style, London Mail Christmas Extra 1923 Date: 1923
Colleen Moore (18991988) - American film actress and one of the most fashionable stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut. Date: circa 1920s
La Petite Francaise by William BarribalBeautiful portrait of a dark-haired French woman by William Barribal. 1917
Platinum Blonde FlapperA typical flapper with platinum blonde bobbed hair, green eye-shadow, rouge and pencil thin eyebrows. She wears emerald and diamond bangles, ear-rings & beads
Comic Score Card for Bridge Playing Card Game No. 4 Date: 1920s
Comic Score Card for Bridge Playing Card Game No. 6 Date: 1920s
Worth designs: Grey mantle with a heavy border of fur; dress with a train, narrow straps, uneven hemline & tassels or pendant motifs on the bodice & skirt. Date: 1924
Studio photograph of a little girl pictured with a doll and picture book. Date: late 1920s
The Rape of the Lock by Gerda WegenerHaircut and shave - new version. Stylised illustration by Gerda Wegener showing three women getting the new fashionable shingled hair cuts. Date: 1925
Robin Hood and the Sheriff of NottinghamRobin Hood tricks the Sheriff of Nottingham (and robs him of his gold). circa 1195
Colleen Moore - American Movie starColleen Moore (1899-1988) - American Movie star, one of the most fashionable of the era and helped popularize the Dutchboy bobbed haircut
Studio portrait of two women, both with their dark hair bobbed and wearing identical blouses with large collars and tie. Date: c.1930
Woman in a green dress. 1926
Gwen Farrar, English actress and singer. Date: 1934
Autumn Day by Muriel Dawson. 1940
Our New Electorate - Votes for Women. circa 1918
Madame Yevonde portraits of various young women - sisters, twins and cousins, three storeys of beauty. Mollie and Maimie Paget (twin sisters) with their cousin Anne Paget between them (top), Myrtle
Little girl holds a birthday cardA little girl with bobbed hair sits on a piano stool, holding a birthday card. Date: 1932
Three studio portraits of a little girl, taken from different angles, circa 1920s. Date: 1920s
Kirbigrip Hair Pins on a card, for bobbed and shingled hair. 20th century
The Amateur by Lewis Baumer
Cover design, Spring Number, Illustrated London News. circa 1930
Photographic print wallet, advertising Kodak Film, and the developers, Heppells Ltd. The art deco design shows a young woman with bobbed hair, taking a photo with a box camera. Date: 20th century
Dolly Sisters in ParisDolly Sisters, Hungarian-American identical twin dancers and actresses. Date: 1929
LITTLE GIRLS DRESSESTwo little girls in attractive dresses. The one on the left is in two shades of blue and white. The one on the right in green wool crepe. Note the jacket effect on the bodice. Date: circa 1930
Flounced Evening DressAn elegant woman wearing a spotted organdie evening dress with deep flounces around the hem & butterfly sleeves; a garland of flowers is worn around the bodice Date: 1930s
Girl in a Slip - PhotoA young woman sits on a chair arm in what could either be described as a chemise or slip. Date: 1920s
Miss Iris Tree (Mrs Curtis Moffatt) wiht her son, 1920Iris Tree (27 January 1897 13 April 1968) was an English poet, actress and artists model, described as a bohemian, an eccentric, a wit and an adventuress
Art deco fashion 1930Very simple and stylised illustration typical of the art deco period, featuring two women dressed in fashionable clothes and hats. Date: 1930
Has She Joined the Mustard Club by Wilton WilliamsGlamorous 1920s woman in a blue, fur-trimmed coat and with vivid blonde hair. The title of the picture is a play on the recently launched advertising campaign for Colmans Mustard
Mice and Men by Winifred C. Honey, 1920s woman with catIllustration showing an elegant woman with cropped hair posing with a grey cat. The background shows silhouettes of men running from scurrying mice. Date: 1929
Shingled bobbed hair by Eugene 1923Bobbed, tresses by the shingled, by Eugene, Grafton Street, Bond Street, London. 1923
Joan Bourdelle as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer BlondesMiss Jean Bourdelle as Lorelei Lee (that most perfect lady) in the stage adaptation of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos. The role was later played by Marilyn Monroe in the film version
Addition and Subtraction by P. B. HicklingA typical 1920s flapper girl, wearing a short dress, yellow stockings and with bobbed, shingled hair, applies her lipstick in the mirror watched by a fairly diffident cat
Female Type / UnderclothesA young woman is taken by surprise when someone important arrives, and she is still in her underclothes!
Chemise & Knickers 1920A young woman with an angular bob hairstyle models a chemise & a pair of matching Directoire knickers ornamented with a circular motif trim
