Mad Men Countdown: Megan Draper (Calvet)

This week on Mad Men Countdown I am covering Megan Calvet nee Draper's fantastic wardrobe! Fun and a bit on the child like side Megan was a secretary in the SCDP offices who ended up on the arm of Don Draper. Quitting her job as a copywriter she then pursued her dream of being an actress. At times volatile and at the same time captivating Megan was, in my opinion, one of the best written characters on the show. Let's get to her outfits:

Number 1: Office Chic

One of the first times we see Megan is in a private focus group. Look at how polished and put together she looks.

Number 2: Pretty in Pink

Normally we don't see Megan in alot of patterns to begin with. She like Joan is a solid block of color, usually. I really do like this dress though.

 Number 3: Bikini Babe

In need of a sitter while in California, Don hires Megan to come with him and kids. Here is she in a bikini (which Don bitched Betty out about not a few seasons ago).

 Number 4: Just Checking Dress

Megan plans to meet up with an old friend while in California. She makes sure to "stop by" to make sure Don doesn't need anything.

 Number 5: Chains in Peach

Megan tends to dress in highly feminine/ very bright colors. Peach or pink is very popular for her.

 Number 6: Howard Johnson Dress:

Love this outfit. Now that she is married to Don she is definitely stepping up her clothing game.

 Number 7: California Dreaming

This shot is pure Hollywood Glamour. Meant to showcase her success in California, Megan is dressed to kill in this powder blue mini dress with sheer long sleeves. This is the cutting edge of fashion for the late 60's.

Number 8: Lame' Awards Dress

Ok, Whose grandma had a lame' dress like this one in their closet? The Eastern influences hit the 60s fashion scene hard, and here she is attending an awards banquet in this pink and gold gown. Also, note how much hair she has going on.

Number 9: Bisouix Dress

THIS DRESS....Megan performs a song and dance for Don at his surprise b-day party. Note that this silouhette is almost exactly like her powder blue dress from earlier. This is the height of cutting edge evening wear for the mid to late 60s. 

Back to Blonde: My Marilyn Monroe Hair Tutorial

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Get Dressed With Me: Basic Pin-up Makeup and Hair Tutorial

Hi there all!

So I finally worked up the courage to do a "get ready with me" video! Check it out, and other stuff on my YouTube channel!

Let me know what you all think!

XOXOXOX 

Vicki

Daily Bombshell Selfie!

Just thought I would share my look today:

Hair: Pageboy with a swoop!

Face: What I like to call "Pin up Lite" or "Half Face"; meaning there are no false lashes or eyeliner

Clothes: Green boat neck shirt with tie, black sailor pants, and my black 40's swing shoes.

Mug: Marilyn of course!

What does your everyday look like? Send me a selfie!

Happy New Year!

Here is to the end of 2017 and to a happy and prosperous 2018 for you all! 

On Saturday night I got to go to a Vintage Disney birthday party as "Snow White"; which meant that I was serving some serious Betty Draper realness! Check out some pictures below!

Also just wanted to just say that I went to a 20's-30's NYE dance party and got to do some serious flapper style make-up! I was thinking about doing a bit of a tutorial on it! Anyone interested?

Vintage themed Snow White (me) and Belle!

Pin curls and red lips, yes please!

Love to point out that my necklace here is a vintage piece from the 30s.....oh and of course white gloves!

Posing for a selfie with a handsome gentlemen friend! 

Vintage 20s flapper look! I loved this soft lighting!

Got to try my hand at the "cupids bow" lip look with a bit of a modern twist (the color was very very dark red). You can learn more about the Cupids Bow in my post on "Lip shapes through the years".


Here is to a splendid 2018 my vintage glamour guys and dolls!

Interview With The Cherry Dollface!

Big news vintage glamour guys and gals! Here is the long awaited interview with international pin up girl, model, make up artist, and now author....Cherry Dollface! 

1.    So where did the name “Cherry Dollface” come from? How did you pick that name in particular?

"It was actually completely by accident. It was just my email. The first magazine that published me saw my email and thought that was my pinup name and just published me that way. I didn't think too much about it and it just kind of stuck!"

2.    How did you get into vintage/pin up fashion and makeup?

"I was always into old things. My first CD was Patsy Cline and I always loved Marilyn Monroe even from a young age. I started swing dancing when I was 14 and it was just kind of a natural progression into the style."

3.    Do you have any style icons that you look to for inspiration?

"I dont really look to one person or in one direction. I love mixing old with new and I take my inspiration from everything. I look to modern fashion for ideas to put my own spin on vintage fashion."

