Do you know what a pin curl, a cupid's bow, or a half moon manicure are? If the answer is no, you are not ready to go deco at the Jazz Age Lawn Party. The long anticipated annual event, hosted by retro enthusiast Michael Aranella, is June 15th-16th on Governor's Island. The annual event has become a magnet for style journalists and bloggers enchanted by the dazzling array of vintage fashion and beauty looks on display. Past events have been publicized by Women's Wear Daily and The Sartorialist. So how does a modern fashionista master the flapper girl beauty regime?
Bobbed hair is the quintessential flapper fashion statement. As an alternative, many silent screen starlets, like Mary Pickford, opted to don styles that were first pin curled then pinned up in the back to emulate a cropped silhouette. Pin curling is a wet set technique. First wash and condition hair, apply setting lotion, then roll individual lengths of hair around the fingers, lay flat to dry, and use bobby pins to secure. Once dry unravel the curls and softly brush to form face framing waves. Roaring twenties makeup focused on the lips since products for the face and eyes were not as refined and easy to use as they are today. Crude forms of blushes, foundations, and mascaras were used by artists on film sets, but the everyday flapper kept it minimal. Clara Bow popularized the “cupid’s bow” lip look. To emulate this trend retrace your lip line in a pouty heart shape to define and minimize the mouth. Finish by filling in the center with a red or brown toned creamy lipstick.
1920s manicures were the precursor to today’s highly graphic nail art. The natural nail color was exposed to reveal a half moon shape at the nail bed while saturated color highlighted the nail from center to tip. The process is like doing a reverse French manicure. Take a French manicure design strip and place it starting at the bottom third of the nail, overlapping the nail bed. Paint the dominant two thirds of the nail in your primary color. Once the color is dry gently peel away the strip to achieve an old Hollywood manicure.
Vintage style resources like the blogs Glamour Daze, Bobby Pin, and the Fedora Lounge forum offer additional advice on reliving the age of decadence. The Art Deco Society of California has a page called "How to Gatsby: Hair and Makeup". The newest film adaptation of The Great Gatsby is inspiring the jazz age trend according to Kari Molvar of Harper's Bazaar. Look to the film for more flapper beauty inspiration.
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