I love how people looked back then. I'm a black woman and eventhough there were some serious social problems back then, I still wish I had been around to see the world way before it got like it is today. People looked classy.
Yes. The men too. Baggy pants but no saggy pants, or skinny jeans!!! Showing your drawers??? Unacceptable! Suits and hats. But the social issues! For all women, particularly black woman and other women of color? Atrocious! And we are still fighting some of those battles. Not to mention the torture that was considered “ medicine” or “treatment” back then! I shutter to think!
I miss the hats. I spent my first career in the military, and after having to wear at hat outside for all those years, I was really aware of being "hatless" after I retired. The only place I see where hats are still "in" is the Baptist church.
same. i’m black and live for vintage fashion and makeup. but hell would freeze over before I ever would want to reverse time back to then because of the horrible social issues. i’d much rather prefer to take a time machine and visit out of curiosity
My mother was born in 1923 so she really wasn’t part of the “20s” but I still remember her routine of washing her face and using Noxema, reddish lipstick, powder, mascara and that’s it. Natural was always what she strived for. She is turning 99 yrs old and many people comment on how good she looks.
@ Helene. My mom was born in 1918 she was a red hair. Very beautiful lady and my mom wore the same on her face.My mom had gorgeous big eyes and very green the red coco Chanel lipstick she wore looks so beautiful on her. Of course she made herself up .when my dad and mom went out. Not a every day thing I miss her she pass away in yr 1999 At 81yrs old. God bless your mom.Still healthy There is a say May she lives till she is 120yrs old GOD bless ❤🇨🇦
My maternal grandmother (born in 1926 I think?) always used Jergens face cream, but she would buy hers in Mexico (we live 45 minutes from Piedras Negras, Coah, Mexico)
I just got a classic bob with a side part which I set in soft pin curls. The style looked great on my grandmother although it was out of style when she was in her 70’s until her death at 103. I have her facial features, head shape, and fine textured wavy hair. I just turned 73 and decided to try it out. I brought her photo to the salon and have gotten compliments ever since. Do I care it’s not in style? Not at all!
I love that you did it! When I was in Jr. High we had an oldies day at school. Everyone dressed from the 50s with Bobby socks and poodle skirts but my grandmother had given me an outfit from the 1930s so I put my hair up in pin curls as you describe and wore the 30s outfit. My look was a huge hit.
My grandmother was a teen/young woman in the 20s. She had her face regime until she passed from the earth. However she used to tell me that her father caught her in full face makeup once & laid down the law. His daughters weren't going to look like "loose" women. They compromised & he allowed her to wear her favorite red lipstick......when she also did until the day she passed. What her father didn't know.......was that in her teens/20s grandma was a full blown flapper going into speak easys & dancing on tables. 🤣😂
My mother was born in 1920. I remember my grandmother always wore her made to measure corsets. But working women couldn’t afford much of the fashion we think of as 1920s. My grandmother was widowed in her 20s so life was tough. She was never able to afford skincare or make up or hairdressers. Her hair was long and waist length. She used lavender she collected from her garden to fragrance her clothes. She rubbed olive oil in her hair and skin. She knitted and sewed by hand. Luxury she said was catching the bus home after working 11 hours rather than walking!!
I wonder if she did little things to try to “cheat” to look more in line with the times. I heard some working women would alter the waistlines of her dresses or dress her hair so it looked like she had short hair (some women cut their hair in the front but kept it long in the back like a more extended fringe so they could appear to have a bob). It’s interesting how people who couldn’t afford high fashion still did things to look fashionable.
My "classy" good girl grandmother born in 1914 used Ponds cold cream, Max Factor powder and a slick of pink lipstick. My "faster" more working class grandmother born earlier wore foundation, powder, eye pencil, cake mascara that was mixed with saliva, red rouge on her cheeks and red lipstick.
Used ponds Cold cream and baby oil to remove makeup on the eyes, Maybelline had just come out with mascara (brush in a tube, where's my eyelash curler) pencil and liquid eyeliner and don't forget the NOXEMA
In the 60s I had cake mascara that I wet with saliva. (Gross) my Aunt born in 1890 something would wet her finger and rub on the red roses on the wallpaper to color her lips and cheeks. Very inventive! Ha Ha
Ivory Soap is what my Great Aunt advised me to use when I was in my teens. I always had clear skin. Witch Hazel was nice for skin also. She bought me my first lipstick. She was so cool!
I still use bars of Ivory soap in all my showers. Always have. I use Clinique face products. My mom always used them when she had gotten to my age (46) and she had the most beautiful skin. I used Olay in my younger years. My grandmother used the original Oil of Olay lotion every day and also had beautiful skin.
My mother, born in 1920, wore Maybelline cake mascara into her 80s. I tried it once and couldn't get the hang of it. She also applied it on her rather thick brows. She wore red rouge and red lipstick, Revlon's Fire and Ice. Her hair was set in pin curls, using flat beer, to be styled like a wreath around her head. The central portion was smooth so a hat could fit, surrounded by the border of curls. She adored Joan Crawford.
She sounds adorable! ❤ Your post made me recall my first mascara, which was a little red Maybelline cake mascara when I was about 11. It was my first experiment with makeup. It was so hard to get the knack for it. Luckily my lashes look much better today!😊. Thank you for the cute post!
Yes, who you telling. My maternal grandmother and her daughter (my mother) could have been walking billboards for Maybelline pancake makeup. That stuff went on like cement !!! Had no idea how on EARTH they PEELED that stuff off at night. My grandmother had good shin. My mum...not so much. My grandmother's mother (maternal gr-grandmother) used to slather on Coty face powder with a huge face poof - dust went flying everywhere. Then, the same face powder doubled as deodorant powder. Go Figure.
What great content! It’s set us all thinking of the past. My grandmother was born in 1907 and married a druggist in 1926. She was 19 and he was 24. They lived right across the border from Eagle Pass Texas in Piedras Negras. For anyone who may have the misconception that everyone wore embroidered tops, skirts and huaraches ( of course nothing wrong with that attire) in her wedding portrait she’s dressed in a knee length flapper dress. It was satin and her lace veil reached her ankles. Her white shoes were Mary Jane pumps. As noted in the video her hair was the short long style to mimic a bob.
My parents married in 1928. Mama, barely 15, but working in a glove and stocking factory. She had her wavy dark hair in a bob, and wore the little hats! She was a cutie, though! Didn’t wear much makeup, fair skin and few freckles.They eloped; popular at that time; Daddy, was about 22.
My mom, who never threw anything out, still had the cake mascara. I tried it and couldn't figure out how in the world they could use it. The lipstick tasted like toxic waste, so kissable! I still have my grandmother's beaded dress from the 20s. I'm fascinated by that era and fashion history, thanks for the video!
My Mom still had a few clothes that my grandmother had made for herself when she was young. When I was a teenager, I was exactly the same size she was. There was one beautiful black lace dress, dropped waist with hsnderchief hem. The lace was so soft and fine that the whole dress could be pulled through my Mom's wedding ring. I just loved it. My Mom was a qualified cutter designer snd sewed beautifully, so she cut the back of the neck low and bound it. Then she cut the handkercheif hem level, so it came to just abive ny knees. She made me a black satin petticoat, that fitted like a sheath, to wear as a petticoat. It looked stunning and I wore that dress more than once and kept it in my wardrobe, even though it became too tight for me to wear. Sadly, it was stolen when our home was broken into and all my clothes were stolen, including my wedding dress. 😭 I have always loved the flapper fashions of the '20s. The sixties, with the loose shift dress and dropped waist, seemed to hark back to the '20's
I'm truly surprised this doesn't have more views, it seems like the amazing kind of video that would. And ALL this work you've done really shows, thanks for making this!
My beautiful grandmother was a flapper girl. She made all of her clothes to include purses belts hats scarf you name it she did it. She could stop traffic with her beautify. She had sky blue eyes shiney raven black hair. Her Cherkee skin was maroon. She had long slinder fingers with a French manicure or fire engine red nail polish. She would put her artdecco earrings on the tops of her shoes to dress them up. Or make them into a clause for her flapper hatband or belt.She had a way of accerising her wardrobe. Oh the color combos I could go on forever. Hollywood wardrobe department is where she should have gone. Her and my mom's drawing talents would have been a wonderful tribute to the film 🎥 industry. She had other things she preferred. So she came and left this earthy place without the world knowing her.
My memories of my grandmother, and mom was adoration for their self care lady like attire. Always elegantly dressed , hair and minimum of makeup. Hats and gloves were worn. My frame of observation as to the classy looking way they dressed and acted, causes me to feel sad how women look so uncaring how they look in public. My Dad had a humor saying regarding hair styles, """ looks like they combed their hair with an Egg Beater.!!!! LOL
@@lakotadarkclouds8222 AWESOME, tribute is your grandmother. Speaking of Cherokee , l m dark skinned. As my great grand mother was also a full-blooded Cherokee Native Indian. My maternal grandfather was born under a covered wagon in Arkansas. Family history tells of my great a t grand father married her. I have pic of my grandfather with his 2 Native Cherokee sisters. One when they were young, then as they grew older. The girls were highly check boned with very black hair. However, as genetics play out, my mother was very blonde/ w blue eyes. My aunts ,her sister's, were dark complexion. I m dark complexion, my brothers are very blonde. In a sense, we are all brothers, sisters . Enjoyed your post as it brought up good memories for me .
I am in my late 50's now and was raised by my Grandmother. She had been a 1920's flapper .... But also, a top tailoress. I saw some of her evening and cocktail dresses. At her "best" to use her words, she was 5' 1" and 88lbs and constantly complemented by men on her figure - the photos seem ridiculously thin .... By her own admission, she was anorexic. She had natural copper coloured hair which was bobbed. My favourite of her dresses was a silk dance outfit. She had collected the offcuts from society dresses that she had created .... Beautiful silk satin and chiffons. The dress was green. Handkerchief point hem made of all those different green offcuts. She had then beaded the neckline, hipline, and hem points. It was stunning! Her friend was a glove maker and in the box was a beautiful satin elbow length pair. However, during the day, she wore pleated tweed or linen skirts, a white blouse, and a smart jacket or long home knit cardigan. It was important that bags and shoes matched, and a hat was worn outside. To her dying day, she wore little gloves outside. Interesting piece and very well researched.
