Angelica Photography

Hello dear readers,

my wonderful friend and super talented photographer, Maja Topčagić / Angelica Photography from Bihać - Bosnia and Hercegovina, recently asked me to take photos with her and I, of course, said yes. She is not only a talented photographer but also a wonderful person. Additionally, she has been extremely accommodating and easy to work with. You can see more of her work on her facebook page. Can't wait to work with her again!!!

Here are the photos we've done.

I'm wearing my 1930's black pencil skirt with pleated ends, the 1940's floral Whirlaway Frocks blouse, Cloche 1920's hat, 1920's T-strap shoes, black 1950's hat, fur fox stole, Nerzstola, Mink fur jacket and black 1950's gloves. Every piece of this is - vintage.

"We are born at a given moment, in a given place, and like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season in which we are born." said Carl Gustav Jung. It makes no sense to say it about currently living people, really. I can only say it about history. Any period would suit me! I am a history geek and I am infatuated with any time period, but I belong in the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's and 1950's. It’s funny, people have always told me I was born in the wrong time period. I’ve thought about this a lot, what other time period I would live in. I love the Roaring 1920's: Being a flapper, guys, and getting the right to vote, and cars and all those exciting things. I also love the 1930's. Even if it was the Great Depression, there was amazing culture. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Follies left and right, George and Ira Gershwin, and let’s not forget 1939, the greatest single year in film history. I probably love the 1940's and 1950's most – wartime and postwar world is fascinating. I adore big band music and swing dancing, and some of my favorite movies came out suring this decade. And love seemed so real and genuine.  That’s the main problem I have with life today: how complex and unemotional things have become. With all the advancing technology, as great as it is for things like health care, it’s really driven a wedge in person-to-person contact. It has fostered a time where people don’t dream or fantasize or believe in anything they can’t see or touch. People in general seem to have lost reverence for the humanities, for literature and art and history. Young people especially have lost a sense of common decency and kindness towards others. The world is so instant-gratification-oriented. Everyone is so impatient. Time is so fleeting because people don’t stop to appreciate a moment, they’re always rushing and so busy looking ahead to the future. I would just like to go back to simpler times, when the world wasn’t so convoluted with texting and computers. I’d rather send a letter than a text message. I’d rather stand in a field and breathe sweet air and look up into the night sky and see the beautiful stars, instead of standing on a concrete street corner and breathing in exhaust fumes and looking up into the sky filled with smog that man put there. I just want to live in a time where a moment still meant something.

I love this quote by the wonderful 1930's lady from the blog Tea of the Vintage Baroness - she said:

"I don't wear vintage to get the compliments and those who would judge mean so little to me that as long as I feel like I am putting my best foot forward and expressing my true self, then I am a happy gal."- Tea of the Vintage Baroness

With love,

Idda van Munster

1950s Pageboy hairstyle. Summer wind. Elegant headscarf.

Hello readers,

I have cut my hair - from the ever so lovely Miss Angel. She is really marvel - gave me a great cut which really helps the setting process.
For this set, I’m using a lesson from the queen of the long pageboy:  Lauren Baccall.

New hair cut.

Hairstyles have continued to evolve over the last century with every decade coming up with a new look liked by or worn by most of the men and women of that time. Like today’s style is more of a straight and sleek look, back in 1950s the looks were more youthful, glamorous and trendy with the people trying to develop a new style every day. It was an era of innovative and aureate hairstyles some of which even today inspire hair artists. 1950s was the time of peace and freedom. With the war coming to an end, people had more time to care for themselves and try out new looks. The time and the free environment made 1950s to be a glamorous era with rock'n'roll and the baby boom at its height. All this glamour introduced bold, youthful looks with some trendy, short and curly hairstyles for both men and women.

Retro Pageboy hairstyle: If you are in love with this feminine 1950s hairstyle, then you can recreate this style at home.

A lot of women had their hair in shorter lengths, such as shoulder length, so that they were able to curl their hair under and into the popular pageboy hairstyle. Today, rockabilly pin-up ladies all over are trying to achieve the pageboy hairstyle once again.

I hope this helped anyone who is interested!

I just perfected this technique and it changed my life!

Supplies needed: large hot rollers, comb, haircomb bobby pins or clips, hairspray, pomade.

Step 1: Begin with hair pre-curled, preferably by pin-curls for best results.

Step 2: Gently start to brush out the curls, from the underneath layer. Brushing out curls takes some practice, so do not be discouraged if for the first few times, your curls wind up frizzy and useless. Try, try again.

Step 3:  Still brushing at the underneath layer, transition from brushing out the curls to brushing in a winding motion (mostly at the ends of the hair), to create the curl that we know as the "Pageboy". Do it too much, and the curl starts to fall out completely, but do it too little and the curl stays very high (which could be the desired effect, in some cases).

 Step 4: Style your bangs. Top reason why the Pageboy was so popular in it's time, was because of it's versatility. The versatility lies within the bang section of the hairstyle. For example, you could: Part and pin it at the sides, for a youthful look. Or part it at the side, but let it hang freely, for a sultry glamorous look. A center part is good for certain facial shapes, such as a face-shape that is too round. Or be creative, by styling the bangs into victory rolls or a "Pompadour".

  Step 5: Finish off the look with a little hair spray. I prefer to spray the underneath layer and brush it through one last time. This gives it much hold, but makes it look as though you aren't wearing any product at all, because it is all hidden underneath.

Enjoy your new hair-do as me!

Big thanks to my friend for this wonderful photos

© Safet Hadzimusic

I have no idea what speaks more vintage elegance than a headscarf. Everybody from Vivien Leigh to Marilyn Monroe wore them, especially in convertibles (you know the routine, enter the car with flawless hair, exit with anything but... however, a headscarf helps you retain your hairstyle).

Headscarf and sunglasses is a inseparable attributes for me.

With love,

Idda van Munster