1930s glamour

Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.Photograph probably taken for Peggy Hamilton's Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions"Paramount actress Kathleen Burke modeling a close-fitting evening gown with an empire waist and with an ostrich feather wrap around her shoulders.

Lynn Bari in Tampico, 1944

Dorothy Dickson.

If there was a decade that elevated lounging to an art form, it was the 1930s. M Beautiful robes and hostess pajamas meant that relaxing in the comfort of your own home could be a supremely stylish endeavor. Hollywood stars such as Norma Shearer and Ginger Rogers exemplified the look in films such as The Divorcee, Top Hat and The Astaire and Rogers series. Depression era audiences longing for opulence must have appreciated the glamour, even if they couldn't have it for themselves. Today such…

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From Bette Davis to Katharine Hepburn, we take a look at the 1930s' most fashionable ladies.

Nancy Carroll

877. Ann Sheridan camera negative from Angels with Dirty Faces by George Hurrell. (Warner Bros., 1938) Black-and-white 8 x 10 in. camera negative on saf{ellipsis}