Hopefully the classic Movie Stars reflected in the mirrors of the lovely vanities and dressing tables will inspire you to create some pretty vanity vignettes for the Vanity for Humanity book! Display your perfume bottles, powder puffs, hand mirrors, jewelry, trinkets, makeup, add some flowers, and anything else that brings a sparkle to your eyes!
Claudia at The Paris Apartment is still collecting photos to be included in the "Vanity for Humanity" book that will support others through Habitat for Humanity. Send your photos to her email address at theparisapartment@yahoo.com. Include as many photos and different looks as you like! Be sure to check out the blogs where I found many of the amazing photos below by clicking on the Movie Star's name too!
Rita Hayworth (1918 - 1987) as Gilda in her first motion picture.
A look back at fashion in the '50s, music is "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes via You Tube from Torevalore05.
Angie Dickinson (1931 - living) - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Anita Page (1910 - 2008) - Photo via Allure
Arlene Dahl (1928 - living) - Photo via Starlet Showcase. She is the mother of Lorenzo Lamas.
Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990) - Photo via The Happy Wanderer on Flickr
Barbara Pepper (1915 - 1969) - Photo via Rantings of a Modern Day Glamour Girl
Bebe Daniels (1901 - 1971) in "Maltese Falcon" - Photo via Atavism from Rad Nauseam
Bebe Daniels (1901 - 1971) - Photo via Things and Other Stuff
Brooke Adams (1949 - living) in "Cuba" - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Claudette Colbert (1903 - 1996) - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Colleen Moore (1900 - 1988) - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Jane Russell (1921 - living) - Photo via Olive Rue
Check out Olive Rue's blog for some glamorous movie stars and boudoirs from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Jeanette MacDonald (1903 - 1965) - Photo from New Movie Magazine, Jan 1931 via Allure
Joan and Jayne - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Joan Crawford (1905 - 1977) - Photo by New Movie Magazine, Jan 1931 via Allure
Judy Garland (1922 - 1969) - Photo via TheJudyRoom.com
Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) - Photo via Allure
Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) in "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) -
Photo via Ultra Style
Leila Hyams (1905 - 1977) - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Lotte Lorring (1893 - 1939) - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)
Mae West (1893 - 1980) - Photo via Dr. Macro's High Quality Movie Scans
Mirion Shilling (1910 - 2004) - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Martine Carol (1920 - 1967) - Photo via Film Noir Photos
Melina Mercouri (1920 - 1994) in "Phaedra" (1962) - Photo via Film Noir Photos
Miriam Hopkins (1902 - 1972) - Photo via Allure
Myrna Loy (1905 - 1993) in "The Barbarian" (1933) - Photo via Film Noir Photos
Nancy Kwan (1939 - living) - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Norma Shearer (1902 - 1983) in "Empty Hands" (1924)
Sue Carol (1906 - 1982) - Photo via Life Magazine in 1938 - Look at her ostrich feather shoes!
Susan Hayward (1917 - 1975) - Photo via Art, Movies, Wood and WhatNot
Susannah York (1941 - living) - Photo via Film Noir Photos
Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968) - Photo via Film Noir Photos
Valerie Hobson (1917 - 1998), Martita Hunt (1900 - 1969) and Tony Wagner in "Great Expectations (1946)
Yvonne De Carlo (1922 - 2007) - Photo via Starlet Showcase
Ziegfeld Girl in Mirror - Photo via Starlet Showcase
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close up!"
Gloria Swanson (1899 – 1983) in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950)
(Over dramatic yes, but I just had to include it!)
ps. I'll be back to fill in the missing links...
OMG. I NEED a mirror like those! I think that is just the most glamorous thing, those big ornate mirrors. I'd just sit there and brush my hair all day too, if I had one of those. Great post. Those are absolutely fantastic photos!
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xo Lisa
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