How to complement a Hollywood style look with makeup?
Bright makeup, expressive, juicy lips that you want to kiss, long, usually false eyelashes, shadows that emphasize the brightness of the eyes, a light blush, all this is Hollywood style makeup can make a Hollywood style look more advantageous. If this is not enough, then you can use black eyeliner and draw arrows along the upper and lower eyelids. Lips can be copied from the style icon Marilyn Monroe, who were always alluring and plump; the effect can be achieved with the help of lip gloss, on top of the red lipstick already applied. You should always adhere to the basic principles of the Hollywood style - brightness, sexuality, femininity. If you do everything correctly and take into account the individual features of your appearance, then the Hollywood look will suit every girl.
Hollywood makeup
Hairstyle is not the final touch in Hollywood style
A Hollywood-style hairstyle is usually done in a retro style; the hair always looks perfect, beautifully styled and covered with shiny varnish. Well-groomed, smooth or curly curls are always in fashion and attract admiring glances, and most importantly, they correspond to the Hollywood style.
Hollywood style hairstyles
The hairstyle can be decorated with an elegant hat, hoop or tiara, and the finishing touch of the Hollywood style will be a dazzling smile; it will conquer those around you and disarm even the most envious people. The main thing is to remember that you are a star, and a star always shines brightly and outshines everyone with its beauty, luxury, brightness and warmth.
Interior design ideas
Creating a chic Hollywood atmosphere at your party venue is much easier than it seems at first glance. Hang posters of celebrities on the walls, use cinematic firecrackers, video cassettes, and star-shaped balloons to decorate the space. Be sure to build a three-dimensional Hollywood sign near which your guests will take pictures. Red tablecloths on the tables and snow-white dishes are another indispensable attribute of a Hollywood party. And don’t forget about the red carpet, along which visitors will importantly walk to the venue of the celebration.
Party invitations can be made in the form of a movie ticket or a mini-poster inviting you to an event on the occasion of the Oscars or any other cinematic award. Please indicate the dress code on your invitations: “Hollywood Party.”
Red carpet for Hollywood party
It's hard to imagine a Hollywood party without a red carpet. When organizing such an event, you should not neglect this detail. Give your guests the opportunity to feel like real celebrities, to whom everyone's attention is riveted the moment they appear at the holiday. If you don’t have such a path, then ask your neighbors for one. Or rent for a while in the club. You can use the same fabric as a track. Only it will crumple under your feet, and you will have to correct it every now and then. But don’t postpone the party because of such a trifle!
Old Hollywood Glamor style
“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” Hedy Lamarr
Old Hollywood glamor - so much in this phrase! Actually, it contains the “Golden Age of Hollywood”, it has real glamor, chic, glitter and the brightest idols. In the zero years of our century there was a fake, vulgar and vulgar. The years 30-50 are considered the “Golden Age of Hollywood”. The 40s were the peak, the heyday. In the 50s, the glamorous age was coming to an end. The era of Old Glamor began in the early 1930s, at a time when sound cinema began to take full rights, when cinema itself began to acquire forms and style that are now considered classical. Still from the 1927 film The Jazz Singer. The first full-length sound film in history.
Sound films brought incredible profits, and film studios began to bake films like pancakes on Maslenitsa - in abundance.
At the same time, the actors, who instantly became the idols of millions (the heroes of silent films could only dream of their fame), set the tone for fashion and style. Their luxurious lifestyle, impeccable outfits, hairstyles were the ultimate dream and an object of imitation for a multi-million army of fans. Young maidens collected photographs of their favorites (their producers made fortunes at that time), young men hung posters of divas on the walls. They copied outfits, hairstyles, makeup, gestures... Much of the style was dictated by black-and-white photography, the peculiarities of camera focusing and lighting. Not only films, but also photographs were black and white. Monochrome dominated until the 50s. Gone with the Wind was one of the very first color films, released in 1939.
Multilayer color film was invented only in 1935. Previously, color was achieved through complex and expensive manipulations. But even after the advent of multicolor film, black and white cinema still reigned on the screens.
1. Makeup
Makeup (aka make-up) in the cinema was not much different from everyday and evening. Cinema and photography were black and white back then, but what does it take to take a great black and white shot? That's right, contrast. Therefore, the makeup was as contrasting and clear as possible, with brightly highlighted eyebrows, eyes and lips. Complexion
Porcelain skin.
