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Shingled Collection

Background imageShingled 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 imageShingled 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 imageShingled 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 imageShingled Collection: Unusual Eton crop for Fraulein von Poremski, 1928

Unusual Eton crop for Fraulein von Poremski, 1928
Fraulein von Poremski, a noted Berlin dancer sporting a geometric, and close-cropped hair style, notably masculine and daring, even in 1928 when everyone was shingling their hair. 1928

Background imageShingled Collection: Shingled hedgehog, zoned hydnellum and pinecone mushroom

Shingled hedgehog, zoned hydnellum and pinecone mushroom
Shingled hedgehog, Sarcodon imbricatus (Hydnum imbricatum), zoned hydnellum, Hydnellum concrescens (Hydnum zonatum) and pinecone mushroom, Auriscalpium vulgare (Hydnum auriscalpium)

Background imageShingled Collection: Kirbigrip Hair Pins on a card

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

Background imageShingled Collection: Fraulein von Poremski and her cropped hair, 1928

Fraulein von Poremski and her cropped hair, 1928
Fraulein von Poremski, a noted Berlin dancer, with a severe, cropped hairstyle. The Graphic magazine in which this photograph features comments

Background imageShingled Collection: Aerial View of House Date: 1947

Aerial View of House Date: 1947

Background imageShingled 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 imageShingled 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 imageShingled 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 imageShingled Collection: Kirbigrip card with hair grips

Kirbigrip card with hair grips for bobbed and shingled hair. circa 1920s

Background imageShingled Collection: Harrods head-dress for court presentations

Harrods head-dress for court presentations
Advertisement for Harrods for head-dresses to be worn at court presentations. On the left is a design for a debutante, suitable for shingled hair to support the court plume of feathers

Background imageShingled Collection: Stewart Hair Advert, 1927

Stewart Hair Advert, 1927 featuring shinglette and permanent wave Date: 1927

Background imageShingled Collection: Hats: Brims and Blossoms, 1927

Hats: Brims and Blossoms, 1927
The burgeoning of brims and blossoms - summer hats are flower trimmed and at last attain perfect crowns for the shingled heads. Models from Harvey Nicholls. Date: 1927

Background imageShingled Collection: A Eugene Wave hair style, 1927

A Eugene Wave hair style, 1927
Advert for Eugene Wave shingled hair style, 1927, London. Date: 1927

Background imageShingled Collection: Advert for Hindes hair wavers 1925

Advert for Hindes hair wavers 1925
Pattern Hindes hair wavers, for shingled and bobbed hair. 1925

Background imageShingled Collection: Advert for Nestle permanent hairwave 1923

Advert for Nestle permanent hairwave 1923
What 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

Background imageShingled Collection: The Modern Girl by Reginald E. Higgins

The Modern Girl by Reginald E. Higgins
Sub-titled, Silk and shingle, the artist Reginald Higgins draws his favourite subject, the shorn and shingled modern 1920s girl

Background imageShingled Collection: Gebrauchsgrafik fashion

Gebrauchsgrafik fashion
Graphic and stylised art deco fashion images with women wearing dresses typical of 1930 and with cropped or shingled hair

Background imageShingled Collection: The Pink Dress by Lewis Baumer

The Pink Dress by Lewis Baumer
A demure looking girl with typically shingled and bobbed hair sits on a stool in a lovely pink dress, her silk stockings and slippers just visible

Background imageShingled Collection: Auguste Bonaz Comb

Auguste Bonaz Comb
Colour advertisement for a hair comb worn in the shingled bob of an elegant 1920s lady

Background imageShingled Collection: Fashion for hair, 1927

Fashion for hair, 1927
A perfectly groomed hairstyle by Francis, of Hanover Square. The hair was permanently waved into a style complementary to the face shape

Background imageShingled Collection: Cami-Nickers 1926

Cami-Nickers 1926
Advertisement for crepe de chine cami knickers; model also wears a shingled lace bonnet with long streamers

Background imageShingled Collection: The Shingled Shore

The Shingled Shore
1920s sunbathers and swimmers on a shingled beach


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