Wow! It is always a thrill to hear about real experiences from that time. Thank you for sharing your stories of your late Grandmother, and for watching! 😊🖤
The clothing of the twenties demanded a waifish figure. With those knee length skirts and drop waisted dresses. That's why the fashion reproductions are not always very accurate. Not many women can carry it off. It wouldn't surprise me at all, if fashionista's like your grandmother ate like birds to pull off the look. The style was unforgiving, unless you were very slim and petite.
Your grandmother was surely a fine example to other women in regards to their appearance. It's a fact that strangers form immediate opinions about how to treat us according to how we look and dress. No doubt you have adopted your grandmother's lessons. How rare it is nowadays to see women with a developed sense of beauty and modesty.
Wonderful episode! As I watched, I noticed a vanishing cream by the name of "Radior" : my spidey sense immediately popped up. Sure enough, it was as I thought a radium-infused beauty product! As much as I adore the look & couture of the 20's, I'm not unhappy I missed that "glowing" trend!!!
You'd enjoy Deborah Blum's "The Poisoner's Handbook." Although it's focused on the development of forensic toxicology, it has several chapters on toxins included in makeup of that period (lead, arsenic, and thallium, not to mention your radium). It gave me a new appreciation of the FDA.
My Grandmother was a Flapper, she went to hairdressing school, and opened several beauty parlors in Boston M she had red bobbed hair, and wore the fashionable clothes, when WW2 came started she could not get supplies for her businesses, so she went back to school and became a Baptist Minister! Her husband my Grandfather was a Merchant Marine, that traveled the World, My Dad had everything a little boy could want!
SOOO EXCITING‼️I COULD LISTEN ALL DAY LOVED THE EARLY PART OF THE CENTURY....I KNO IT WAS HARD BACK THEN TOO BUT IM ALWAYS INTERESTED ABOUT THE TIMES OF OUR LIVES🇺🇲💇🏾♀️💇💆♀️💃🧖♀️👒🛍👘
@@masada2828 my Grandfather, as a teenage traveled to South America, and learned to harpoon and killed Whales, Edward ROWE Snow , wrote a chapter about him " the Able Body Seaman ,Walter Alfred Willis" In the 1960's my Grandfather took the Grandchildren to a restaurant in Boston, the Blue Ship Tea Room " and ate Whale! Tasted like LIVER! What an exciting life he led, He was 6' 4" bright blue eyes and white blonde hair, And slim, with big arms to climb the up to fix the sails on the three masted ship, he died in 1969. So many story's .
I would like to step back in time when dressing classy was important. I was born in the early sixities, so I have fond memories of ladies with hats and gloves too. We need more class these days. Thanks for making this video.
Agreed! I would not want to stay in the past, but a time machine would be fun for a day. 😄 Thank you for watching, and stay tuned for a new episode coming this month.
It is up to us to bring class or whatever we want back. Well, at least I do :-D For example, it is a curious thing, what we were wearing for every day's in the '90s now is often classed as 'wedding dress' style which makes me giggle all the time. I still wear it often enough every day anyway...
Rouge was still used by many women into the 1970's. I remember my mother and my sisters and their friends all using the tiny little compacts with the thick cream rouge. It lasted forever, because they only used the tiniest dabs at a time. I haven't thought about that in such a long time!
@@Liitebulb The word "rouge" is a French word that means "red," so technically, rouge is blush and blush is rouge, regardless of formulation. Following that logic means that lipstick is a rouge for the lips, if it's color falls with the the red spectrum. Pretty cool, huh?
I believe the Radior face powder and other product (possibly a bleaching agent?) shown at 9:25 may have been some of the extremely toxic radium-based cosmetics available in the 1920s. You could do a whole segment on the poisonous elements in 1920s cosmetics to include lead, arsenic, and thallium. There are stories of women using hair-removal cream on the "moustache" on their upper lip, only to have all the hair on their head fall off! Suggested reading: "The Poisoner's Handbook" by Deborah Blum.
I remember , as a child, my Mother using a tiny compact of rouge on my face so I would healthy. I then used it in high school in the 1960's .We all used Maybelline cake mascara.
Excellent work! 😍 I’m in the process of producing an animated film set in 1926, and it’s been a challenge to find consistent and properly researched information regarding fashion and culture from the “Roaring” 20’s. So much of what we think we know has been distorted by the lens of Hollywood over a century. Thank you for bringing greater clarity to the blurry image of the past that we thought we knew so well. You’ve already made a difference for me and my project! 🤗
Wow! That is amazing! As an artist I am particularly pleased to hear that my videos help / inspire other creative people. Thanks for commenting and for watching!
A sheer delight! You know your stuff! I was blessed with a flapper grandmother and great aunt and an artist mom, all shared with me what you covered and MORE! Thank you for the sweet memories!! Looking forward to more of your work!
Thanks for this.Very informative and entertaining.The 20's was one of my favorite decades. Fitzgerald is one of my favorite writers. Keep up the good work.
I was just recommended this video and your channel. I am really glad that your video came my way. I am a lover of history of all periods, and the wonderful thing about coming into the 20th century modern history, we have a much more reliable source detailing how the everyday person lived. I can tell how much time you spent in research, and I so appreciate you including African-Americans in your talk. I am definitely a new subscriber and looking forward to watching more of your videos.
I agree with the other comments that Coty Airspun Powder is still popular today and is great on the skin. It is also worth mentioning that as part of the Egyptian trend women took to wearing powdered kohl around their eyes. To find out more I would highly recommend the book entitled "Warpaint" by Lindy Woodhead. It is a very well researched book about the rivalry between Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Arden. It tells of how these women created their own independent businesses and developed the technology behind products and a multi-million pound industry.
Yes, Helena Rubenstein / Elizabeth Arden rivalry is pretty legendary in the beauty world. Might have to do a video on it some time, because it was quite a fascinating story.. 🤔😄 Thanks for sharing and watching Stella!
I find these type of videos just endlessly fascinating. You did a really good job with integrating all the original footage. It's much better, then just being told something, with the occasional picture, to back it up.
I agree, it's nice to see lots of examples of what people are talking about. It just helps to visualize everything and lock in what is being taught. I'm glad you enjoyed my video, and thank you for watching. 😊
I was raised by my great-grandmother & her daughter (who never married.) They always relied on cold cream, especially at night & in the mornings. There was very little, if any makeup!
My mother had the most incredible skin I have ever seen, soft, creamy and blemish free. Obviously inheritance played a huge part but a simple beauty routine also helped. Soap and water,Cold Cream as a light moisturizer, and a light dusting of face powder. No I’ve make up but a good raspberry lipstick always! Every day before my father got home from work, this was applied as well as a dab of Chanel No. 5 💕
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I wish more folks knew about all the amazing people like Madame CJ Walker, so I just had to share it.😊 Thank you for watching, and stay tuned for a new episode coming this month!
Found this bringing back so many memories from when I dressed, had a bob and wore makeup, plus did blogs all about the 1920s and early 30s. Very well done. Loved re visiting this wonderful and fascinating period of time fashion and beauty wise.
Another awesome video! I am a hairstylist and haven't heard the term "spit curl" in what seems like 100 yrs! I'm not THAT old but in early 60s they were still around. And the au current 'bob' and ubiquitous haircut we see on many today is the exact bob they were doing in the 20s. You didn't mention the Gibson girl style, idk if that was 20s? But you definitely needed longer hair. In high school I worked at the pharmacy and took care of the cosmetic counter. I so remember Coty, Maybelline and Revlon and all the product and color transitions over the years. My mother's cousin's husband worked for Helena Rubenstein for many yrs. Art deco is my favorite design period for all things so I really loved your artwork, text, etc. It's actually a very clean futuristic style that never looks dated. 👍
Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences! To answer your question, the Gibson girl style was a look from the 1890s and 1900s. After WW1 the style had pretty much disappeared. 😊
Gibson girl hair style, I believe was 180 to 19 19 . I am 84 and remember seeing my grand mother, born in 1880, taking her long hair , pulling it up ward snd wrapping it around her hair and placing it un top of her head and putting long hair pins in to hold in place and a curved comb st the base of her head This is my favorite hair style of bygone days My era. The fifties had kim Novak as the favorite hair style and everyone I knew tried to copy it Lster early 60"s, the flip as in Mary Tyler moore dick van dyke show
That was the most fascinating thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve been obsessed with the Victorian era, the Gilded Age, since I was tiny architecture, and this new show the gilded age on HBO is just amazing to see how people really looked and help the streets of New York read like in the 1920s unbelievable incredible thank you so much.
So exciting thank you for writing me back I have to tell you I’m so interested in what Jewish people looks like so that was like kind of the only real I could find obviously I’m jealous of it but it’s it was just incredible. I don’t know how you got that footage or if this is your work or are you obsessed with the gilded ages as well talk to me I’m so excited.
I always wondered why both my grandmothers in the 1920s had the same marcel wave bob when one was a farmers wife in Oklahoma and the other a factory worker in Cincinnati, Ohio. Loved learning about their hairstyles.
Thank you very much! I'm so glad you enjoyed! 😊🖤 I am currently working on a new episode, so if you would like to see more feel free to come back in May.
May all this brave young ladies who dare to trend a new fashion. Rest in peace. Whether it's to our taste (now) or not ; to each it's own. Each decade was unique. We all have a special style. Remember fashion repeats. And the new generation will love it. I remember the big eye glasses frames in the 1980s. I had a pair ; I was 23 years old. THEY'RE BACK. I see so many wearing them ; I won't wear it now. In 50s , pointy bras, as kids we called them Torpedoes lol. Thanks for sharing, it was wonderful to see my favorite actresses. Louise Brooks, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson, , Josephine Baker, Anna May Wong, Mary Pickford. Be safe every one. Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
I still remember buying Tangee lipstick 💄 in the early 70s. It was unusual in that it changed color to suit your skin tone and always looked natural. Don't think they make it any longer. I also used vanishing cream as it was not as greasy as cold cream. It was made by Pond's, which, sadly, does not make it any longer.