Perfectly flat. The powder coverage is very dense. And no tan. If blush was applied, it was only to highlight the cheekbones. Often they managed without them at all. The faces looked rather flat. Even the famous cheekbones of Marlene Dietrich managed to be “erased.” Of course, the photo was retouched quite heavily. Joan Crawford, for example, the undoubted star and diva of Old Hollywood, was completely covered with freckles. Joan Crawford and her freckles However, make-up artists, photographers and cameramen achieved this effect for Joan Crawford Hedy Lamarr Carole Lombard Katharine Hepburn Kay Francis Olivia de Haviland Eyebrows
Soft lines, most often without a break, very clear and dark even on blondes.
The width of the eyebrows changed with fashion: from the 30s to the 50s, from strings to fairly wide eyebrows, a la “gull wings” like Audrey Hepburn or Elizabeth Taylor. The sharp fracture of the eyebrow also appeared in the 50s. The clear shape and rather dark color remained unchanged. In addition, there is a certain canon, a correlation with the shape of the upper lip (see lip), which was especially pronounced in the heyday of Old Hollywood. Greta Garbo Jean Harlow Marlene Dietrich (photo, by the way, with an autograph) Fay Wray
Threads have been replaced by “human” eyebrows.
Joan Crawford Ingrid Bergman Yvonne De Carlo
Lauren Bacall Audrey Hepburn
Retrospective: From the 30s to the 50s.
Eyes
Black and clear arrows.
Almost no shading. Heavily painted or even false eyelashes. And no color except black. However, any other color in black and white would simply be invisible. Unlike the shape of the eyebrows, eye makeup has undergone almost no significant changes. The fashion of the 20s for thin eyebrows and black shading on the eyelids disappeared along with the era of a little cinema. The beginning of the era of sound cinema is the dictatorship of black arrows and long eyelashes. Deborah Kerr Joan Crawford Linda Darnell Marlene Dietrich Elizabeth Taylor Audrey Hepburn Lips
Clear contour and red lipstick.
Moreover, the sharp corners of the lips are bad manners. They were smoothed out using pencils and lipsticks. Veronica Lake Elizabeth Taylor Judy Garland Barbara Stanwyck had to reshape her lips to make them look perfect. Take a close look at the photo. Lucille Ball also resorted to tricks so that her lip line was canonical (see below about the canon) Canon
According to the canon, if you connect the eyebrows on the bridge of the nose (or simply mentally move the eyebrows to the bridge of the nose), then the resulting line should repeat the line of the upper lip.
Try connecting your eyebrows into one line with a corner or a smooth line (the shape of the eyebrow will tell you how to do it correctly) in the photo below. I assure you that the line of your eyebrows will perfectly coincide with the line of your upper lip. By the way, the desire for such a canon is very attractive even now. Joan Crawford. Barbara Stanwyck Jean Turner Ava Gardner Marlene Dietrich
2.Hairstyle
Curls and curls! Hair to hair. Shiny, no dishevelment that is fashionable now, but dull smoothness is also unacceptable. There could be variations on the theme of bangs and different partings, but all this is a tribute to fashion. Hairstyles and haircuts also depended on fashion. Still, in a black and white frame, curls and ringlets looked much more impressive than sleek hairstyles: they created the right contrast, the right play of light and shadow. Here's a good example: Kate Hudson in a b/w version with a smooth hairstyle and curls.
Rita Hayworth Jean Harlow Kay Francis Lucille Ball Lana Turner
Long hair was styled in beautiful waves or in hairstyles in which the same main motif was always present - the wave.
Perfect smoothness is not about Old Hollywood. True, rarely did anyone have curls that fell below their shoulders; haircuts and shoulder-length hair were in fashion. Veronica Lake.
It is her waves on long curls that modern stars most often take as the basis for evening hairstyles in the Old Hollywood style. Why? Because few people wear haircuts now, mostly everyone has long hair 3. Manicure
Of course, red varnish. Or its absence/neutral color. An ideal example of manicure of those times.
Carole Lombard Ginger Rogers Elizabeth Taylor Myrna Loy Jean Tierney
4. Clothes
Chic and elegance are the two main components. Almost always a dress (or skirt and jacket) that fits perfectly with a clearly defined waist. Daytime outfits could be characterized by two epithets - elegance and simplicity. Joan Crawford
Marlene Dietrich Barbara Stanwyck
Evening dresses (and we are most interested in them) are chic, glitter, luxury and a pinch of sex.
