No-one does color-co-ordinated quite like Katy Perry.
She's turned out to this year's EMAs in Rockabilly pink.
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Showing posts with label rockabilly fashion. Show all posts
Katy Perry Rockabilly Pink
No-one does color-co-ordinated quite like Katy Perry.
She's turned out to this year's EMAs in Rockabilly pink.
Pin-Up and Rockabilly Makeup for Vintage Styling
The author of Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques, Lauren Rennells, has released a new book, this time on vintage makeup called Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look.
It's a fantastic guide for anyone wanting step by step tips and techniques on how to achieve the retro/pinup/rocakabilly look with with LOTS of pcitures to illustrate each step.
Retro Makeup: Techniques for applying the Vintage Look is a history and application guide for vintage cosmetic styles. It is a companion book to Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques. It starts with a brief history on the acceptance of makeup at the beginning of the 20th century and continues to explain in detail the styles, colors and techniques for applying makeup to look like the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Included in each decade are step-by-step directions on full makeup styles inspired by famous women such as Josephine Baker in the 1920s, Jean Harlow in the 1930s, Rita Hayworth in the 1940s, Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s, and Twiggy in the 1960s. The book also includes factual information about what defined the makeup looks of the decades based on popular culture of the time.
About the Author
Hair and makeup artist Lauren Rennells works in the photography and film industry. She freelances providing unique designs for advertisements, films, television and private clients. Her passion for beauty of the past led her to write Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look and Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques.
Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look
Viva Las Vegas 2012
It's the weekend that really rocks. Tickets for the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender are on sale already!
It runs from April 5 to April 8 2012 and you won't want to miss it.
It's all about getting on your best 50s garb - sorting out your hair, checking out the burlesque shows and bathing suit contests, pool parties, fashion shows, round the clock rock 'n' roll bands, add in plenty to drink and more than 700 rods and you have a weekend that rocks!
Here's just some of the highlights:
Car Show
The Viva Las Vegas Car Show is the best car show of its type anywhere. Cars are strictly pre-63 that have to be in a style from that era. Please check out the photos on the Car Show page. The VLV Weekender and VLV14 Car show attracted over 700 cars with about 20,000 attending to view the car show. If you wish to put your car in the car show, you can register it after you buy tickets for VLV.
Burlesque Competition
This has become one of the major events on the Burlesque calendar. Between October and December, hopeful contestants submit their photos and information onto the Viva Las Vegas website. Once all possible contestants have submitted, a panel of anonymous judges from the burlesque scene will choose four lucky contestants to compete at VLV then the judges will choose ten from the remaining contestants who will be featured on the website during the month of January and the public will decide on the next top four whom will join the “Judges Choices” live at the “Miss Viva Las Vegas” Burlesque Competition VLV finals. The eight competitors will then battle it out on Saturday evening to win the final VLV Burlesque Competition. Prizes include Cash, Gift Vouchers, Merchandise, Photoshoots, and publicity.
Tiki Pool Party
The Tiki Pool Party has become one of the major events at VLV, and will take place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It is a great opportunity for girls (and guys!) to show off their vintage swimwear.
VLV Annual Swimsuit Contest
Attention all vintage fashion fanatics!!!! Shine up your vintage beach-side best and get ready for the mother of all swimsuit competitions. VSbM is sponsoring the VLV 14 pool party Vintage Swimsuit Competition, hosted by Vegas’ Pocket Pinup: Lisa Luxe. Guys and dolls alike are encouraged to enter: the only requirement is that your suit MUST BE VINTAGE, no modern/repro suits will be allowed in the competition. Contestants will be… judged on their suit alone, not by how well you can dance or how you answer silly pageant questions. . .
It’s all about the fashion!
Pin Up Art and Photography
Ever wanted to be a classic 40s bombshell babe or vintage vixen? Ever wanted to enter the realm of 50s kitsch and cheesecake? With Helen McLean’s pin up packages, you get over 3 hours of dress up fun, transforming you into a pin up of yesteryear! Including hair styling, make-up, a glass of bubbly, various costumes and the all important pin up photography. Also catering for custom calendars and hen’s day packages.
Roots of Country - Rockabilly
Back in 1996 a six-hour six-part documentary taking a look at one of America's quintessential music genres - country - went to air.
"America's Music: the Roots of Country" delved headlong into what is a rich subject matter, telling its story through live footage and interviews with the stars themselves.
To a new generation of music fans, it offered an eye-opening introduction to some of the great figures from country's past, such as Jimmie Rodger, Hank Williams, Kitty Wells, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Loretta Jones and so many more who paved the way for today's big stars.
Writer Robert K. Oerman told the Chicago Sun-Times that the the idea from the beginning was to take the viewer back and forth and in and out of history. He teamed up for this series with producer Tom Neff, a filmaker known for his documentaries of visual artists including Red Grooms and Beatrice Wood.
"One reason country lends itself to this kind of treatment is that, unlike other styles of music, all its historical elements are still living, breathing styles today," Oermann said.