If I recall you can still purchase Tangee lipsticks from the Vermont Country store, but I don't know if you can get it anywhere else. 😊 Thanks for watching.
Everything old is new again. 1920's are my favourite era for clothing, hair, makeup. etc. In fact, I wear a Bob, which I cut and style myself, at home.
Madison, I don’t know how to express my joy with this amazing video! Oh my, the research, and editing process had to take days. I learned some wonderful facts, and especially loved your kind comments concerning women of color, how beautiful every single person is! I chuckled over the bobbed hair, and not going to heaven......🤗 I’ve had short hair for forever, I appreciated that sweet truth! I love you, and congratulations on a job well done!
Aw! I'm trilled to hear that you liked this so much Ms. Cindy! Yes, the whole process took about 4 months. I found the bobbed hair controversy pretty funny too. Seems a bit like straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel if you ask me. 😄Sending lots of love you all! And thank you for watching!🥰
My grandmother used to tell us how she and her sisters cut off their hair without permission and then tried to hide it from their parents so they wouldn't get in trouble! It really was a big deal back then.
My mother, born in 1919, always used lipstick as rouge and my sister and I, born in 1952 and 1948, did as well. I still do sometimes. I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you.
You are awesome!! I just knew, I mean I was CONVINCED you were not going to talk about black women in this video. Thank so much for being inclusive and proving me wrong because this almost NEVER happens. I think to myself when watching videos like this, damn, did we exist then? I'm pretty sure we did! Thank you 🙂
I'm thrilled you enjoyed the video. :) It's a joy doing the research and including everybody! To see how the styles of the time were expressed through different individuals and backgrounds is such a special experience. 🖤 Thank you for watching Tamiko!
I agree, Tamiko! I've always enjoyed seeing all the women of that era, gorgeously made up and dressed. And dancing! This was a wonderful presentation. Thanks!
I really enjoyed your research in this video. Thank you for making the video, and especially for including information on the diversity of shades, color choices, and skin tone approaches - - or lack there of. It was quite informative.
Vermont Country Store still sells Tangee makeup as well as many older brands impossible to find elsewhere. Clearly Vidal Sassoon was inspired by the 20s severe bob! Now I want to get my hair cut short for summer. Long, twirly banana curls look so tired now, especially on older women.
I remember the mascara that was in cake form. It was still available in the 60's...Maybelline I believe. I was always teased about my pale white skin; can't tan and burn in the shade. If I want a tan I have to paint it on and it looks weird.
This is a very interesting video. I learned a lot from it. I always wondered how women in the 1900's, 1930's, 1940's, 1960's, 1970's and 1980's what type of beauty products the used for their face and hair.
I loved watching this video!!!! It's so nice to go past the 20s stuff we've heard so much of it puts us to sleep and see the brands and forms makeup products took.
Hi Madison, I absolutely love your video. My Grandma went through her teens in the 1920s. I wish I could have asked her more questions on things like makeup. etc. I have a bob and so I really identify with this. Even in this day I get criticism for having short hair which I have had all of my life, some things never change. I have a photo of my Grandma from this time with her waved bob. She told me once that was the shortest she ever had it. My Grandma was not vampy but very fashionable and I have several photos of her in the styles of the day. Thank you for this video. I cant wait until the next one and I look forward to it! Have a wonderful weekend!! xx Becki
Hi Becki!!! The whole short hair thing seemed so silly. I'm saddened to hear that you have received criticism because of it. Seems a bit like straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel if you ask me. I would love to see pictures of your Grandma sometime, if you feel like sharing them. :) Thank you for watching and for your support! God bless! 🖤
@@uniquelymadison I think women fall into 2 categorizes regarding hair. Short hair or long hair. Through Centuries, women's " Glory" was her hair . 17 months ago I had serious COVID and pneumonia, and was hospitalized almost a month. Because of oxygen deprivation I lost about half of my long hair, mostly the back half of my head.coukdnt believe how upset I was about it, and how much my self esteem and identity was tied up with my hair! It took me ages to stop grieving and fretting about it. I've spent quite a bit of money on to regrow and preserve it. Really had to confront my vanity. . I'm lucky to still be alive instead of worrying about my hair.. I see women with buzz cuts, and admire their bravery to cut it!!
I got a lot of enjoyment out of this video Madison! The twenties are probably my favorite decade for fashion and I could never understand why modern interpretations would absolutely ruin everything nice about it to make it look so modern and ugly and something that it completely is not, but then there are a lot modern trends that I can never quite understand. Your video is so informative and entertaining to watch and I have learned something new about every topic that you covered! I loved learning about the different kinds of cosmetics and skin care used and I particularly liked how you addressed the fact that not every woman would have worn makeup just because it was trendy. It seems that every time I talk with someone about trends from the past they think that everyone would have followed them, when really there were women who may not have liked or believed in those particular fads, just like today. I also thought that those ideas about bobs were funny. Imagine being afraid to cut your hair lest you might die or get a divorce! Also, some of the kindest, Godliest women I know have short hair. Thank you for making such great content for people to watch, this video really cheered me up when I was sick. God bless and take care!💕
I'm thrilled you enjoyed this video Madison!! It truly is a shame how few people really know about the past, and that modern filmmakers don't always care about doing it justice. I'm grateful for viewers like you who are so supportive and interested in learning something new. Thank you for watching and commenting! 🥰 Praying you feel better soon, and God bless.
I love that you took your time on this subject and didn’t try to cram an entire decade of style into a 10 minute video. I love the details so please always take your time.
AMAZING video Madison!!! I cant even imagine the amount of research this took, especially to find the images and clips! My commentary as I WATCH: Is that a fan compact at 8:06?!! I NEED THAT For the past 2 days I started doing my eyebrows a bit thinner and rounder because I have really strong facial angles and I am hoping that the rounder eyebrows will soften things up a bit (Similar to what you said about enhancing the roundness of the face).... and its taking everything in me right now to not grab my tweezers 😂 haha these women look SO beautiful with the thinner brows. Oh to look like a 1920s ad illustration ! haha. I need to find that short story by Fitzgerald!! I'm dying at doctors saying that women who cut their hair would go bald... all of the controversy surrounding the bob was hilarious because its so ridiculous !
Ahhh I'm so happy you liked it Carolina!!! I hope you find the right eyebrow style for you. You look great either way. ☺🖤 Thanks for watching and for sharing it.
That pencil thin brow though, is not practical or natural to do. Once you pluck those eye brows many times they don’t grow back. As you age, your brows naturally become thinner & start to turn gray/ white. Many times what women really did, was shave their natural brows off & just draw them back on, which, when you think about it, makes no sense. Fashion Models have the problem of a half brow from when they used to have half of it shaved off to change the shape by professional makeup artists for fashion shows.
@@NatalieG427 My mom has always warned me against over-plucking my eyebrows, because she and many women of her generation overdid it in their youth, and ended up with very spotty eyebrows in their old age. 🙀Shaving is okay, though - it doesn't damage the hair follicles, because you're not pulling the hair out from the roots.
My grandmother was born in 1901. The family pictures I have she was fashionable with her clothes in the 1920's but her mother my great grandmother still wore floor length dresses and kept her long hair in a tight bun.
Great documentary. I learnt a lot. Well researched. Love all the pictures and posters, the 1920's background music is great! I love this era. I love the Egyptian influence on make-up. Thanks
Thats was very enjoyable and informative. I appericate all the research you've done. Wish I could have some of that old advertising and cosmetic cases. 💐
Wonderful presentation, very informative. And I love the first song "Nola" My dad played that and learned that from a family menber who grew up in the 1920's. Get memories Thank you
Aw, how delightful! I have enjoyed "Nola" for a long time, and it's so sweet that you have some special memories connected to it. 😊🖤 Thank you for watching Kimberly, and please feel free to check out part 2!
I enjoyed this so very much! Thank you for all your hard work, research, production and very pleasant voice and enunciation. Well done. Looking forward to more.
I remember in the 70s when the clean look by revlon and others was introduced. No more eyeliner, no more blush, pale or invisible lip stick etc., I even remember the models on tv talking about it. Light eye shadow, mascara, foundation, some powder for the natural look. 180 turn from the 60s!!
I was in my 20s in the seventys. I wasn't into the natural look, the hairy legs and armpits. I lived in Oregon amongst lots of "Hippys" I was the odd friend who still wore makeup and shaved my legs and pits. Ha Ha
My grandmother was a flapper girl when she was young. She plucked her eyebrows so much that she had almost none by the time I knew her. I used to watch her draw her brows on, and I still remember the way she put on her lipstick so she got that distinct cupid's bow. She didn't update her makeup look at all in her life, though she did update the kinds of products she used, of course.
I still use Ponds cold crème, witch hazel, and Arpege perfume. Maybe a touch of Tangee lipstick. I have very sensitive skin and can’t wear foundation or eye makeup.
Thank you! This reminded me of an essay I did in high school on fashion in the 1920s. I interviewed my Great Grandmother as a reference because she was in her 20s during the 1920s. In class, we read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, thus the 1920s theme. I LOVE listening to family history, so it was natural that I asked Grandma if she'd tell me about her fashion in the 20s. Of course her regime was far simpler as a daughter, then wife of a farmer. Her stories were not so tame though. (wink) She and her siblings were known as quite the (fun) partiers in their county. One winter night, the brother had left the girls at a party. The girls stayed longer than they were supposed to so they had to cut through the swamp to get home, in bed before their Ma would check their beds. By the time they got home, the button holes had frozen shut and none of them could remove their shoes. They were lucky it had just been the holes that had frozen and not their feet. Oh, I earned a top grade with extra credit. My teacher had been impressed that I thought to use my great grandmother as a reference resource. Evidently, in all her years as a teacher, no one thought to use a family member or a live person who lived the experience of the subject. Other family members gave me great information in other projects and assignments as well. With the richness of my family's history, I'd have been stupid to not ask the ones who lived it.