An obligatory ingredient is a piece of open body: an open back, or a deep neckline, or even an opening of the shoulders and neckline, but without unnecessary vulgarity. The main component is a clearly emphasized waist, a floor-length skirt and expensive fabrics. The dress should fit like a glove, perfectly emphasizing your figure. The 20s with low waists and undefined breasts are a thing of the past. The Golden Age of Hollywood brought an emphasis on femininity. The pomp of the skirt depended on the current fashion. Hollywood before the 50s - mostly straight skirts, after the new look with its extremely full skirts. Details also depended on fashion: the shape of the sleeves, cut, trim, etc. Loretta Young Barbara Stanwyck Claudette Colbert Norma Scherer Carole Lombard Vivien Leigh Marlene Dietrich, Irene Dunne and Queen Elizabeth II Veronica Lake Claudette Colbert Constance Bennett Dress Joan Crawford Audrey Hepburn Jean Arthur Myrna Loy Joan Crawford
The open back was also in honour.
Ginger Rogers Bette Davis
Fashion failures and provocations also occurred during that golden era. Too much cleavage, like champagne, could end badly. A striking example is Jayne Mansfield (she is often called the “poor man’s Marilyn Monroe”).
5. Accessories
Hats and gloves. This is a “gentleman’s set”, more casual than evening (if you don’t take into account the long gloves). Carole Lombard
Jeanette MacDonald Greta Garbo Marlene Dietrich Joan Crawford Bette Davis Vivien Leigh
6. Jewels
There must be jewelry! Primarily pearls and diamonds of classic colors. Ava Gardner and pearls
Lauren Bacall Greta Garbo Olivia de Havilland Rita Hayworth Anne Sheridan Mary Astor Elizabeth Taylor (she knew a lot about jewelry)
7. Fur
It was worn both on weekdays and with evening dresses. It was also actively used in decoration. Fur, like jewelry, was an indispensable attribute of luxury and glamor. Joan Crawford
Katharine Hepburn Grace Kelly Vivien Leigh Elizabeth Taylor Romy Schneider Irene Dunne Jean Arthur
8. Glitter
The shine of dresses, the shine of jewelry... Especially when it comes to evening outings. Shiny fabrics also looked great in black and white. Rita Hayworth
Jeanette Macdonald Greta Garbo Jane Russell Ginger Rogers Norma Scherer
What does Old Hollywood glamor look like now?
Few people can afford almost all the components of Old Hollywood glamor without slipping into a carnival costume. The perfect embodiment of style today is Dita Von Teese. She sticks to it in everyday life and on the red carpet. She can afford almost everything. Perfectly smooth porcelain skin, black eyeliner, clear eyebrows, scarlet lipstick and scarlet nails, perfect curls, outfits that fit like a glove. She can easily spice it all up with hats, gloves, furs and jewelry without looking ridiculous. Dita Von Teese
For the most part, modern stars use a light version of the style, primarily on the red carpet, combining several components in their image.
The simpler the event, the lighter the style version. For example, almost no one wears fur with an evening dress as a nod to organizations that protect animal rights. Combining a brilliant outfit and a lot of jewelry is also bad manners. And the current fashion still dictates its own rules. Today Old Hollywood on the red carpet: - Wave styling. Not necessarily rigid and clear; there may be an element of negligence. Most often, styling is a la Veronica Lake, i.e. waves, side parting, and the main part of the hair is thrown over one shoulder. — Black arrows and black eyelashes. They certainly add shadows, sometimes even creating a slight smokie eye, the main thing is that from a distance the eyes look brightly emphasized; — Lipstick in red/burgundy shades. It is also sometimes neglected, while remaining within the framework of the style (below there will be striking examples of this). — A floor-length dress that fits your figure perfectly and emphasizes it, with a “pinch of sex” — a neckline or cutout, incl. on the back. The fabrics are either flowy with drape and little to no trim, or lustrous embroidery/shiny fabric and trim combined with a no kink cut. Often the dress comes with a small train. — Jewelry is also present, but sometimes they can also be neglected. In any case, today’s stars cannot afford to do as much at once as the divas of Old Hollywood allowed themselves to do. - Oh yes. And no tan! Otherwise, an incident may happen (there are also signs below). Miley Cyrus
Naomi Watts
Penelope Cruz
Amber Heard
Kelly Brook
Kate Winslet
Rachel Weintz
Michelle Williams
Milla Jovovich
Blake Lively Katherine Heigl
Salma Hayek
Rihanna
Old Hollywood glamor is a seemingly win-win style.
But they manage to ruin it too. Katy Perry and looking too cheap
Christina Aguilera. This is what happens when your skin tone is darker than your hair tone, and too dark lipstick let you down
Lindsey Lohan. No comments, especially the tattered cat
PS This post does not claim to be the “ultimate truth”. These are just my observations and conclusions made on the basis of viewing thousands of photographs and kilometers of film, flavored with some facts.