4.    We’ve seen your style evolution in some of your YouTube videos (particularly with your hairstyle), how did you pick an authentic to you style?

"I just kind of do what works with my cut and texture. I am always changing up my color and cut and that helps me to keep evolving with my styles. It also helps me to teach gals with all lengths of hair! I don't really plan out my style… it just sort of happens!"

5.    Speaking of hair, you do styles from the 40’s to the 60’s, which style would you say is your favorite? And why?

"I can’t pick just one favorite!! I rarely do my hair the same way twice and I am always finding new styled and new ways to style old styles. I tend to lean toward updos because I hate having hair on my neck. My hair is super thick and feels like a sweater when it is down!"

6.    One series that I love is “Products I Hate”; so, what are your top three current favorite products (for hair or face) and why?

"Glamglow Youthmud, Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Romance Palette, Smashbox Primerizer"

7.    You also spend your time traveling the country doing pinup makeovers for all kinds of women, what is their reaction to the whole process? Do you find them leaving feeling more confident than when they walked in?

"Oh my gosh, it’s so much fun! I always get the most positive reactions. Usually girls are insanely nervous when hey show up and then when they leave, they want to do it again and again. It is amazing to watch the change in confidence. I love it!"

8.    Anyone who follows you knows that you have a new book coming out, can you give us a hint about the content?

"It is an everyday gals guide to a vintage lifestyle. There are 5 chapters: hair, makeup, style, decorating your house and entertaining. There is a little something for everyone!"

9.    You have also put a lot of your personal journey on YouTube talking everything from marriage, to everyday life, to your surgery stories….do you find it scary to talk about your personal life with people you don’t know or do you find it therapeutic?

"I find it a bit of both. I definitely pick and choose which personal things to share. I try to think of what parts of me will be helpful and relate-able to other people. I still have my secrets… I think that's the only way to keep it healthy."

10. You started your video blog and tutorials over seven years ago, does it feel like it has been that long? Did you ever think that your channel would become so popular?

"I actually didn't really starting making videos until 2012… But no it doesn't feel like it has been that long! It is crazy to think that I have been doing this full time for 5 years now. I just feel very lucky. "

11. What advice would you give any budding pinup/rockabilly/vintage glamour enthusiasts out there?

"Just be you!!! If it feels right, do it."

12. So, after all this….what’s next?

"WORLD DOMINATION!"

For more vintage goodness from Cherry Dollface you can find her on Facebook and Youtube! 

There you have it folks! Stay tuned for more vintage glamour tips, tricks, and interviews with me, Vicki Vegas! XOXOXOXO

Mixing Face Powder, 1958

Every person who has an interest in makeup (male, female, or otherwise) knows the struggle is real when it comes to finding that perfect shade for your skin tone! Gods forbid that your color is discontinued or sold out...no one likes crying at the makeup counter.

Check out this great little video, brought to you via British Pathe', about mixing a face powder in 1958! Now that is service!

Remembering Hugh Hefner

No matter your thoughts on the controversial life of Hugh Hefner, one thing you can say is that he had a long lasting effect on popular culture. Born in April of 1926, Hef as he was known, was born to middle class parents who were both teachers. He described them as "Midwestern and Methodist". 

A Bunny inspecting a key, which was the membership identifier for the Playboy clubs.

Writing has always been in his blood and he was a military writer during World War II.Through trial and error, and several attempts at raising enough money Mr. Hefner eventually founded and ran Playboy Magazine in 1953, with Marilyn Monroe on the cover.  

Not only was his magazine and clubs popular from the 50's, 60's, and 70's but he also ran two popular late night television shows Playboys' Penthouse (1959-1960) and Playboy After Dark (1969-1970).  Many people credit him as one of the loudest voices for the sexual revolution that swept the nation in the mid to late sixties. 

He is named for an award called the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award, created by Christie Hefner, which was created "to honor individuals who have made significant contributions in the vital effort to protect and enhance First Amendment rights for Americans."

He also funded a class at The University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts called "Censorship in Cinema". He was also a strong supporter of the LGBTQ community and fought for equal rights saying, "fight for all our rights. Without it, we will turn back the sexual revolution and return to an earlier, puritanical time."

Edit: Forgot to post pictures of my blue bunny suit!

Vintage Inspiration: Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was a British singer and song writer whose career and life was frought with drama and soul. Her look helped relaunch a love for vintage looks mixed with modern style. Winehouse favored looks from girl groups like The Ronettes. Her beehive hairdo and wild winger liner may look like a parody of the fashions of the 1960's but Winehouse was spot on. 

