This guide will introduce you to the world of the 1940s-1960s vanity accessories manufactured by Matson, Stylebuilt, Guildcrest, Globe and others. These items were originally sold in department stores, drug...
Thank you for taking the time to read my guide on antique jeweled filigree vanity items. Almost all of them I have been able to purchase on eBay, as well as antique shops and flea markets. I have collected...
This is the first of two guides I shall write on Spanish mantilla combs or Peinetas. In this first one I will be concentrating upon the historical aspect of how they developed. I shall also show illustrations...
In this, the second of my guides to the combs and hair accessories of the Art Deco period, I examine some of the more exotic influences which contributed to the development of the style. In particular the...
This fourth in my series of guides on the combs and hair accessories of the Art Deco period looks in greater detail at some of the definitive design motifs and decorative effects found. It does not aspire to...
The Fashion Background.In this guide I will be looking at the hair accessories which were popular in the 1970s. It is not easy to define 1970s fashion. From its early romantic hippy ethos to its later angry...
This discussion looks at combs and hair accessories during the decade 1950 - 1960. Two important stylistic influences, the neo-Baroque and the Modernist are examined in detail. The artifacts of this period is...
In the first of my guides on Spanish Mantilla Combs, I traced their development to the end of the 19th century. This discussion traces the popularity of the mantilla type comb in the early 20th century and...
This guide traces the development of the late Art Deco style into the 1930s and 1940s, and gives an account of how these changing fashions affected the styles of hair combs worn during the period. We also look...
This account deals with combs and hair accessories produced during the early Victorian period of 1840-60, which was considerably influenced by nostalgea for earlier historical periods. The chronology is based...