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Category / Nostalgia

Vintage Matchy-Matchy Fashion was sometimes Chic, mostly Awkward

I came across some photos in the LIFE Archives by fashion photographer Nina Leen, and it seems that back in the day, people liked matching a whole bunch of stuff; shoes, hats, gloves, jackets, umbrellas, you name it. The idea of walking into a shop and seeing a skirt or jacket being sold with a…

Prince Charming was a Sex Offender!

Sorry to ruin your childhood memories on this fine afternoon, but during my back alley stumblings of the internet today, I came across a rather disturbing fact that I think you should know. Prince Charming, Disney’s favorite stock character who managed to get with both Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Cinderella, he was so damn…

Wearing a Belt on your Head was actually a thing in 1960s Paris.

You know when get a little drunk and put a belt around your head because it seems fun at the time … no? Well me neither then, but in 1960s Paris, apparently you didn’t have to be drunk to think head belts made your head look more fashionable. From yet another LIFE magazine gem dug…

Read Gandhi’s friendly Letter to his pen pal, Adolph Hitler.

So here’s a funny thing you might not have known about Mohandas Gandhi, non-violent activist,  historical human reference for world peace and overall man-saint. Dated 23rd July 1939, just a month prior to the German invasion of Poland, Gandhi wrote this letter to his ol’ buddy Adolf Hitler. The letter never actually made it to Hitler…

10 Reasons to Build a Time Machine and go back to the 1960s

It’s Monday, so let’s contemplate time travel… 1. For the Cars (obviously) 2. We could have gone to a school like this: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_1ne8WJUvI&feature=player_embedded] 3. Everything was Cheaper. 4. In the 60s Brigitte Bardot looked like this: Today she looks like this: Okay okay, so she aged naturally which is highly commendable of her but…

PHANTOMS of PARIS: The Midnight Wanderers

We all have it; that itch for exploring, to discover what’s behind the closed doors of our cities, under our feet and overhead. Urban environments hide buried secrets of the past all around us and if curious enough, we can find them. For a while now, I’ve been following the online imprint of a small…

Been there, Done that Vintage Photographs

Okay, it’s true we’ve seen this concept done before, even the photographer Guiseppe Savini admits it: This is a series of photos I took in Bologna. I thought it was a good idea … then they told me that similar work had already been done … and then I gave up everything. How sad! Because the thing is, yes we have seen similar “then & now”…

Parisians vs. New Yorkers: Vintage Spring Street Style

Let’s start with the New Yorkers, photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt– most famous for that shot of the sailor kissing the girl in Times Square. The following photos are from a street style series for LIFE magazine in 1944 called ‘Beautiful Girls’… Round 1. NEW YORKERS! Round 2. PARISIANS! Modern fashion photography was born when three brothers, Parisian…

The Miss Universe competition in 1958

It was still pretty much an opportunity to objectify women back then but hey, we all still end up watching it every year (if there’s nothing else on television of course). One noticeable differences is that these ladies look far more like real princesses than the modern-day contestants… Images by George Silk from the LIFE…
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