Personally, she was always an inspiration style wise. She wore what she liked and didn't care about what other people thought....Rolling Stone's editor Joe Levy tried to sum up her eclectic style:

"Just as her best music drew on sampling — assembling sonic licks and stylistic fragments borrowed from Motown, Stax, punk and early hip-hop – her personal style was also a knowing collage. There was a certain moment in the '90s when, if you were headed downtown and turned left, every girl looked like Bettie Page. But they did not do what Winehouse did, mixing Bettie Page with Brigitte Bardot and adding that little bit of Ronnie Spector."

Want to learn more about Amy's iconic look? Take a peek at this make up tutorial done by Valli O'Reilly who knew Amy personally and worked as her makeup artist. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Lq2RNABTc

Want to learn more about Amy Winehouse check out her website here: http://www.amywinehouse.com/

Happy Birthday to Greta Garbo!!!!!

Happy Birthday to the incomparable Greta Garbo, born September 18th, 1905 died in 1990. This silver screen siren entranced generations of fans with work from 1922 to 1941. This academy award nominee hails from Sweden where her good looks, charm, and ingenuity landed her a Hollywood career. You can read all about her films and her personal life in the book Garbo: Portraits From her Private Collection  by Scott Reisfield and Robert Dance.

You can check out her website here: http://www.gretagarbo.com/Offical_Website_of_Greta_Garbo/Home.html

Lip Shapes Through The Years

Want to get your vintage pout on but aren't sure what era you want to shoot for? Have no fear, Vicki is here with the best lip looks from the 1920's to the 1970's! Ok let's dive right in:

1920's or the Bow Look. The 1920's saw the rise of superstar Clara Bow whose makeup routine sparked trends across the world. Though she was not the first to sport super thin brows (to help make her face look more expressive) and a small demure lip shape, it was because of her success that this look became mainstream. The bow lip shape is a somewhat exaggerated shape, that cuts the corners short, and emphasizes the cupid's bow on the top lip.

This is a pure 20's look, small mouth with large expressive eyes.

Clara Bow.

The gorgeous Anna May Wong, breaking some serious race barriers in the 1920's.

1940's or Lips For Our Troops. The 1940's of course saw the rise of World War 2 and entire countries of women ended up out of the home and into the factories. Gone were the elegant styles of the 20's and 30's and in came head scarves, jump suits, and women who...for lack of better phrase, dressed like men to work like men. In counterpoint to what society saw as the "de-feminization" of women were lipstick colors that hailed patriotic names like the famous "Victory Red". The lip shape became slightly fuller and far more natural. 

An early invention which gained popularity well into the 50s was matching your shade of red to your hair color.

Gorgeous ad for Red Magesty lipstick.

Rita Hayworth rocking a very natural lip shape.

1950's or the VaVa Voom Lip. The 1950's saw the end of the war and men coming home to women who had, while being patriotic with their red lipstick, had lost some of the sense of femininity while working in factories. The 50's answer to that was the overly soft, overly girl looks of the 1950s. Lip looks here started to the other way and become full and pouty. A new thing became matching your nail color and your lip color!

Check out this vintage ad where her lips and nails are the same color.

Marilyn Monroe was famous for her lip shape. She and her makeupartist Whitey would apply multiple layers of lipstick then a homemade gloss, over and over again. He even would put white powder on the center of her bottom lip to make it seem fuller.

I just love this over the top look, with that signature pout. Still from The Seven Year Itch.

1960's or Nude Lip Look. The swinging 60's saw a bevy of different looks from preppy to flower-child and everything in between. One look that seemed to have dominated the last half of the decade was the nude lip. Paired with bold and dramatic two toned eye makeup the nude lip popped up on celebrities and socialites, political wives and college students. 

Jean Shrimpton was the it girl for the 60's.

Aretha Franklin rocking some serious 60's style. 

You start moving away from reds into more shades of baby pink, nude, and coral.

Twiggy, circa 1960's.

Diana Ross working a nude lip with some full lashes.

1970's or Thin is In. The 70's saw a backlash in the makeup world for lipstick. Lips became passe and the new thing to do was cheeks. Like all trends, lipstick didn't die in the 1970s...it just started playing second fiddle. Lipstick shades started to broaden in the mid to late 60's with companies like Biba making colors like burnt orange, black, etc. The 70's were a time of color experimentation, and the introduction of metallic into mainstream lip trends.

A selection of lovely ladies from the 70s. Notice Farrah's fabulous bronze metallic lip shade. You can really see that the cheeks have started to take center stage.

Debbie Harry on the cover of Cosmo 1978.

So, what lip look is your favorite? Let me know in the comment section below!

XOXOXO Vicki Vegas!