Musings from Marilyn

Sew a Vintage 70s Great Gatsby Cape and Vest (Free Pattern)

Posted February 9th, 2021 by finnfemme & filed under Daily Life, Fashion, Vintage.

The May 1974 issue of Family Circle magazine featured instructions on how to make the natty lapel vest and beautiful chiffon cape worn by Robert Redford and Mia Farrow in a scene from the 1974 film, The Great Gatsby. Patterns are below: Happy Sewing! 🙂 Marilyn

Dorothy Gray’s Fun Frosts Lip and Nail Colors Inspired by Funny Lady, 1975

Posted August 30th, 2020 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Daily Life, Fashion.

I love this great Art Deco-ish ad! The design and colors are just fabulous. I don’t remember Dorothy Gray so much, but these “Fun Frosts” lip and nail colors are wonderful. Inspired by the 1975 move Funny Lady, starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, the lip colors and nail gloss came in three dazzling shades… Read more »

Vintage 1940 Max Factor’s Hollywood Red Lipstick

Posted January 11th, 2019 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Fashion, Vintage.

Max Factor cosmetics was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1909 by Maksymilian Faktorwicz, a beautician from Poland. Max Factor specialized in movie makeup, and demonstrated the importance of custom, technical makeup application according to individual nuances and facial structure. He was originally satisfied to remain a specialized supplier to the film industry, but his… Read more »

Loretta Young for Max Factor Pan-Cake Make-up, 1946

Posted March 22nd, 2016 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Fashion, Vintage.

This is an interesting tie-in ad from 1946 that has actress Loretta Young promoting both a product (Max Factor Pan-Cake makeup), and her movie (“The Stranger”). It makes sense to have a beautiful Hollywood actress promoting Pan-Cake makeup, as it was initially developed to be used in Technicolor movies. The old-style greasepaint makeup used in… Read more »

Olivia Hussey For Yardley’s Oh! de London Christmas 1968

Posted December 17th, 2014 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Fashion, Vintage.

This is one of Yardley of London’s iconic ads for Oh! de London fragrance from December 1968. It features Olivia Hussey, star of the Franco Zeffirelli production of Romeo and Juliet which was an extremely popular movie at the time. I love the ad’s tie-in to the movie: Oh! Romeo, Romeo – Oh! Falling in… Read more »

Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet Film Ad 1968

Posted May 22nd, 2013 by finnfemme & filed under Fashion, Vintage.

I’ve had several posts about the film, Romeo & Juliet, and about the stars, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. But I realize that I haven’t posted about the actual ad for the movie, so here it is! This ad is from the October 1968 issue of Glamour magazine. A time when films were actually advertised… Read more »

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