Dita Von Teese is widely known for her burlesque shows and pin up style. As a fact, her gamourous pin up make looks really stunning as it is inpired by 50's fashion. Actually, you can create the makeup easily as it is shown in the video.
Showing posts with label 50s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 50s. Show all posts
Friday, February 24, 2012
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
50's inspired vintage makeup
If you want to create a real vintage look, 50's makeup would definately help you to do that. It is an elegant and feminine makeup, which emphasize the eyes. In addition, the red lips make the whole retro look completed and look really fashionable even these days.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Eartha Kitt 50s star
Kitt was born Eartha Mae Keith on a cotton plantation in the town of North, South Carolina, a small town in Orangeburg County near Columbia, South Carolina.
Kitt began her career as a member of the Katherine Dunham Company and made her film debut with them in Casbah (1948). A talented singer with a distinctive voice, her hits include "Let's Do It", "Champagne Taste", "C'est si bon", "Just an Old Fashioned Girl", "Monotonous", "Je cherche un homme", "Love for Sale", "I'd Rather Be Burned as a Witch", "Uska Dara", "Mink, Schmink", "Under the Bridges of Paris", and her most recognizable hit, "Santa Baby", which was released in 1953. Kitt's unique style was enhanced as she became fluent in the French language during her years performing in Europe. Her English-speaking performances always seemed to be enriched by a soft French feel. She had some skill in other languages too, which she demonstrates with finesse in many of the live recordings of her cabaret performances.
Kitt began her career as a member of the Katherine Dunham Company and made her film debut with them in Casbah (1948). A talented singer with a distinctive voice, her hits include "Let's Do It", "Champagne Taste", "C'est si bon", "Just an Old Fashioned Girl", "Monotonous", "Je cherche un homme", "Love for Sale", "I'd Rather Be Burned as a Witch", "Uska Dara", "Mink, Schmink", "Under the Bridges of Paris", and her most recognizable hit, "Santa Baby", which was released in 1953. Kitt's unique style was enhanced as she became fluent in the French language during her years performing in Europe. Her English-speaking performances always seemed to be enriched by a soft French feel. She had some skill in other languages too, which she demonstrates with finesse in many of the live recordings of her cabaret performances.
Awards and nominationswiki
Awards
1960 Hollywood Walk of Fame – 6656 Hollywood Boulevard.[20]
2001 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting by a Female Performer in a Featured Film – The Emperor's New Groove
2007 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production – The Emperor's New School
2007 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – The Emperor's New School
2008 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production – The Emperor's New School
2008 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – The Emperor's New School
Nominations
1966 Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama – I Spy
1978 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical – Timbuktu!
1996 Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Living Single
2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical – The Wild Party
2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – The Wild Party
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Yvonne DeCarlo
The break came in 1945 playing the lead role in Salome, Where She Danced. Though not a critical success, was a favorite of the box office, and De Carlo was hailed as a up-and-coming star. In the role, which is less secure its entry saying, "I have come through these beaded curtains, wearing a Japanese kimono and Japanese head, and then made a Siamese dance. Nobody seemed to know why. "
In 1947 he played his first leading role in Slave Girl and then in 1949 had his greatest success. As the female lead opposite Burt Lancaster in Criss Cross, made the role of a femme fatal, and his career began to ascend.
The 1957 film of the band Angels offered its opposite Clark Gable in a history of the American Civil War, along with Sidney Poitier and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
For the coming years, she was constantly working, although many of the films have to advance their careers.
Cast in The Ten Commandments (1956) in a leading role (as Zipporah, also written Sephora, the wife of Moses), De Carlo was part of a great success. The film was a great success and De Carlo was one of those who was praised for his work restricted.
Madingos šukuosenos
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Bess Myerson
Bess Myerson the first Jewish woman to win the Miss America pageant.

