Monday, February 23, 2015

What Cool Used To Be

Marlon Brando's screen test in "Rebel Without A Cause" (1955)

Last week my brother,Tom, forwarded an email to me in which the subject box read, What Cool Used To Be. After viewing the photographs and reading the captions, I suddenly felt the desire to share it with you guys.

Thanks, Tom!

It's funny how as we get older, we often look back on each decade and think about how certain things were much cooler then. I remember my grandparents doing it; my parents doing it; now I'm doing it. And I'm certain that the generation of today will one day look back and say, "It was much cooler back then."

But don't you find it ironic how especially when it comes to things such as fashion, design, and even music, they seem to reinvent themselves? The present often borrows from the past because let's face it, some things will always remain cool.

Please enjoy some cool glimpses from the 40's, 50's, and 60's...

Gorgeous necklines of the 1950's

Clint Eastwood with actresses Olive Sturgess and Dani Crayne in San Francisco (1954)

The original way to "text" in class (1944). Ha!..I love this one!

Teenagers and their first car (1950's)

This is how teenagers dated in the 1950's

High school fashion feature in Life Magazine (1969)

Sophia Loren

A young boy stealing the show, back when middle school kids knew how to dance (1950)

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip at the horse races (1968)

Audrey Hepburn at a premiere on September 14, 1953

Paul Newman boating in Venice during a film festival (1963)

The definition of old school cool. Cary Grant in the 1950's.
What a handsome man he was!

Have a cool Monday, y'all!
X

Update: Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know that I won't be posting on Friday because I've had a very busy week at work, plus, I have this weekend off (yahooo!) and will be taking an eagerly anticipated day trip out of the city on Saturday. I'll be back to posting on Monday. Have a faaaaaaabulous weekend! X