Wow! What amazing stories you must have! And I'm so glad to hear that you took the time to listen and even write an essay on your family and their experiences. Preserving family history is such an important thing that I feel is a dying tradition in the West. Thank you for watching and sharing your piece of history with us.😊
@@uniquelymadison Thank you. I wish I were a better writer. I think my family has given me some great romance and a few action story ideas. Fishing boat Captains in Lake Michigan, a nurse who was almost a Catholic Nun but couldn't take her final vow, legal land squatters, French Fur Trader, farmers, a tiny part in the American shoe sole history, creator of special hand-made shoes, loggers, a small part in bowling pin evolution, a part in the creation of a lifesaving pump used for gut-shot gunshot victims, a convict who whittled himself a key and walked out of prison only to get as far as his sister's who refused to help him unless he turned himself in, one of many of the unheard of heroes of WWII, a man so determined to live, a doctor met him in hospital room only minutes after arrival, just to shake the hand of the man who had survived so many things in his life, that the doctor hadn't even had time to get through half of his medical records but couldn't believe he was still alive and had to see the man for himself... The list goes on.
I've always been fascinated by fashion and beauty from this era. This video was super informative on the truth vs. the Hollywood stereotype of the flapper. Thank you for this.
i never knew of the white half-moon and white nail tip style of the twenties. But i do recall being a child in the ‘50s and seeing an older women when i entered a house to trick-or-treat. The woman had two round patches of rouge. As i child i knew she was wearing an outdated style from her past ..way out of style…Now, as an older woman myself, i wonder if i am at times wearing makeup, clothing or hair styles that i don’t realize are clearly passé
It's okay because everything comes back around. The present generation and future ones will just think you are/were way ahead of your time! LOL. So your cool. 😁
Completely agree with @MsTheUndone . And even if something is considered "out of date", if you enjoy it then it is your right to enjoy it to the fullest. 😊🖤
Brow bands and headbands of the 20s era are a very sexy look. I started wearing bohemian styled bands in recent months. I love them because you don't have to do much with your hair, but the bands make it look more stylish.
My mom and my grandmother both used products that had lead cadmium red dye that were all toxic. I sometimes wonder if this is what caused her to get ovarian cancer. She died at 45 years old. My mom only wore red lipstick and so did her sister. My grandmother wore Cotys make up and powder and lipstick. That’s what I also wore. But I also used cover girl,maybelline,eventually I switched to revlon which I still use. I am now 70. But I don’t look my age. I look 20 which is shocking. A lot of guys hit on me who are in their 20s
You should cover CJ Walker if you haven’t already. Her story is amazing. My grandfather was in vaudeville, so he used a lot of cake makeup, set with potato starch, and removed with Ponds. I don’t know much about grandma’s makeup for Ice Capades.
Fun, informative video. I am amazed that I am familiar with much of this. My mum was from this era, though, so I suppose I learnt about a lot of it via osmosis. I am a senior now, and I have not worn makeup in many years. I stopped wearing it as soon as I retired, and I do not miss it one single bit. Looking back over my life, I am sorry I did not defy convention and never wear it at all. A little lip rouge is always nice, but aside from that, if I had it to do all over again, I would not wear makeup. I think most women will eventually come t realise it was a waste of money and a burden to worry about all of that. Eating well, lots of exercise, and good sleep each night is all you really need to look your best.
I enjoyed this so much! Well organized and articulated; informative and enlightening. I am a 20's era aficionado and enjoy reading nonfiction in the genre. So Absolutely 💯 great work!!! 👍 TY! 😁😁😁💌👀🤳
I own a beautiful little powder compact that is a gold metal color, the top is done with a brown mother of pearl/shell which is not smooth but not likely to snag material either, in the center is a rhinestone that has never lost clarity. Inside it has a very nice little mirror & a door that housed loose powder & a fine dusting cloth of a puff. It also had a matching ciggarett case which I gifted to my sister who has long passed so I have no idea what became of it but she used it for her rollies for quite awhile! The quality of items like this were so nice & meant to last!
My grandma was born in 1904. I have her photo book that spans the first 30 years of her life. In her 80's she wore powder, blush, and lipstick only, and my grandpa bought her signature fragrance, Chanel #5, every Christmas. My favorite story is when women were allowed to vote and how all the ladies in her family dressed in their Sunday best to vote.
My mother who lived to 99 used dove soap, ponds cleansing cream, original olay pink bottle and same brand of cleansing cream in a ponds thick cream still available today. She never was in the sun!!! I have her flapper dress.
I have short hair/bangs in the front and wear it very long in the back, just like the ladies mentioned in this video. I love the diversity it offers. Excellent video! I’ll have to check out the other content you offer. I love getting inspiration for my style through history.
Agree with your comment on skin tone. As an artist, I prefer to emphasize uniquity over conformity. Differences are exotica, mere points of pleasant contemplation.
Looking forward to this.... I know its going to be a good at what men Really wore in the 1920's.... which is my go to video presentation on the subject...
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I love how people looked back then. I'm a black woman and eventhough there were some serious social problems back then, I still wish I had been around to see the world way before it got like it is today. People looked classy.
What is stopping you from dressing like that?
Yes. The men too. Baggy pants but no saggy pants, or skinny jeans!!! Showing your drawers??? Unacceptable! Suits and hats.
But the social issues! For all women, particularly black woman and other women of color? Atrocious! And we are still fighting some of those battles. Not to mention the torture that was considered “ medicine” or “treatment” back then!
I shutter to think!
I miss the hats. I spent my first career in the military, and after having to wear at hat outside for all those years, I was really aware of being "hatless" after I retired. The only place I see where hats are still "in" is the Baptist church.
❤you are so right.
same. i’m black and live for vintage fashion and makeup. but hell would freeze over before I ever would want to reverse time back to then because of the horrible social issues. i’d much rather prefer to take a time machine and visit out of curiosity
My mother was born in 1923 so she really wasn’t part of the “20s” but I still remember her routine of washing her face and using Noxema, reddish lipstick, powder, mascara and that’s it. Natural was always what she strived for. She is turning 99 yrs old and many people comment on how good she looks.
Wow! Thank you for sharing and for watching Helene!😊
That's just amazing! - I would really like to talk to such person. I wish a lot of health to Your mother!
@ Helene.
My mom was born in 1918 she was a red hair. Very beautiful lady and my mom wore the same on her face.My mom had gorgeous big eyes and very green the red coco Chanel lipstick she wore looks so beautiful on her.
Of course she made herself up .when my dad and mom went out.
Not a every day thing
I miss her she pass away in yr 1999
At 81yrs old.
God bless your mom.Still healthy
There is a say
May she lives till she is 120yrs old
GOD bless ❤🇨🇦
@@goodshepherd3438 Wonderful! - Be happy with your mom 💛🌟
My maternal grandmother (born in 1926 I think?) always used Jergens face cream, but she would buy hers in Mexico (we live 45 minutes from Piedras Negras, Coah, Mexico)
I just got a classic bob with a side part which I set in soft pin curls. The style looked great on my grandmother although it was out of style when she was in her 70’s until her death at 103. I have her facial features, head shape, and fine textured wavy hair. I just turned 73 and decided to try it out. I brought her photo to the salon and have gotten compliments ever since. Do I care it’s not in style? Not at all!
Good for you! Enjoy the styles you like and wear them proud. 😊 Thank you for sharing and for watching!
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I love that you did it! When I was in Jr. High we had an oldies day at school. Everyone dressed from the 50s with Bobby socks and poodle skirts but my grandmother had given me an outfit from the 1930s so I put my hair up in pin curls as you describe and wore the 30s outfit. My look was a huge hit.
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I love that you are doing your hair to make yourself happy, I bet you look wonderful!
My grandmother was a teen/young woman in the 20s. She had her face regime until she passed from the earth. However she used to tell me that her father caught her in full face makeup once & laid down the law. His daughters weren't going to look like "loose" women. They compromised & he allowed her to wear her favorite red lipstick......when she also did until the day she passed. What her father didn't know.......was that in her teens/20s grandma was a full blown flapper going into speak easys & dancing on tables. 🤣😂
Haha! Well, your grandmother sounds like quite a fun and amazing person. Thank you for stopping by, and sharing your personal story. 😊
My mother was born in 1920. I remember my grandmother always wore her made to measure corsets. But working women couldn’t afford much of the fashion we think of as 1920s. My grandmother was widowed in her 20s so life was tough. She was never able to afford skincare or make up or hairdressers. Her hair was long and waist length. She used lavender she collected from her garden to fragrance her clothes. She rubbed olive oil in her hair and skin. She knitted and sewed by hand. Luxury she said was catching the bus home after working 11 hours rather than walking!!
Wow, thank you for sharing! 😊
I wonder if she did little things to try to “cheat” to look more in line with the times. I heard some working women would alter the waistlines of her dresses or dress her hair so it looked like she had short hair (some women cut their hair in the front but kept it long in the back like a more extended fringe so they could appear to have a bob). It’s interesting how people who couldn’t afford high fashion still did things to look fashionable.
Hi Judith, I just wanted to let you know that a new 1920s fashion episode has been posted on my channel! I hope you have a great weekend!
My "classy" good girl grandmother born in 1914 used Ponds cold cream, Max Factor powder and a slick of pink lipstick. My "faster" more working class grandmother born earlier wore foundation, powder, eye pencil, cake mascara that was mixed with saliva, red rouge on her cheeks and red lipstick.
How fascinating! Thank you for sharing and watching!
We were using Ponds very often in the 1950s and 1960s...and it is still being sold because of it's quality, btw...
Used ponds Cold cream and baby oil to remove makeup on the eyes, Maybelline had just come out with mascara (brush in a tube, where's my eyelash curler) pencil and liquid eyeliner and don't forget the NOXEMA
Mabelline mascara in the red plastic case was popular.. we used tap water to wet…
In the 60s I had cake mascara that I wet with saliva. (Gross) my Aunt born in 1890 something would wet her finger and rub on the red roses on the wallpaper to color her lips and cheeks. Very inventive! Ha Ha
Ivory Soap is what my Great Aunt advised me to use when I was in my teens. I always had clear skin. Witch Hazel was nice for skin also. She bought me my first lipstick. She was so cool!
That is amazing! Thanks for sharing!!
