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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
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
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
Jessie Matthews / WildingJESSIE MATTHEWS British singer and dancer of stage and screen
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1922Peggy appeared at our salons, just as you see her in the left-hand photograph, Peggys hair had been the despair of her mother
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
WOMENs PRISON 1920SA corner of the French " Borstal" for girls at Fresne, where girls under age who have been convicted for small offences are kept and taught an ordinary school curriculum
Female Type / UnderclothesA young woman is taken by surprise when someone important arrives, and she is still in her underclothes!
Kirbigrip card with hair grips for bobbed and shingled hair. circa 1920s
The Bright BrigadeModes for Men - illustration from one of a series of advertisements for Abdullah cigarettes showing types from the 1920s, in this case The Bright Brigade consisting of three flapper girls working in
Mrs Sacheverell Sitwell by Madame YevondeGeorgia Doble Sitwell, Canadian wife of writer, Sacheverell Sitwell, sister of the actress Frances Doble. Photographed by Madame Yevonde in The Tatler who comment that although
A Flapper Girl" A smart costume for sport from the centre of feminine fashion", presumably Paris. A highly modern outfit featured in an article in The Sphere
Advertisement for Mirande fashions, showing two elegant women in evening dresses. 1929
Lady Helen Murray by Madame YevondeLady Helen Murray (1892-1971), formerly Lady Helen de Vere Brassey, wife of Lieut.-Col. John Murray, partner in the well-known publishing firm, who she married in 1916
Young woman playing with her kittenA topless French young woman lying on a cushion playing with her kitten. Date: 1928
Elegant Evening DressBack view of a dress in heavy crepe-satin with gored skirt trimmed with skunk fur at the hem & with an unusual segmented back detail to the bodice with triangular shaped voids. Date: 1930s
Isabel Jeans (1891 1985), British actress of stage and screen
Jeanne De Casalis (1897 - 1966), Actress and radio entertainer Date: mid-20th century
Claudette Colbert (1903 1996), American film actress
Powdering before taking plunge in swimming poolA member of the cast of the Paramount film, The Garden of Weeds, powders her face before taking part in a bathing party scene
Terylene advertisement, 1965Advertisement for Terylene polyester fibre featuring a model with bobbed hair wearing a pink and white striped blouse. Date: 1965
Mlle Lily Scott in Paris PlaisirsMlle Lily Scott of the Casino de Paris in Paris Plaisirs, Mirror of Beauty series, sitting on a stool fully clothed, showing off her legs. Date: circa 1920s
Mother and child, 1928A mother and her little boy play together at home. Date: 1928
Young woman with large dog in a garden. Date: circa 1920s
Two women with three dogs in a field. Date: circa 1920s
Five girls with tea tray in a gardenFive girls with a tea tray in a garden on a summers day. A badminton net is set up on the lawn in the background. Date: circa 1920s
Girl holding a dog in a garden. Date: circa 1920s
Studio portrait, young woman with terrier dogStudio portrait, young woman with a terrier dog wrapped round her neck. Date: circa 1920s
Bobbed hair going out of fashion, 1919 Harlene advertAdvertisement for Harlene hair tonics from 1919 claiming that the bobbed hair women had cut during war-time was now being grown long again. How wrong they were. Date: 1919
The Origin of the Bob by William Heath RobinsonAnd the first realisation of its advantages. A lady struggling to maintain her hair style while on board a board, looks with envy at a decks mop and its unmoving head
Advert for Hindes hair wavers 1925Pattern Hindes hair wavers, for shingled and bobbed hair. 1925
Advert for Nestle permanent hairwave 1923What would you not give to have naturally wavy hair ? Iy cost the lady whose photographs are pictured here, but 3 guineas to have her hair permanently waved by Nestle into these gloriously becoming
Little girl in red by Muriel DawsonA little girl in red, with dark hair, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1930s
Business card design, woman at dressing tableBusiness card design, depicting a woman squirting perfume at a dressing table mirror. Date: 20th century
Cover design, My Shopping AddressesCover design for an address book, My Shopping Addresses, depicting a young woman sitting on a low stool reading a letter
Label design with elegant womanLabel design featuring an elegant woman in colourful costume
The revenge of SamsonA series of photographs showing a fashionable 1920s lady going from long hair to a bobbed style. The period saw a huge shift in hair styles with the majority of women choosing to bob or shingle their
Piano Lesson 1930SA female piano teacher turns over the pages of the sheet music as little girl pupil plays the piece. Date: early 1930s
Making a Doll 1930SA woman doll maker combs the hair of a doll with bobbed hair in the style of film star Louise Brooks. Date: early 1930s
French Model with fun Vampish expressionFrench Model wearing dramatic make-up with a marvellous Vampishexpression! Date: circa late 1920s
So Pretty! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in pink, picking red flowers. 1944
Ready for Rehearsal by W. S. HuttonA confident young actress in a sleeveless blouse and shorts smokes a cigarette whie waiting to perform in a rehearsal. Date: 1927
