Thread: Ultra Bad-Ass Vintage Costumes

Love this one:

another really gorgeous one:

I like it when you get a detail and a full length shot in one:

What I love about these is every single costume is different. Same basic elements, but all different execution and materials. Also that slightly homemade look, which makes every one of them unique. No carbon copies here!

And of course gaga-ing over the makeup and hair!

i'm overdoing this... I'll stop now

okay last one, from 1925

Originally Posted by shems

i'm overdoing this... I'll stop now

I'm loving it! Keep going!!

Originally Posted by GenevieveOfAtlanta

I'm loving it! Keep going!!

ditto!

maybe tomorrow...

Originally Posted by Kathiya

ditto!

Originally Posted by GenevieveOfAtlanta

I'm loving it! Keep going!!

Agreed! They are wonderful to look at! ..g.:

The people's expressions in the one with the pasties are priceless. The man is smirking and the woman is sneering.

I keep hoping that one morning I'll wake up and be magically transformed into Juliana from the George Abdo album covers, and I'll find her costume wardrobe in my closet, too.

Please keep the pics coming!

Originally Posted by dunyah

The people's expressions in the one with the pasties are priceless. The man is smirking and the woman is sneering.

I think that's Nejla Ates in that photo.

WOW, this is just about my favorite thread ever! I am also a huge fan of vintage costumes, so Shems you're my hero for posting all of those fantastic pictures!

Ok, how is this for random thread derail?

But is it just me, just where I live, or do you not see these amazing hourglass figures any more these days? I mean, a lot of these ladies are clearly toned, yet still have that total hourglass. Whilst I see loads of women, dancers included, with beautiful figures- I just don't see the hourglass.

Anyway..ahem.. moving on

/end derail.

I {heart} the black cossie that Samirazade is wearing in this issue of the Dahlal Inside the Harem newsletter:

https://www.dahlal.com/PDF/ith_sept2008.pdf

Originally Posted by Amira_Siddiqah

Ok, how is this for random thread derail?

But is it just me, just where I live, or do you not see these amazing hourglass figures any more these days? I mean, a lot of these ladies are clearly toned, yet still have that total hourglass. Whilst I see loads of women, dancers included, with beautiful figures- I just don't see the hourglass.

Anyway..ahem.. moving on

/end derail.

My guess? It's probably from the girdles and all those god-awful waist-cinching contraptions that they wore back then. It's the same reason why some people are into tightlacing to shrink their waists today.

As for me? I'd rather be shaped like a hot dog and be comfy . But to each their own.

Originally Posted by Amira_Siddiqah

Ok, how is this for random thread derail?

But is it just me, just where I live, or do you not see these amazing hourglass figures any more these days? I mean, a lot of these ladies are clearly toned, yet still have that total hourglass. Whilst I see loads of women, dancers included, with beautiful figures- I just don't see the hourglass.

Anyway..ahem.. moving on

/end derail.

I see some. I have a couple of students whose curves I totally envy.

Originally Posted by SatinWorship19

My guess? It's probably from the girdles and all those god-awful waist-cinching contraptions that they wore back then. It's the same reason why some people are into tightlacing to shrink their waists today.

As for me? I'd rather be shaped like a hot dog and be comfy . But to each their own.

If I knew it would work, I'd wear it!

Originally Posted by tamrahennatx

If I knew it would work, I'd wear it!

Yeah, I'm not exactly sold.

Plus, I have such a ridiculously low body fat percentage. There's nothing here to cinch! Perhaps, I should just admit defeat and get some of those tranny pads that make your hips and butt look bigger

Originally Posted by SatinWorship19

Yeah, I'm not exactly sold.

Plus, I have such a ridiculously low body fat percentage. There's nothing here to cinch! Perhaps, I should just admit defeat and get some of those tranny pads that make your hips and butt look bigger

You should work what you've got! You are built more like Nejla Ates, who was very petite and her body leaned towards the athletic -

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucKDPh0uOjI]YouTube - Nejla Ates (Son of Sinbad , 1955)[/ame]

What she does can work for you as well...

shems, I am in LOOOOOOVE with all you and others have posted!

i love all the ones you are posting, where are they from???? i have a little collection of vintage postcards but i dont have any of these

Originally Posted by shems

okay last one, from 1925