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Vintage 1930-1960s: Vintage fashion, classic movies, and Old Hollywood Glamour

Gene Tierney Leave Her to Heaven - Her Lethal Femme Fatale Style

Gene Tierney Leave Her to Heaven - Her Lethal Femme Fatale Style

Gene Tierney Leave her to Heaven plays the deadly femme fatale in the 1945 film noir.

Gene Tierney stars as the gorgeous but obsessive and lethal Ellen Harland. She become obsessive about those she care about, and will do anything—even murder—in order to keep them to herself.

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Lauren Bacall’s 1940s Fashion in Dark Passage (1947)

Lauren Bacall’s 1940s Fashion in Dark Passage (1947)

Lauren Bacall is known for quite a few things: a legendary romance with Humphrey Bogart, her film career, and, of course— her timeless fashion. In the 1947 film noir Dark Passage, (also starring Humphrey Bogart) Lauren Bacall cements her status as a fashion icon with her 1940’s-style skirts, button-up shirts, and dresses. Comfy shoes, wide belts and a feisty personality are her favorite accessories.

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Trench coats: The film noir fashion essential in Laura (1944)

Trench coats: The film noir fashion essential in Laura (1944)

Film noirs with tough detectives and sultry femme fatales brought us not only incredible movies, but incredible style as well. It was these films that helped cement the trench coat’s popularity.

Laura is a classic film noir in which almost all the main characters wear a trench coat during a critical scene.

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