Book Haul

I spent the last few days of my holidays doing a lot of shopping! I came across some great pinup style and Old Hollywood books. Most of these books I purchased at Book Face at Pacific Fair, but I also found a a few books from QBD.

Here are the books that I bought!

Audrey The 50s 

by David Wills

This book was in my pinup wishlist/gift guide post last week. I was very excited when I found this book at Book Face! There are lots of beautiful photos of Audrey from this era, and I like how the book is separated into different sections of the films that she starred in during the 1950s. My favourite part of this book is definitely the Sabrina section, as I love anything to do with Audrey and William Holden. 

Marilyn Monroe Metamorphosis 

by David Wills

Another David Wills find! This book was on sale at QBD marked down from $65 to $20 and it was a great purchase! There are some similarities between this book and Audrey The 50s, such as the different sections and the high quality photos. I really enjoyed all the different quotes that are throughout this book, both Marilyn's quotes and other stars/production people of the time.

Marilyn's Style

by Andrew Hansford with Karen Homer

I haven't had much of a chance to look at this book yet, as I did buy seven books this week! But after a flip through the book looks wonderful. It has a mixture of illustrations and photographs of Marilyn's different costumes and wardrobe from her various movies. This book is more to do with her on-screen style, rather than her day-to-day look. I liked the look of Marilyn's Style as it seems to be more a hefty read, rather than just a coffee table book like some of my other purchases. I'm looking forward to finishing this book!

Styling the Stars

by Angela Cartwright and Tom McLaren

This book promotes itself as 'Lost Treasures from the Twentieth Century Fox Archive'. It has a lot of high-quality photographs of different stars in their costume and makeup tests for various films. Styling the Stars is more suited to those who love Old Hollywood cinema, rather than vintage and pinup style. There are some snips of information about a few films, but the book is more centred on the different photographs. I really liked how to book was in chronological order, it was interesting to see the development and change of costuming and hair. 

Vintage Beauty Parlor

by Hannah Wing

This book is a great read for anyone interested in the pinup style or retro eras of the 1920's, 30's, 40's, 50s and 60s. There are some simple hair and makeup ideas from each era. I really liked the extra information about fashion choices in Vintage Beauty Parlor. I'm looking forward to trying some of the styles!

The Vintage Tea Party Year

by Angel Adoree

I have been on the hunt for this book ever since it was written about in Vintage Life magazine. It has a range of different recipes, decoration and hair ideas to meet a number of different occasions over the year. My favourite of these is the Children's Party and New Year's Eve. Some of the recipes I wouldn't have the stomach to try (such as pigeon pie), but there are some very tasty sounding ones too!

TCM Movie Night Menus

by Tenaya and Andre Darlington

This book was written by two siblings and was the book I was probably most excited about! In this book there are a number of different classic movies listed, and with each movie there is a food and cocktail recipe that was inspired by the film! This is going to be so fun to try. The only problem with this book is that the measurements are not in the metric system, so there will need to be a bit of calculating done when I try some of the recipes.

I love to read and I'm always on the hunt for new books about pinup style/the 1950s/Old Hollywood so there will definitely be more book-related blog posts. 

See you soon!

Miss Rebecca Rockford