hairstyles from the 30's

WINTER HAIR STYLES SHOWN
New York City---
"Charming models exhibit new arrangements of the coiffure to be worn by milday during the social whirl of the coming season. The designs are a feature of the new york state hairdressers and cosmetologists association meeting."

1930's furs

another group of newsreel films

70 years later with a sense of political correctness 

makes us cringe at the outlandish display of animal skins

October 20, 1938

"SEE RAID ON PAPA'S BANKROLL"

NEW YORK CITY.---

A parade of caracul and mink and other furs for afternoon and evening wear promises trouble for the pocketbook of the family's alleged head, as pretty mannequins strut the latest designs in furry garments at Rockefeller Centre.

max factor

these news films are rather strange!  since max factor died in 1938, these most likely are from the early 1930's

the headlines read:

SHOWS MAGIC WITH MAKE-UP

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.---

Max Factor, internationally known make-up expert, opens a new studio with a remarkable demonstration of his ability to make people look like somebody else.  Well-known movie stars find themselves reproduced by "doubles."

summer fashions of the 30's

in anticipation of the summer season,
the fashions of the 30's are previewed


headlines read:
STYLES HAIL SUMMER SEASON
CHICAGO, ILL.---
Clothing for bicycling, gardening and tennis,
vies with the last gasp in bathing suits.