I like Witch Hazel also. Ivory soap was inserted into my mouth in kindergarten for calling another child stupid! So I really never used the soap
I still use bars of Ivory soap in all my showers. Always have. I use Clinique face products. My mom always used them when she had gotten to my age (46) and she had the most beautiful skin. I used Olay in my younger years. My grandmother used the original Oil of Olay lotion every day and also had beautiful skin.
@@jenbingham0914 My mother as well!
My great aunt was my favorite cool relative too!
My mother, born in 1920, wore Maybelline cake mascara into her 80s. I tried it once and couldn't get the hang of it. She also applied it on her rather thick brows. She wore red rouge and red lipstick, Revlon's Fire and Ice. Her hair was set in pin curls, using flat beer, to be styled like a wreath around her head. The central portion was smooth so a hat could fit, surrounded by the border of curls. She adored Joan Crawford.
She sounds adorable! ❤ Your post made me recall my first mascara, which was a little red Maybelline cake mascara when I was about 11. It was my first experiment with makeup. It was so hard to get the knack for it. Luckily my lashes look much better today!😊. Thank you for the cute post!
She sounds delightful ❤
Yes, who you telling. My maternal grandmother and her daughter (my mother) could have been walking billboards for Maybelline pancake makeup. That stuff went on like cement !!! Had no idea how on EARTH they PEELED that stuff off at night. My grandmother had good shin. My mum...not so much.
My grandmother's mother (maternal gr-grandmother) used to slather on Coty face powder with a huge face poof - dust went flying everywhere. Then, the same face powder doubled as deodorant powder. Go Figure.
@@manuellubian5709 They removed makeup with Pond's Cold Cream. I tried it once and it was so heavy and oily.
What great content! It’s set us all thinking of the past. My grandmother was born in 1907 and married a druggist in 1926. She was 19 and he was 24. They lived right across the border from Eagle Pass Texas in Piedras Negras. For anyone who may have the misconception that everyone wore embroidered tops, skirts and huaraches ( of course nothing wrong with that attire) in her wedding portrait she’s dressed in a knee length flapper dress. It was satin and her lace veil reached her ankles. Her white shoes were Mary Jane pumps. As noted in the video her hair was the short long style to mimic a bob.
Thank you for watching and sharing your story! 😊🖤
That sounds a lot like my grandmother's wedding attire. She and my grandfather got married in rural Kansas in German farm country. I love that photo
My parents married in 1928. Mama, barely 15, but working in a glove and stocking factory. She had her wavy dark hair in a bob, and wore the little hats! She was a cutie, though! Didn’t wear much makeup, fair skin and few freckles.They eloped; popular at that time; Daddy, was about 22.
Wow! Thank you for stopping by, and sharing your personal story. 😊
My mom, who never threw anything out, still had the cake mascara. I tried it and couldn't figure out how in the world they could use it. The lipstick tasted like toxic waste, so kissable! I still have my grandmother's beaded dress from the 20s. I'm fascinated by that era and fashion history, thanks for the video!
How interesting! Thanks for watching and sharing!😊
Remember when my mom, back in the late 30's, would strike a match, allow it to cool then used it to apply on her eyebrows, etc.
Believe it or not I was still using cake mascara in the 70's. With the little brush.
My Mom still had a few clothes that my grandmother had made for herself when she was young. When I was a teenager, I was exactly the same size she was. There was one beautiful black lace dress, dropped waist with hsnderchief hem. The lace was so soft and fine that the whole dress could be pulled through my Mom's wedding ring. I just loved it. My Mom was a qualified cutter designer snd sewed beautifully, so she cut the back of the neck low and bound it. Then she cut the handkercheif hem level, so it came to just abive ny knees. She made me a black satin petticoat, that fitted like a sheath, to wear as a petticoat. It looked stunning and I wore that dress more than once and kept it in my wardrobe, even though it became too tight for me to wear. Sadly, it was stolen when our home was broken into and all my clothes were stolen, including my wedding dress. 😭
I have always loved the flapper fashions of the '20s. The sixties, with the loose shift dress and dropped waist, seemed to hark back to the '20's
@@lizeggar2421 wow...who breaks into a home to steal clothes!? that's crazy!
I'm truly surprised this doesn't have more views, it seems like the amazing kind of video that would. And ALL this work you've done really shows, thanks for making this!
Aw! That is so kind of you to say. Thank you for taking the time to watch; I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
My beautiful grandmother was a flapper girl. She made all of her clothes to include purses belts hats scarf you name it she did it. She could stop traffic with her beautify. She had sky blue eyes shiney raven black hair. Her Cherkee skin was maroon. She had long slinder fingers with a French manicure or fire engine red nail polish. She would put her artdecco earrings on the tops of her shoes to dress them up. Or make them into a clause for her flapper hatband or belt.She had a way of accerising her wardrobe. Oh the color combos I could go on forever. Hollywood wardrobe department is where she should have gone. Her and my mom's drawing talents would have been a wonderful tribute to the film 🎥 industry. She had other things she preferred. So she came and left this earthy place without the world knowing her.
@@lakotadarkclouds8222 Oh my gosh - she sounds SO COOL ! ! !😻 I wish there was a documentary abouot your grandmother. 🎞
My memories of my grandmother, and mom was adoration for their self care lady like attire. Always elegantly dressed , hair and minimum of makeup. Hats and gloves were worn. My frame of observation as to the classy looking way they dressed and acted, causes me to feel sad how women look so uncaring how they look in public. My Dad had a humor saying regarding hair styles, """ looks like they combed their hair with an Egg Beater.!!!! LOL
@@lakotadarkclouds8222 AWESOME, tribute is your grandmother. Speaking of Cherokee , l m dark skinned. As my great grand mother was also a full-blooded Cherokee Native Indian. My maternal grandfather was born under a covered wagon in Arkansas. Family history tells of my great a t grand father married her. I have pic of my grandfather with his 2 Native Cherokee sisters. One when they were young, then as they grew older. The girls were highly check boned with very black hair. However, as genetics play out, my mother was very blonde/ w blue eyes. My aunts ,her sister's, were dark complexion. I m dark complexion, my brothers are very blonde. In a sense, we are all brothers, sisters . Enjoyed your post as it brought up good memories for me .
I am in my late 50's now and was raised by my Grandmother. She had been a 1920's flapper .... But also, a top tailoress. I saw some of her evening and cocktail dresses. At her "best" to use her words, she was 5' 1" and 88lbs and constantly complemented by men on her figure - the photos seem ridiculously thin .... By her own admission, she was anorexic. She had natural copper coloured hair which was bobbed. My favourite of her dresses was a silk dance outfit. She had collected the offcuts from society dresses that she had created .... Beautiful silk satin and chiffons. The dress was green. Handkerchief point hem made of all those different green offcuts. She had then beaded the neckline, hipline, and hem points. It was stunning! Her friend was a glove maker and in the box was a beautiful satin elbow length pair. However, during the day, she wore pleated tweed or linen skirts, a white blouse, and a smart jacket or long home knit cardigan. It was important that bags and shoes matched, and a hat was worn outside. To her dying day, she wore little gloves outside.
Interesting piece and very well researched.
Wow! It is always a thrill to hear about real experiences from that time. Thank you for sharing your stories of your late Grandmother, and for watching! 😊🖤
The clothing of the twenties demanded a waifish figure. With those knee length skirts and drop waisted dresses. That's why the fashion reproductions are not always very accurate. Not many women can carry it off. It wouldn't surprise me at all, if fashionista's like your grandmother ate like birds to pull off the look. The style was unforgiving, unless you were very slim and petite.
What a great story from history, thanks for sharing with us. She sounds like a very classy lady.
I would loved to have seen that dress she made. It sounds gorgeous!
Your grandmother was surely a fine example to other women in regards to their appearance. It's a fact that strangers form immediate opinions about how to treat us according to how we look and dress. No doubt you have adopted your grandmother's lessons. How rare it is nowadays to see women with a developed sense of beauty and modesty.
In the 1970's, when I started wearing makeup, we still had cake mascara from Maybelline. Came in a hard red plastic box.
Wonderful episode! As I watched, I noticed a vanishing cream by the name of "Radior" : my spidey sense immediately popped up. Sure enough, it was as I thought a radium-infused beauty product! As much as I adore the look & couture of the 20's, I'm not unhappy I missed that "glowing" trend!!!
You'd enjoy Deborah Blum's "The Poisoner's Handbook." Although it's focused on the development of forensic toxicology, it has several chapters on toxins included in makeup of that period (lead, arsenic, and thallium, not to mention your radium). It gave me a new appreciation of the FDA.
My Grandmother was a Flapper, she went to hairdressing school, and opened several beauty parlors in Boston M she had red bobbed hair, and wore the fashionable clothes, when WW2 came started she could not get supplies for her businesses, so she went back to school and became a Baptist Minister! Her husband my Grandfather was a Merchant Marine, that traveled the World, My Dad had everything a little boy could want!
That is so cool! Thank you for sharing and watching!
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@@blancamiranda778 I love all your emojis, lol!
A Flapper to a Baptist Minister who married a Marine 😳
@@masada2828 my Grandfather, as a teenage traveled to South America, and learned to harpoon and killed Whales, Edward ROWE Snow , wrote a chapter about him " the Able Body Seaman ,Walter Alfred Willis" In the 1960's my Grandfather took the Grandchildren to a restaurant in Boston, the Blue Ship Tea Room " and ate Whale! Tasted like LIVER! What an exciting life he led, He was 6' 4" bright blue eyes and white blonde hair, And slim, with big arms to climb the up to fix the sails on the three masted ship, he died in 1969. So many story's .
I would like to step back in time when dressing classy was important. I was born in the early sixities, so I have fond memories of ladies with hats and gloves too. We need more class these days. Thanks for making this video.
Agreed! I would not want to stay in the past, but a time machine would be fun for a day. 😄 Thank you for watching, and stay tuned for a new episode coming this month.
It is up to us to bring class or whatever we want back. Well, at least I do :-D For example, it is a curious thing, what we were wearing for every day's in the '90s now is often classed as 'wedding dress' style which makes me giggle all the time. I still wear it often enough every day anyway...
