Doug of Atomic Age Pictures and I decided to do a little something different for our most recent shoot, and came up with a deco-inspired series on the waterfront at Tempe Town Lake. I wore two dresses from Matilda’s Closet—the first is a late 1930s black taffeta evening gown studded with rhinestones, the second a 30s-style reproduction with rhinestone trim—and had my hair done in a modern take of a 30s-style. Since it was quite chilly, I also wore my Able Grable capelet. The finished look was a fun step away from our usual favorite eras!On another note, I’ve been terribly neglectful of my blog due to my very busy schedule of late. However, I want to remedy this, and would love to hear from you—what sorts of posts would you like to see here? what sorts of posts would you like to see here? I do have another Motion Pinup in the works, and a hair tutorial should follow soon as well—what other suggestions do you have for me?
xoxo,
Amanda Lee
Oh man, I really love your hair in this shoot! Can I ask what the back of the neckline on that taffeta gown looks like?
ReplyDeleteThanks, queencardigan! My hair was really different--I had gone in for fingerwaves, but my stylist hadn't done those in at least 30 years, so he created a sculpted pin curl 'do instead. I thought it turned out very deco!
ReplyDeleteThe back of the dress dips down to a point--I'll update this post with a photo for you :-)
smashing Miss A smashing xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Miss M :-)
ReplyDeleteThese are truly beautiful and your hair is lovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Jaede :-)
ReplyDeleteHow lovely!! I think it would be just cool to play with your hair!! I know how to do finger waves from my school! Everything came out great!! great look!! :D
ReplyDeleteThose are gorgeous pix! I actually love the B & W's more, they are so alluring!
ReplyDeleteI wish we lived closer, Miss Amethyst--I'd definitely have you style my hair some time!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Olivia! Those are my favorites too :-)
Oh, thanks, you didn't have to update for me :D That's a great photo, though, so I'm glad you did!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pictures! You reminded me of glorious Mae West!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see more of your daily wardrobe depictions and hair tutorials, especially how you set your hair and those amazing victory rolls!!
Thank you so much!
Maria
dreamy photos. love the hair and the dress. i'd love to see more photos of your every day life-family, friends, pets, work, hobbies, interests, and the fabulous vintage wardrobe choices you make with each of these.
ReplyDeleteI like the little vignette films you do...they remind me of when the AMC channel actually had all '40s style (wish they'd go back to that). Maybe, a film doing your hair and make-up to see how it is done as well?
ReplyDeletep.s. I also wish all your pics could be enlarged since my vision is so bad, but I do love them.