"People still play bluegrass, people still sing folk songs, play rockabilly, Cajun, Western swing - these are not dead things."
Each of the six hours has a theme - including Rockabilly.
"The Roots of Country" was not only made with entertaining viewers in mind, but with the hope of sending a message about the importance of maintaining a living connection to country's past.
Rockabilly Hair
There a couple of basic hairstyles for Rockabilly men. One of the most iconic would have to have been the ducktail haircut. It’s a symbol of the 50s that has captured the imagination and endured so well. The ducktail required combing the hair back to the middle of the head, then with the end of the comb, make a centre part. This required a fair bit of grease – hence the term “greasers”. This style quickly identified a guy as a rebel, a non-conformist.Rockabillies also wore their hair short on the sides, longer at the back and with enough length at the front to create the upswept “pompadour". Another popular cut was the flat top
Women’s styles follow two general looks. The first is the moderate-length, layered cut. This style is always curly or wavy and is a classic look from the 40s and 50s. The other look is the most common among the Rockabilly devotees - the one made popular by Bettie Page, the 1940s and 50s pin-up model. The look is longer, generally created with blunt cut fringe across the forehead. The hair is generally styled to have soft waves while the fringe is straight and smooth.Here is a great step by step tutorial on how to achieve retro hair in under five minutes.
This is a really nice tutorial for a longer, softer vintage look
Rockabilly Makeup
Rockabilly is the best of the 1950s - the clothes, music and hair while ignoring the worst (McCarthyism, bigotry) to create a world that rocks.
A passion for the 1950s is one thing but rockabillies turn their passion into a lifestyle. It’s all in the detail – having the right dress, stockings, handbag shoes, hairdo and of course make up.
A passion for the 1950s is one thing but rockabillies turn their passion into a lifestyle. It’s all in the detail – having the right dress, stockings, handbag shoes, hairdo and of course make up.
Rockabilly Dresses
Bring a touch of retro pin-up into your life!
This is definitely a classy way to dress. The women who wore these dresses oozed confidence and beauty and the best bit is they look great no matter what shape or size you are. These are dresses that hug in all the right places. Curvy girls, petite girls, tall girls, short girls, all look great in vintage rockabilly.
Whether you are looking for actual dresses or just great looking outfits in general, there are likely rockabilly dresses that will fit the bill. They range from the very glamorous pinup dresses made in bengaline fabric to perfectly conform to the shape of your body, to the business professional Ashley dresses.
Whether you are looking for actual dresses or just great looking outfits in general, there are likely rockabilly dresses that will fit the bill. They range from the very glamorous pinup dresses made in bengaline fabric to perfectly conform to the shape of your body, to the business professional Ashley dresses.
Retro Accessories
Vintage Clothes (Adelaide)
Hero Designs & Vintage Deluxe
2 Ebenezer Place, Adelaide (08) 8223 1626Considered Adelaide's vintage queen, Shirley Luxton, along with her two daughters, is behind what would have to be one of the most respected vintage stores.
The Gymnasium
Level 1, 240 Rundle Street, Adelaide (08) 82327883Claire Incorruptible (aka Claire Inc)
Claire iNcorruptible supports emerging and cult designers and all of their vintage is hand-picked & in line with current trends. They provide hard to find gems from around the globe and promote unique, individualistic dressing….most of all though their collections are fun and are SURE to set you apart from the crowd!www.claireinc.com
Irving Baby
83 Hindley Street, Adelaide (08) 8410 051933 Twin Street, Adelaide (08) 8232 5454
Visit their stores to buy vintage fashion, new up-and-coming designer fashion and a vast range of fun stuff. They stock labels such as: Princess Tina, Little White Lie, Lucky 13, Secret Squirrel, Route 66, House of Porcelain, French Kitty, Paul Frank, Mooks, Emily the Strange and lots, lots more.
Red Ruby
14 Peel Street, Adelaide (08) 8231 0022Central Market Dress Ups
59 Gouger Street, Adelaide (08) 8231 6500Clubhoue Lane Boutique
2 Elizabeth Street, Croydon (08) 8340 4435Hype and Seek
3 Elizabeth Street, Croydon (08) 8346 0033Purple Haze Basement
38 Twin Street, Adelaide (08) 8232 4997Nadia's house of Serendipity
4 Partridge Street, Glenelg (08) 8294 3121Mint Vintage
13 Frome Street, Adelaide (08) 8223 3371Tangent Traders
1a Margaret Street, Norwood (08) 8332 9161Exclusive Vintage Clothing
35 Braund Road, Prospect (08) 8344 4455Get Funked
362 Port Road, Hindmarsh (08) 8340 2244Sumadi
95 Semaphore Road, Semaphore (08) 8242 7717Empire Vintage
305b Payneham Road, Royston Park 0405 444 327CP Bazaar
306 Goodwood Road, Clarence Park (08) 8271 7155And just a reminder to do something positive and choose green
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