Rouge was still used by many women into the 1970's. I remember my mother and my sisters and their friends all using the tiny little compacts with the thick cream rouge. It lasted forever, because they only used the tiniest dabs at a time. I haven't thought about that in such a long time!
Cream blush is the best. Seems hard to find today.
Yup
You can do it with lipstick nowadays and Besame cosmetics also makes the compact
@@Liitebulb The word "rouge" is a French word that means "red," so technically, rouge is blush and blush is rouge, regardless of formulation. Following that logic means that lipstick is a rouge for the lips, if it's color falls with the the red spectrum. Pretty cool, huh?
Elf has a putty blush that lasts forever. You only need a tiny bit
I love that you also included asian and afro american examples. Very informative and nice video! Subscribed! x
Aw! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching and subscribing. 😊🖤
Really???? Now why wouldn't she.
I believe the Radior face powder and other product (possibly a bleaching agent?) shown at 9:25 may have been some of the extremely toxic radium-based cosmetics available in the 1920s. You could do a whole segment on the poisonous elements in 1920s cosmetics to include lead, arsenic, and thallium. There are stories of women using hair-removal cream on the "moustache" on their upper lip, only to have all the hair on their head fall off! Suggested reading: "The Poisoner's Handbook" by Deborah Blum.
I remember , as a child, my Mother using a tiny compact of rouge on my face so I would healthy. I then used it in high school in the 1960's .We all used Maybelline cake mascara.
How fun! Thank you for sharing and for watching!😊
I used cake mascara and/or eyeliner around 2000. It had fewer chemicals.
At least ur mom used rouge. My mom would pinch my cheeks until they looked pink! PAIN☺️
Excellent work! 😍 I’m in the process of producing an animated film set in 1926, and it’s been a challenge to find consistent and properly researched information regarding fashion and culture from the “Roaring” 20’s. So much of what we think we know has been distorted by the lens of Hollywood over a century. Thank you for bringing greater clarity to the blurry image of the past that we thought we knew so well. You’ve already made a difference for me and my project! 🤗
Wow! That is amazing! As an artist I am particularly pleased to hear that my videos help / inspire other creative people. Thanks for commenting and for watching!
A sheer delight! You know your stuff! I was blessed with a flapper grandmother and great aunt and an artist mom, all shared with me what you covered and MORE! Thank you for the sweet memories!! Looking forward to more of your work!
Aw! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed my video Lynn. 😊 Thank you for watching!
Thanks for this.Very informative and entertaining.The 20's was one of my favorite decades. Fitzgerald is one of my favorite writers. Keep up the good work.
I was just recommended this video and your channel. I am really glad that your video came my way. I am a lover of history of all periods, and the wonderful thing about coming into the 20th century modern history, we have a much more reliable source detailing how the everyday person lived. I can tell how much time you spent in research, and I so appreciate you including African-Americans in your talk. I am definitely a new subscriber and looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Oh how wonderful!! Thank you so much for your kind words and for subscribing Charity.😊
I agree with the other comments that Coty Airspun Powder is still popular today and is great on the skin. It is also worth mentioning that as part of the Egyptian trend women took to wearing powdered kohl around their eyes. To find out more I would highly recommend the book entitled "Warpaint" by Lindy Woodhead. It is a very well researched book about the rivalry between Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Arden. It tells of how these women created their own independent businesses and developed the technology behind products and a multi-million pound industry.
Yes, Helena Rubenstein / Elizabeth Arden rivalry is pretty legendary in the beauty world. Might have to do a video on it some time, because it was quite a fascinating story.. 🤔😄 Thanks for sharing and watching Stella!
Thankyou for the recommendation 😊
I find these type of videos just endlessly fascinating. You did a really good job with integrating all the original footage. It's much better, then just being told something, with the occasional picture, to back it up.
I agree, it's nice to see lots of examples of what people are talking about. It just helps to visualize everything and lock in what is being taught. I'm glad you enjoyed my video, and thank you for watching. 😊
Hi there, I just wanted to let you know that a new 1920s fashion episode has been posted!
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Thanks, I'll check it out immediately!
@@raraavis7782 No problem!! I hope you enjoy it. 😊
A superbly presented and fascinating video. Thank you so much! Thoroughly enjoyable!
Aw! That is so kind of you to say Maryjane! Thank you for watching!
I was raised by my great-grandmother & her daughter (who never married.) They always relied on cold cream, especially at night & in the mornings. There was very little, if any makeup!
My mother had the most incredible skin I have ever seen, soft, creamy and blemish free. Obviously inheritance played a huge part but a simple beauty routine also helped. Soap and water,Cold Cream as a light moisturizer, and a light dusting of face powder. No I’ve make up but a good raspberry lipstick always! Every day before my father got home from work, this was applied as well as a dab of Chanel No. 5 💕
Wow! She sounds like she was a lovely woman! Thank you for sharing your personal story, and for watching my video. 😊🖤
I love this!!! So cool you thought to include the piece on Madame CJ Walker and other African American beauty moguls. Nicely done!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I wish more folks knew about all the amazing people like Madame CJ Walker, so I just had to share it.😊 Thank you for watching, and stay tuned for a new episode coming this month!
My grandmother was in her twenties during the 1920s. She had a lot of old make up I would look at as a child. Your video was very well done!
Glad you enjoyed my video Susan! Thank you for watching!😊
Tangee lipstick @ 18:49 is still available today. It is subtle and changes color to match the wearer's complexion. It's my favorite!
Your documentary needs to be aired on tv… just fantastic
Thank you! That is very kind of you to say.
Found this bringing back so many memories from when I dressed, had a bob and wore makeup, plus did blogs all about the 1920s and early 30s. Very well done. Loved re visiting this wonderful and fascinating period of time fashion and beauty wise.
Oh wow! I had forgotten that you used to do 20's style. Thank you for watching, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane.🖤
@@uniquelymadison 😊😚❤
Another awesome video! I am a hairstylist and haven't heard the term "spit curl" in what seems like 100 yrs! I'm not THAT old but in early 60s they were still around. And the au current 'bob' and ubiquitous haircut we see on many today is the exact bob they were doing in the 20s. You didn't mention the Gibson girl style, idk if that was 20s? But you definitely needed longer hair. In high school I worked at the pharmacy and took care of the cosmetic counter. I so remember Coty, Maybelline and Revlon and all the product and color transitions over the years. My mother's cousin's husband worked for Helena Rubenstein for many yrs. Art deco is my favorite design period for all things so I really loved your artwork, text, etc. It's actually a very clean futuristic style that never looks dated. 👍
Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences! To answer your question, the Gibson girl style was a look from the 1890s and 1900s. After WW1 the style had pretty much disappeared. 😊
Gibson girl hair style, I believe was 180 to 19 19 . I am 84 and remember seeing my grand mother, born in 1880, taking her long hair , pulling it up ward snd wrapping it around her hair and placing it un top of her head and putting long hair pins in to hold in place and a curved comb st the base of her head
This is my favorite hair style of bygone days
My era. The fifties had kim Novak as the favorite hair style and everyone I knew tried to copy it
Lster early 60"s, the flip as in Mary Tyler moore dick van dyke show
That was the most fascinating thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve been obsessed with the Victorian era, the Gilded Age, since I was tiny architecture, and this new show the gilded age on HBO is just amazing to see how people really looked and help the streets of New York read like in the 1920s unbelievable incredible thank you so much.
So exciting thank you for writing me back I have to tell you I’m so interested in what Jewish people looks like so that was like kind of the only real I could find obviously I’m jealous of it but it’s it was just incredible. I don’t know how you got that footage or if this is your work or are you obsessed with the gilded ages as well talk to me I’m so excited.
Aw! I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed my video! Thank you so much for watching, and feel free to check out part 2! 😊🖤
Hi Rachel, I just wanted to let you know that the next 1920s fashion episode has been posted on my channel! I hope you have a blessed weekend!
I always wondered why both my grandmothers in the 1920s had the same marcel wave bob when one was a farmers wife in Oklahoma and the other a factory worker in Cincinnati, Ohio. Loved learning about their hairstyles.
So glad you enjoyed Jean! Thanks for watching!
This is awesome, Madison! That compact/fan combo was pretty clever. Thank you for making another wonderful documentary! 😊👍
They certainly had a sense of fun didn't they? Thank you so much for watching and supporting my work! 🥰
@@uniquelymadison They really did! And it is my pleasure.
Yeah I loved the fan!
@@rosemaryedwards7239 Indeed! Now they just need a men's pocket watch that doubles as a bottle of fragrance or something.
Very fascinating! You made an AMAZING job... the effort and accuracy is evident.
Thank you very much for this journey into the 20s! 😊
Thank you very much! I'm so glad you enjoyed! 😊🖤 I am currently working on a new episode, so if you would like to see more feel free to come back in May.
May all this brave young ladies who dare to trend a new fashion. Rest in peace.
Whether it's to our taste (now) or not ; to each it's own.
Each decade was unique. We all have a special style.
Remember fashion repeats. And the new generation will love it.
I remember the big eye glasses frames in the 1980s. I had a pair ; I was 23 years old. THEY'RE BACK. I see so many wearing them ; I won't wear it now.
In 50s , pointy bras, as kids we called them Torpedoes lol.
Thanks for sharing, it was wonderful to see my favorite actresses.
Louise Brooks, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson, , Josephine Baker, Anna May Wong, Mary Pickford.
Be safe every one.
Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Aw, that is very sweet of you to say Eva! Thank you for watching! 😊
I still remember buying Tangee lipstick 💄 in the early 70s. It was unusual in that it changed color to suit your skin tone and always looked natural. Don't think they make it any longer. I also used vanishing cream as it was not as greasy as cold cream. It was made by Pond's, which, sadly, does not make it any longer.
If I recall you can still purchase Tangee lipsticks from the Vermont Country store, but I don't know if you can get it anywhere else. 😊 Thanks for watching.
The Vermont Country Store specializes in “no longer made” products. I know I’ve seen Tangee lipstick in their catalog, though not sure about Ponds.
@@mandyviv57 Used to use Tangee in the 60's. Bought a tube at the Vermont Country store last October for nostalgia sake.
