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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 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.
In a Lonely Place | Gloria Grahame’s Stunning Femme Fatale Style
Gloria Grahame models femme fatale style in the 1950 film noir In a Lonely Place.
In a Lonely Place (1950) an old film noir movie, is a love story with a doomed fate. Dixon Steele (played masterfully by Humphrey Bogart) is a witty yet temperamental screenwriter who falls in love with Laurel Gray, the femme fatale / girl next door played by Gloria Grahame.
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.
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.
Laura Movie 1944 - A film noir that actually has a happy ending
In the Laura Movie 1944, a police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. Spoiler alert!! In a classic noir-style twist, it turns out Laura wasn’t dead after all, and she comes back only to be now considered one of the suspects.