Bathing Beauty Parade - 1927

[amandainvermont]

I like looking at the hair styles and the attitudes as much as the bathing suits. There's more of the photo HERE.

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Those are amazing.... I especially like this one Missoni like bathing suit

 

[foofoogal]

Fabulous. As it was during Depression I would love to know if they got paid to do this.
Quite daring I am sure. The lady on very bottom row far right is the prettiest in link photo IMHO.

 

[Pinkcoke]

I like the harlequin bathing suit on the top row best. I am waiting for this hairstyle to come back into fashion, as I have this hair, but haven't had it that short since I was 5.

 

[The Vintage Vendeuse]

Love this!

And I want to know how they all got their curls to stay in for longer than ten minutes without all the hair products of today. Even using today's products, I can't get my hair to keep a curl!

 

[Pinkcoke]

The short curls are either natural or tied in rags before sleep, the long ringlets are done with hot irons.

 

[The Vintage Vendeuse]

Melanie, were the hot irons of yesteryear actually hotter that the curling irons of today? Curling irons don't do a thing for my hair. It all falls out within an hour even if I use the appropriate products recommended by the stylist.

 

[Metro Retro Vintage]

What a fabulous panoramic shot!

 

[Pinkcoke]

Melanie, were the hot irons of yesteryear actually hotter that the curling irons of today? Curling irons don't do a thing for my hair. It all falls out within an hour even if I use the appropriate products recommended by the stylist.

I don't know the exact temperatures but I should think so - we're talking rods of iron from over the fire as opposed to PAT tested electric curlers :D

 

[Vintage Runway]

Wow! This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Great photo: I love them all.

For the best curls I recommend goo old fashioned pin curls with setting lotion (I just use bobby pins and apply in wet hair) - but yes, these would have been done with hot rods and rags. How successful the curls are depends a lot on your hair, with fine, straight hair being particularly reluctant to curl.

I have naturally wavy hair, much to the delight of every hair dresser I've met. It takes curls easily and will hold them for days - hot rollers also work well. As a child my mum once put rags into my long, straight blonde hair for Nellie Olson ringlets when I went to a fancy dress party at the height of "Little House on the Prairie". Oh, they were wonderful, like bouncy springs.

If you are blessed with silky, straight hair, you're the envy of everyone who resorted to straighteners as the style is often in fashion.