The American Museum in Bath celebrates the glittering Jazz Age through fashions and photography Women’s clothing in the 1920s reflected dizzying social change on an unprecedented scale. From Paris and London to New York and Hollywood, the period following the...
_____________________________ The following profile is adapted from excerpts of the Wikipedia article on Fred Astaire. However, all but two of the images have been added by me. 1899-1917: Early lif…
Billed as “The Handsomest Magazine in the World” when it debuted in September 1919, browsing though an edition of SHADOWLAND is like taking a journey back to a unique time in history. As countries emerged from WWI, Prohibition was beginning, and the Arts & Entertainment of the Roaring Twenties was transforming the world. (SHADOWLAND September … Continued
by Marilyn Lester The atmosphere in the Friar’s Club Milton Berle Room was well-nigh dancing as the nominations were announced for the 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, by theater critic Michael Reidel. Since 1982 the awards honor excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in film. This year, a new […]
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Adele and Fred Astaire, circa 1921. An echo of what was to come with Fred and Ginger in their great film dance numbers, such as “Night and Day,” “Let’s Face the Music and …
Fred and Adele Astaire, photographed by Florence Vandamme, ca. 1930
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I’ve always been a big Fred Astaire fan, and knew he had started his showbiz career with his sister Adele when they were very young. I stumbled across this awesome photo on Pinterest and saw that there is a lovely … Continued
Historic pictures capture the famous faces aboard ocean liners as they travelled the world.
The 1920s heralded an explosion of sexual freedom, female emancipation and decadence – with clothes to match