Everything old is new again. 1920's are my favourite era for clothing, hair, makeup. etc. In fact, I wear a Bob, which I cut and style myself, at home.
Awesome Witney! I cut my hair at home too.. It is pretty nice to have your own hair salon open 24/7 😄 Thanks for watching!
Laughing, ohh my goodness, thought l was the only one """ cutting their own hair". Bob style at that. Thanks for sharing!
This was an incredibly well researched and beautifully presented. Thank you for including info about women of colour. Fascinating!
I'm so glad you enjoyed my work Victoria! Thank you for your kind comment and for watching .
Madison, I don’t know how to express my joy with this amazing video! Oh my, the research, and editing process had to take days. I learned some wonderful facts, and especially loved your kind comments concerning women of color, how beautiful every single person is! I chuckled over the bobbed hair, and not going to heaven......🤗 I’ve had short hair for forever, I appreciated that sweet truth! I love you, and congratulations on a job well done!
Aw! I'm trilled to hear that you liked this so much Ms. Cindy! Yes, the whole process took about 4 months.
I found the bobbed hair controversy pretty funny too. Seems a bit like straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel if you ask me. 😄Sending lots of love you all! And thank you for watching!🥰
My grandmother used to tell us how she and her sisters cut off their hair without permission and then tried to hide it from their parents so they wouldn't get in trouble! It really was a big deal back then.
My mother, born in 1919, always used lipstick as rouge and my sister and I, born in 1952 and 1948, did as well. I still do sometimes. I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you.
I'm so glad you enjoyed my video! Thank you for sharing a little bit of family history, and for watching!😊
You are awesome!! I just knew, I mean I was CONVINCED you were not going to talk about black women in this video. Thank so much for being inclusive and proving me wrong because this almost NEVER happens. I think to myself when watching videos like this, damn, did we exist then? I'm pretty sure we did! Thank you 🙂
I'm thrilled you enjoyed the video. :) It's a joy doing the research and including everybody! To see how the styles of the time were expressed through different individuals and backgrounds is such a special experience. 🖤
Thank you for watching Tamiko!
I agree, Tamiko! I've always enjoyed seeing all the women of that era, gorgeously made up and dressed. And dancing! This was a wonderful presentation. Thanks!
I really enjoyed your research in this video. Thank you for making the video, and especially for including information on the diversity of shades, color choices, and skin tone approaches - - or lack there of. It was quite informative.
Aw! I'm so glad you enjoyed my video Kim! Thank you for your kind words and for watching!😊🖤
Vermont Country Store still sells Tangee makeup as well as many older brands impossible to find elsewhere. Clearly Vidal Sassoon was inspired by the 20s severe bob! Now I want to get my hair cut short for summer. Long, twirly banana curls look so tired now, especially on older women.
I remember the mascara that was in cake form. It was still available in the 60's...Maybelline I believe. I was always teased about my pale white skin; can't tan and burn in the shade. If I want a tan I have to paint it on and it looks weird.
The first mascara I bought was that cake form. I'm not sure I figured out how to use it. I started wearing makeup in the '60's.
It is available now as well. Some brands make it.
This is a very interesting video. I learned a lot from it.
I always wondered how women in the 1900's, 1930's, 1940's, 1960's, 1970's and 1980's what type of beauty products the used for their face and hair.
So glad you enjoyed my video. Thank you for watching!
I loved watching this video!!!! It's so nice to go past the 20s stuff we've heard so much of it puts us to sleep and see the brands and forms makeup products took.
Hi Madison, I absolutely love your video. My Grandma went through her teens in the 1920s. I wish I could have asked her more questions on things like makeup. etc. I have a bob and so I really identify with this. Even in this day I get criticism for having short hair which I have had all of my life, some things never change. I have a photo of my Grandma from this time with her waved bob. She told me once that was the shortest she ever had it. My Grandma was not vampy but very fashionable and I have several photos of her in the styles of the day. Thank you for this video. I cant wait until the next one and I look forward to it! Have a wonderful weekend!! xx Becki
Hi Becki!!!
The whole short hair thing seemed so silly. I'm saddened to hear that you have received criticism because of it. Seems a bit like straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel if you ask me. I would love to see pictures of your Grandma sometime, if you feel like sharing them. :)
Thank you for watching and for your support! God bless! 🖤
It’s just well norms change but not everyone likes short hair
@@uniquelymadison I think women fall into 2 categorizes regarding hair. Short hair or long hair. Through Centuries, women's " Glory" was her hair . 17 months ago I had serious COVID and pneumonia, and was hospitalized almost a month. Because of oxygen deprivation I lost about half of my long hair, mostly the back half of my head.coukdnt believe how upset I was about it, and how much my self esteem and identity was tied up with my hair! It took me ages to stop grieving and fretting about it. I've spent quite a bit of money on to regrow and preserve it. Really had to confront my vanity. . I'm lucky to still be alive instead of worrying about my hair.. I see women with buzz cuts, and admire their bravery to cut it!!
I got a lot of enjoyment out of this video Madison! The twenties are probably my favorite decade for fashion and I could never understand why modern interpretations would absolutely ruin everything nice about it to make it look so modern and ugly and something that it completely is not, but then there are a lot modern trends that I can never quite understand. Your video is so informative and entertaining to watch and I have learned something new about every topic that you covered! I loved learning about the different kinds of cosmetics and skin care used and I particularly liked how you addressed the fact that not every woman would have worn makeup just because it was trendy. It seems that every time I talk with someone about trends from the past they think that everyone would have followed them, when really there were women who may not have liked or believed in those particular fads, just like today. I also thought that those ideas about bobs were funny. Imagine being afraid to cut your hair lest you might die or get a divorce! Also, some of the kindest, Godliest women I know have short hair. Thank you for making such great content for people to watch, this video really cheered me up when I was sick. God bless and take care!💕
I'm thrilled you enjoyed this video Madison!! It truly is a shame how few people really know about the past, and that modern filmmakers don't always care about doing it justice. I'm grateful for viewers like you who are so supportive and interested in learning something new. Thank you for watching and commenting! 🥰 Praying you feel better soon, and God bless.
Lived up to expectations.... Excellent, well thought out and presented...
Thank you kindly!
I love that you took your time on this subject and didn’t try to cram an entire decade of style into a 10 minute video. I love the details so please always take your time.
I agree sometimes it's nice to really take a deep dive into a subject. I'm glad you enjoyed my video, and thank you so much for watching. 😊
AMAZING video Madison!!! I cant even imagine the amount of research this took, especially to find the images and clips!
My commentary as I WATCH:
Is that a fan compact at 8:06?!! I NEED THAT
For the past 2 days I started doing my eyebrows a bit thinner and rounder because I have really strong facial angles and I am hoping that the rounder eyebrows will soften things up a bit (Similar to what you said about enhancing the roundness of the face).... and its taking everything in me right now to not grab my tweezers 😂 haha these women look SO beautiful with the thinner brows. Oh to look like a 1920s ad illustration ! haha.
I need to find that short story by Fitzgerald!! I'm dying at doctors saying that women who cut their hair would go bald... all of the controversy surrounding the bob was hilarious because its so ridiculous !
Ahhh I'm so happy you liked it Carolina!!! I hope you find the right eyebrow style for you. You look great either way. ☺🖤 Thanks for watching and for sharing it.
That pencil thin brow though, is not practical or natural to do. Once you pluck those eye brows many times they don’t grow back. As you age, your brows naturally become thinner & start to turn gray/ white. Many times what women really did, was shave their natural brows off & just draw them back on, which, when you think about it, makes no sense. Fashion Models have the problem of a half brow from when they used to have half of it shaved off to change the shape by professional makeup artists for fashion shows.
@@NatalieG427 My mom has always warned me against over-plucking my eyebrows, because she and many women of her generation overdid it in their youth, and ended up with very spotty eyebrows in their old age. 🙀Shaving is okay, though - it doesn't damage the hair follicles, because you're not pulling the hair out from the roots.
I really enjoyed this. So much footage and stunning images. The advertising back then was an art in self. Thank you 🌺
I'm so happy you enjoyed my work! 😊 Thanks for watching. I have several other episodes, so please feel free to check those out too.
Thanks Madison! This is wonderful. So much I did not know and funny too. 😊
Thank YOU for watching! ✨🖤✨
I agree! Not enough people have mentioned how you lighten the mood with well placed humor, Madison! 😀
My favorite lipstick is Revlon cherries in the snow..it’s an oldie but goody!
That is one of my favorites lipsticks too. 😊
My grandmother was born in 1901. The family pictures I have she was fashionable with her clothes in the 1920's but her mother my great grandmother still wore floor length dresses and kept her long hair in a tight bun.
That is so cool! Thanks for sharing. :)
Great documentary. I learnt a lot. Well researched. Love all the pictures and posters, the 1920's background music is great! I love this era. I love the Egyptian influence on make-up. Thanks
I'm so glad you enjoyed my video!😊Thanks for watching!
@@uniquelymadison I t was a pleasure. Thanks
Thats was very enjoyable and informative. I appericate all the research you've done.
Wish I could have some of that old advertising and cosmetic cases. 💐
So glad you enjoyed my work Melanie!😊🖤
Wonderful presentation, very informative. And I love the first song "Nola" My dad played that and learned that from a family menber who grew up in the 1920's. Get memories Thank you
Aw, how delightful! I have enjoyed "Nola" for a long time, and it's so sweet that you have some special memories connected to it. 😊🖤 Thank you for watching Kimberly, and please feel free to check out part 2!
I enjoyed this so very much! Thank you for all your hard work, research, production and very pleasant voice and enunciation. Well done. Looking forward to more.
Aw! That is so kind of you to say Marcia. Thank you for watching and for your sweet words, I truly appreciate it!
Whoever created this video deserves credit for the incredible footage used. It was really enjoyable. ❤
That is very kind of you! I do everything by myself from footage sourcing to research to recording and editing. Thank you for watching. :)
Very interesting. I never saw the nail painting technique you described before.
It is quite a unique look isn't it? Thanks for watching!
