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Bobbed Collection

Background imageBobbed Collection: Vidal Sassoon hairstyle, 1962

Vidal Sassoon hairstyle, 1962
A smooth, sleek hairstyle by quintessential sixties hairdresser, Vidal Sassoon. Date: 1962

Background imageBobbed Collection: Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks (1906 - 1985), American silent film actress and dancer Date: 1928

Background imageBobbed Collection: Louise Brooks / Song Sheet

Louise Brooks / Song Sheet
Songsheet 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Cut and he will not come again by Reginald Higgins

Cut and he will not come again by Reginald Higgins
An 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: The Modern Girl by Wilton Williams

The Modern Girl by Wilton Williams
A 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Tatler front cover, May 1962

Tatler front cover, May 1962
Front 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Jessie Matthews / Wilding

Jessie Matthews / Wilding
JESSIE MATTHEWS British singer and dancer of stage and screen

Background imageBobbed Collection: Cover design, London Mail, Christmas Extra 1923

Cover design, London Mail, Christmas Extra 1923
Cover design in art deco style, London Mail Christmas Extra 1923 Date: 1923

Background imageBobbed Collection: 1920s woman in room at night

1920s woman in room at night
Illustration 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Little girl watering flowers by Muriel Dawson

Little girl watering flowers by Muriel Dawson
A little girl watering flowers in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. circa 1930s

Background imageBobbed Collection: Bedtime by Muriel Dawson

Bedtime by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration depicting a very sweet little girl with straight bobbed hair and a pot belly warming her toes by the stove before bedtime

Background imageBobbed Collection: Cocktails by Baird

Cocktails by Baird
A wonderful, stylised illustration showing a fashionable flapper girl not only drinking a cocktail but hallucinating about them also

Background imageBobbed Collection: Travelling Hairdresser

Travelling Hairdresser
Roadside Beauty Service. A travelling hairdresser gives a girl a fashionable haircut

Background imageBobbed Collection: Colleen Moore

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

Background imageBobbed Collection: La Petite Francaise by William Barribal

La Petite Francaise by William Barribal
Beautiful portrait of a dark-haired French woman by William Barribal. 1917

Background imageBobbed Collection: Platinum Blonde Flapper

Platinum Blonde Flapper
A typical flapper with platinum blonde bobbed hair, green eye-shadow, rouge and pencil thin eyebrows. She wears emerald and diamond bangles, ear-rings & beads

Background imageBobbed Collection: Studio photograph of a little girl pictured with a doll and picture book

Studio photograph of a little girl pictured with a doll and picture book. Date: late 1920s

Background imageBobbed Collection: The Rape of the Lock by Gerda Wegener

The Rape of the Lock by Gerda Wegener
Haircut and shave - new version. Stylised illustration by Gerda Wegener showing three women getting the new fashionable shingled hair cuts. Date: 1925

Background imageBobbed Collection: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham

Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood tricks the Sheriff of Nottingham (and robs him of his gold). circa 1195

Background imageBobbed Collection: Colleen Moore - American Movie star

Colleen Moore - American Movie star
Colleen Moore (1899-1988) - American Movie star, one of the most fashionable of the era and helped popularize the Dutchboy bobbed haircut

Background imageBobbed Collection: Comic Score Card for Bridge Playing Card Game No. 4

Comic Score Card for Bridge Playing Card Game No. 4 Date: 1920s

Background imageBobbed Collection: Comic Score Card for Bridge Playing Card Game No. 6

Comic Score Card for Bridge Playing Card Game No. 6 Date: 1920s

Background imageBobbed Collection: Worth designs: Grey mantle with a heavy border of fur; dress with a train, narrow straps

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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Studio portrait of two women, both with their dark hair bobbed

Studio portrait of two women, both with their dark hair bobbed and wearing identical blouses with large collars and tie. Date: c.1930

Background imageBobbed Collection: Woman in a green dress

Woman in a green dress. 1926

Background imageBobbed Collection: Gwen Farrar, English actress and singer

Gwen Farrar, English actress and singer. Date: 1934

Background imageBobbed Collection: Autumn Day by Muriel Dawson

Autumn Day by Muriel Dawson. 1940

Background imageBobbed Collection: Our New Electorate - Votes for Women

Our New Electorate - Votes for Women. circa 1918

Background imageBobbed Collection: Madame Yevonde portraits of various young women

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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Little girl holds a birthday card

Little girl holds a birthday card
A little girl with bobbed hair sits on a piano stool, holding a birthday card. Date: 1932

Background imageBobbed Collection: Three studio portraits

Three studio portraits of a little girl, taken from different angles, circa 1920s. Date: 1920s

Background imageBobbed Collection: Kirbigrip Hair Pins on a card

Kirbigrip Hair Pins on a card, for bobbed and shingled hair. 20th century

Background imageBobbed Collection: The Amateur by Lewis Baumer

The Amateur by Lewis Baumer

Background imageBobbed Collection: Cover design, Spring Number, Illustrated London News

Cover design, Spring Number, Illustrated London News. circa 1930

Background imageBobbed Collection: Photographic print wallet

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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Dolly Sisters in Paris

Dolly Sisters in Paris
Dolly Sisters, Hungarian-American identical twin dancers and actresses. Date: 1929

Background imageBobbed Collection: LITTLE GIRLS DRESSES

LITTLE GIRLS DRESSES
Two 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Flounced Evening Dress

Flounced Evening Dress
An 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Girl in a Slip - Photo

Girl in a Slip - Photo
A young woman sits on a chair arm in what could either be described as a chemise or slip. Date: 1920s

Background imageBobbed Collection: Miss Iris Tree (Mrs Curtis Moffatt) wiht her son, 1920

Miss Iris Tree (Mrs Curtis Moffatt) wiht her son, 1920
Iris 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Art deco fashion 1930

Art deco fashion 1930
Very simple and stylised illustration typical of the art deco period, featuring two women dressed in fashionable clothes and hats. Date: 1930

Background imageBobbed Collection: Has She Joined the Mustard Club by Wilton Williams

Has She Joined the Mustard Club by Wilton Williams
Glamorous 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Mice and Men by Winifred C. Honey, 1920s woman with cat

Mice and Men by Winifred C. Honey, 1920s woman with cat
Illustration showing an elegant woman with cropped hair posing with a grey cat. The background shows silhouettes of men running from scurrying mice. Date: 1929

Background imageBobbed Collection: Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1922

Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1922
Peggy appeared at our salons, just as you see her in the left-hand photograph, Peggys hair had been the despair of her mother

Background imageBobbed Collection: Shingled bobbed hair by Eugene 1923

Shingled bobbed hair by Eugene 1923
Bobbed, tresses by the shingled, by Eugene, Grafton Street, Bond Street, London. 1923

Background imageBobbed Collection: Joan Bourdelle as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Joan Bourdelle as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Miss 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Addition and Subtraction by P. B. Hickling

Addition and Subtraction by P. B. Hickling
A 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

Background imageBobbed Collection: Female Type / Underclothes

Female Type / Underclothes
A young woman is taken by surprise when someone important arrives, and she is still in her underclothes!



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