She appeared on various television shows in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1970s and '80s, she was involved in New York City politics.wiki
From 1958 through 1967, she was a panelist on I've Got a Secret. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Myerson enjoyed a successful television career as a TV personality, actress and commercial pitchwoman for a myriad of popular products.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Lingerie Girdle 1950s
Lingerie Girdle introduced by Christion Dior to go with the new tight form fitting sheath dresse
Glamour girl, opera gloves and red rose, gold jewelry and makeup...
1950s legs
Glamour girl, opera gloves and red rose, gold jewelry and makeup...
1950s legs
Monday, July 27, 2009
Gia Scala
She studied acting at night and made appearances on some radio shows and television quiz shows. At the end of 1954 an agent had her tested for the role of Mary Magdalene in a movie which was to be made called The Gallileans. She did not get the part but was signed to contracts by both Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures in Hollywood. Using the stage name "Gia Scala", she made her motion picture debut in 1955. wiki
Scala made frequent appearances on American television shows during the 1960s. Shows in which she appeared include Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960-1961), Convoy, The Rogues, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twelve O'Clock High (1965), Tarzan (NBC series) (1967), and It Takes a Thief (1969).
The tall, green-eyed brunette received wide recognition for her performance as the mute, mysterious Greek resistance figher "Anna" in the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, which starred Gregory Peck. Miss Scala's successful career began to deteriorate as a result of a growing alcohol dependency and she was eventually let go from her studio contract. Her marriage to stockbroker Donald Burnett ended in divorce.
Scala made frequent appearances on American television shows during the 1960s. Shows in which she appeared include Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960-1961), Convoy, The Rogues, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twelve O'Clock High (1965), Tarzan (NBC series) (1967), and It Takes a Thief (1969).
Thursday, May 21, 2009
1950s Hairstyles for Short Hair
A 1950s pin-up hairstyle for short hair can be achieved using traditional setting methods, such as finger waves or pin curls, which can be set the night before and pinned in place in the morning.
Gift Baskets
Create a retro '50s hairstyle for short hair with beauty advice from a professional hair stylist in this free video on hair care.
Gift Baskets
Create a retro '50s hairstyle for short hair with beauty advice from a professional hair stylist in this free video on hair care.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Dorothy Lamour - American motion picture actress.
She is probably best-remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies co-starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
n 1936, she moved to Hollywood and began appearing regularly in films for Paramount Pictures. The role that made her a star was Ulah (a sort of female Tarzan) in The Jungle Princess (1936). She wore a sarong, which would become associated with her, and captivated many viewers with her sensuous exotic attractive appearance. While she first achieved stardom as a sex symbol, Lamour also showed talent as both a comic and dramatic actress. She was among the most popular actresses in motion pictures from 1936 to 1952.
Dorothy Lamour starred in a number of movie musicals and sang in many of her comedies and dramatic films as well, introducing a number of standards including "The Moon of Manakoora", "I Remember You", "It Could Happen to You", "Personality", and "But Beautiful". Lamour's film career petered out in the early 1950s and she began a new career as a nightclub entertainer and occasional stage actress. In the 1960s she returned to the screen for secondary roles in three films and became more active in the legitimate theater, headlining a road company of Hello Dolly! for over a year near the end of the decade.
n 1936, she moved to Hollywood and began appearing regularly in films for Paramount Pictures. The role that made her a star was Ulah (a sort of female Tarzan) in The Jungle Princess (1936). She wore a sarong, which would become associated with her, and captivated many viewers with her sensuous exotic attractive appearance. While she first achieved stardom as a sex symbol, Lamour also showed talent as both a comic and dramatic actress. She was among the most popular actresses in motion pictures from 1936 to 1952.
Dorothy Lamour starred in a number of movie musicals and sang in many of her comedies and dramatic films as well, introducing a number of standards including "The Moon of Manakoora", "I Remember You", "It Could Happen to You", "Personality", and "But Beautiful". Lamour's film career petered out in the early 1950s and she began a new career as a nightclub entertainer and occasional stage actress. In the 1960s she returned to the screen for secondary roles in three films and became more active in the legitimate theater, headlining a road company of Hello Dolly! for over a year near the end of the decade.
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