GlamAmor Posted by on August 29, 2012

For those of us who love the style of the Golden Age of Hollywood, our imaginations run wild at the thought of the studios' costume design departments. Designing giants such as Adrian and Helen Rose at MGM and Travis Banton and Edith Head at Paramount had lavish salons where they...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on August 25, 2012

Though we're still in the month of August and heat waves continue to hit us all across the country, both Hollywood and the fashion industry are starting to look with real excitement toward Fall. Celebrities are already hitting some red carpets in outfits from the upcoming (cooler) season and magazi   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on August 20, 2012

It's always incredible to me how few people know Kay Francis. Even those who do know her seem to fail at recognizing and appreciating just how much she contributed to classic cinema as well as to today's fashion. There is no question that Kay was a style star and consistently...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on August 18, 2012

There is no question that one of the great icons of style is Katharine Hepburn. What few appreciate is how much of her style started on the inside...the result of an empowered upbringing from progressive parents in New England that carried into a lifelong self-confidence. She was well known throug   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on August 14, 2012

As many of you know, last week I taught a three-day seminar at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) called The Style Essentials: the History of Fashion in Film. The Style Essentials represent iconic costume design in the movies--from the 1920s to the 1970s--that continues to i   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on July 27, 2012

This past weekend was the 2nd annual Ocean Park Surf Contest in Santa Monica. The event is a labor of love for founder (and boyfriend) Kevin Osborne, who owns Ocean Park 26 clothing and has skated and surfed this area almost his entire life. Over a decade ago he invited...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on July 18, 2012

In a few weeks, I will be teaching a three-day seminar at FIDM called The Style Essentials: the History of Fashion in Film. The Style Essentials represent the most iconic costume design in the movies that continues to influence fashion today. The clothing, accessories, and even hair styles have tr   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on July 12, 2012

The other night I was invited to a delightful vintage swimwear exhibition and cocktail party at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). The exhibit was curated by my friend, Dave Temple, who sells an extensive vintage collection called Clever Vintage and is behind one of the bes   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on July 5, 2012

With the 1950s so on trend for summer, I couldn't help but think of another stylish star of the era to inspire us--Loretta Young. Though not as known to fashionistas as someone like Grace Kelly or Marilyn Monroe, it is definitely worth having her on your radar. After all, this...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on June 28, 2012

One of the biggest trends for Summer 2012 is the influence of the 1950s. Its style has been seen in endless editorials and features for all the magazines recently--W, Vogue, Allure, and Glamour just to name a few. Another was Harper's Bazaar (shown here), which hired famed photographer Terry Richa   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on June 21, 2012

Summer is officially here! This is my favorite time of the year...when the weather is at its warmest and legs are on full display in flirty skirts, shorts, and sundresses. Marilyn Monroe has been our inspiration on GlamAmor recently...first for her hair and makeup and then for her stylish swimsuit   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on June 18, 2012

From the earliest days of her career, Marilyn Monroe posed in swimwear for the camera. The then 19-year-old brunette Norma Jean Dougherty had a love of Jean Harlow and dream of escaping her challenging childhood by becoming a model. In an effort to do so, she enlisted the help of...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on June 12, 2012

As I recently discussed on GlamAmor, little in film has made a bigger impact on fashion than 1955's The Seven Year Itch. Marilyn Monroe flaunts her figure in several incredible dresses thanks to Twentieth Century-Fox costume designer William Travilla, but the movie is a Style Essential due to the   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on June 4, 2012

Marilyn Monroe is definitely having another moment in popular culture. The zeitgeist started somewhere around October when Michelle Williams played the legend in the Oscar-nominated My Week with Marilyn. Then there was suddenly an entire series on television--Smash--about the creation of a Broadwa   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on May 29, 2012

As we have just celebrated Memorial Day, I could think of no one hotter to kick off our Summer than Marilyn Monroe in the 1955 Style Essential The Seven Year Itch. The Style Essentials represent iconic costumes and style in the movies, and this is perhaps the best known of...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on May 18, 2012

In 1968's The Thomas Crown Affair, Faye Dunaway's entrance is made exceptional with her incredible tortoise shell cats eye sunglasses. She is stunning and it's really those shades that stand out and make her look like a star. Though seen in early classic cinema such as 1944's Double Indemnity, the   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on May 15, 2012

By now, I'm sure there's no question how much I admire classics from fashion in film as well as how much they have influenced my own aesthetic. And in my most recent article on Steve McQueen in 1968's The Thomas Crown Affair, it should be evident that I am as...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on May 8, 2012

As soon as I saw the schedule for the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival last Fall, there was one movie I knew for certain I would see and cover for its essential cinema style--1968's The Thomas Crown Affair. Everything about the production--Norman Jewison's direction, Hal Ashby's editing, Haskell Wex   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on May 3, 2012

One of the most incredible aspects of the TCM Classic Film Festival is how personalized an experience we all had when we were there. There were so many options on the schedule that every account from attendees seems to be different. Some focused on the early films of the 1920s...some...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on April 29, 2012

After a Friday filled with rain, I awoke to mostly sunny skies Saturday morning for the TCM Classic Film Festival. I was up early for perhaps the peak moment of the entire event--Kim Novak immortalizing her handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Unfortunately, the weather was still so unpredicta   read more