That was so well done! Thank you.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching, and stay tuned for Episode 5! 😊
I remember in the 70s when the clean look by revlon and others was introduced. No more eyeliner, no more blush, pale or invisible lip stick etc., I even remember the models on tv talking about it. Light eye shadow, mascara, foundation, some powder for the natural look. 180 turn from the 60s!!
Indeed! Amazing how looks can change so drastically from one decade to another! Thanks for watching Amanda!
I was in my 20s in the seventys. I wasn't into the natural look, the hairy legs and armpits. I lived in Oregon amongst lots of "Hippys" I was the odd friend who still wore makeup and shaved my legs and pits. Ha Ha
My grandmother was a flapper girl when she was young. She plucked her eyebrows so much that she had almost none by the time I knew her. I used to watch her draw her brows on, and I still remember the way she put on her lipstick so she got that distinct cupid's bow. She didn't update her makeup look at all in her life, though she did update the kinds of products she used, of course.
How delightful! Thank you for sharing and for watching.
Hi there, I just wanted to let you know that a new 1920s episode has been posted! 😊
My grandmother was still drawing her eyebrows on at 80. It was a little tricky.
What a great information video you did. I loved the old time music you played. I will now watch more of your videos.
Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed it and are going to watch more of my content! Thank you for watching. 🖤😊
I still use Ponds cold crème, witch hazel, and Arpege perfume. Maybe a touch of Tangee lipstick. I have very sensitive skin and can’t wear foundation or eye makeup.
Thank you! This reminded me of an essay I did in high school on fashion in the 1920s. I interviewed my Great Grandmother as a reference because she was in her 20s during the 1920s. In class, we read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, thus the 1920s theme. I LOVE listening to family history, so it was natural that I asked Grandma if she'd tell me about her fashion in the 20s. Of course her regime was far simpler as a daughter, then wife of a farmer. Her stories were not so tame though. (wink) She and her siblings were known as quite the (fun) partiers in their county. One winter night, the brother had left the girls at a party. The girls stayed longer than they were supposed to so they had to cut through the swamp to get home, in bed before their Ma would check their beds. By the time they got home, the button holes had frozen shut and none of them could remove their shoes. They were lucky it had just been the holes that had frozen and not their feet. Oh, I earned a top grade with extra credit. My teacher had been impressed that I thought to use my great grandmother as a reference resource. Evidently, in all her years as a teacher, no one thought to use a family member or a live person who lived the experience of the subject. Other family members gave me great information in other projects and assignments as well. With the richness of my family's history, I'd have been stupid to not ask the ones who lived it.
Wow! What amazing stories you must have! And I'm so glad to hear that you took the time to listen and even write an essay on your family and their experiences. Preserving family history is such an important thing that I feel is a dying tradition in the West. Thank you for watching and sharing your piece of history with us.😊
@@uniquelymadison Thank you. I wish I were a better writer. I think my family has given me some great romance and a few action story ideas. Fishing boat Captains in Lake Michigan, a nurse who was almost a Catholic Nun but couldn't take her final vow, legal land squatters, French Fur Trader, farmers, a tiny part in the American shoe sole history, creator of special hand-made shoes, loggers, a small part in bowling pin evolution, a part in the creation of a lifesaving pump used for gut-shot gunshot victims, a convict who whittled himself a key and walked out of prison only to get as far as his sister's who refused to help him unless he turned himself in, one of many of the unheard of heroes of WWII, a man so determined to live, a doctor met him in hospital room only minutes after arrival, just to shake the hand of the man who had survived so many things in his life, that the doctor hadn't even had time to get through half of his medical records but couldn't believe he was still alive and had to see the man for himself... The list goes on.
I've always been fascinated by fashion and beauty from this era. This video was super informative on the truth vs. the Hollywood stereotype of the flapper. Thank you for this.
I'm glad you enjoyed my work. Thank you for watching.😊
i never knew of the white half-moon and white nail tip style of the twenties. But i do recall being a child in the ‘50s and seeing an older women when i entered a house to trick-or-treat. The woman had two round patches of rouge. As i child i knew she was wearing an outdated style from her past ..way out of style…Now, as an older woman myself, i wonder if i am at times wearing makeup, clothing or hair styles that i don’t realize are clearly passé
It's okay because everything comes back around. The present generation and future ones will just think you are/were way ahead of your time! LOL. So your cool. 😁
Completely agree with @MsTheUndone . And even if something is considered "out of date", if you enjoy it then it is your right to enjoy it to the fullest. 😊🖤
Brow bands and headbands of the 20s era are a very sexy look. I started wearing bohemian styled bands in recent months. I love them because you don't have to do much with your hair, but the bands make it look more stylish.
My mom and my grandmother both used products that had lead cadmium red dye that were all toxic. I sometimes wonder if this is what caused her to get ovarian cancer. She died at 45 years old. My mom only wore red lipstick and so did her sister. My grandmother wore Cotys make up and powder and lipstick. That’s what I also wore. But I also used cover girl,maybelline,eventually I switched to revlon which I still use. I am now 70. But I don’t look my age. I look 20 which is shocking. A lot of guys hit on me who are in their 20s
Thank you so much Madison, that was insanely fascinating
So glad you enjoyed my video Alex! Thanks for watching! 😊👍
I enjoyed your video, I like historical things and your knowledge of the subject is great.
So glad to hear you enjoyed Rich! Thanks for watching!
You should cover CJ Walker if you haven’t already. Her story is amazing.
My grandfather was in vaudeville, so he used a lot of cake makeup, set with potato starch, and removed with Ponds. I don’t know much about grandma’s makeup for Ice Capades.
Yes, I have so many stories to cover but Mrs. Walker is on the list for sure. Thank you for sharing your personal story, and for watching. 😊
This was a fascinating documentary! I subscribed and happily look forward to more! 👍
I'm so glad you enjoyed my work! Thank you for watching and subscribing. 😊
Fun, informative video. I am amazed that I am familiar with much of this. My mum was from this era, though, so I suppose I learnt about a lot of it via osmosis. I am a senior now, and I have not worn makeup in many years. I stopped wearing it as soon as I retired, and I do not miss it one single bit. Looking back over my life, I am sorry I did not defy convention and never wear it at all. A little lip rouge is always nice, but aside from that, if I had it to do all over again, I would not wear makeup. I think most women will eventually come t realise it was a waste of money and a burden to worry about all of that. Eating well, lots of exercise, and good sleep each night is all you really need to look your best.
Glad you enjoyed my video! Thank you for sharing and for watching!😊
This video was so facinating, fun and informative. Thanks Madison !
Thank you very much for watching! Have a blessed day. :)
I enjoyed this so much! Well organized and articulated; informative and enlightening. I am a 20's era aficionado and enjoy reading nonfiction in the genre. So Absolutely 💯 great work!!! 👍
TY! 😁😁😁💌👀🤳
Aw, I'm so glad that you enjoyed my video! Thank you for watching! 😊
My Grandma had been a flapper. They were kind of wild. My mom did that lipstick for blush thing sometimes.
How cool! Thanks for sharing and watching!😊
thank you for this. Informative, beautifully presented and quite fascinating!
Thank you for watching! 😊
✨Thank you dearly for welcoming diversity in your videos! Lovely historical fashion content! 😍✨
It is truly a joy for me to do so Iruka! I'm so happy you enjoyed my video! Thank you for watching!😊🖤
I own a beautiful little powder compact that is a gold metal color, the top is done with a brown mother of pearl/shell which is not smooth but not likely to snag material either, in the center is a rhinestone that has never lost clarity. Inside it has a very nice little mirror & a door that housed loose powder & a fine dusting cloth of a puff. It also had a matching ciggarett case which I gifted to my sister who has long passed so I have no idea what became of it but she used it for her rollies for quite awhile! The quality of items like this were so nice & meant to last!
How amazing! I love hearing people's personal stories and experience. Thank you for sharing and for watching!😊
My grandma was born in 1904. I have her photo book that spans the first 30 years of her life. In her 80's she wore powder, blush, and lipstick only, and my grandpa bought her signature fragrance, Chanel #5, every Christmas. My favorite story is when women were allowed to vote and how all the ladies in her family dressed in their Sunday best to vote.
That is amazing Kristen! Thank you for stopping by, and sharing your personal story. 😊
I'm doing research on the 1920s and this is fantastic. Thank you!
I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching! I have a new episode on 20s fashion coming next week, by the way. 😊
@@uniquelymadison I see that =)
My mother who lived to 99 used dove soap, ponds cleansing cream, original olay pink bottle and same brand of cleansing cream in a ponds thick cream still available today. She never was in the sun!!! I have her flapper dress.
How fun! Thanks for sharing and for watching! 😊
As a historian I think this is excellent material and very well done! Thank you!
I am honored and glad that you enjoyed my work. Thank you for your kind comment and for watching!
I love your videos. I love vintage styles. Thankyou.
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching! 🙂
I have short hair/bangs in the front and wear it very long in the back, just like the ladies mentioned in this video. I love the diversity it offers. Excellent video! I’ll have to check out the other content you offer. I love getting inspiration for my style through history.
How cool!! I 'm glad you enjoyed my video, and I hope you enjoy the rest of my content too. 😊 Thanks for watching!
Liked and shared. I have fabric artist friends who also find this topic fascinating.
Agree with your comment on skin tone. As an artist, I prefer to emphasize uniquity over conformity. Differences are exotica, mere points of pleasant contemplation.
Thanks for watching and sharing William!
Great video! Needs more views and bless you for being so inclusive!
Thank you very much! That is very kind of you. 😊
Looking forward to this.... I know its going to be a good at what men Really wore in the 1920's.... which is my go to video presentation on the subject...
Thank you!
The photos were great.... thank you for a very edifying video!! 😁👏
Glad you enjoyed my video! Thank you for watching!
I love the 1920's fashion! So elegant and glamorous
Indeed! Thanks for watching!😊
Beautifully presented the research the photographs and the dulcet sweet voice that seems to come as an inspiration of the past. Perfectly lovely.
Aw! That is so sweet of you to say Sapphire Eagle! :") Thank you very much for your kind words, and for watching! 🖤
Thank you for including the beauty of, and challenges Black women had in that era.