Vogue Body and Beauty by Bronwen Meredith is my new favourite old book. I finally took the time to read this beast, and it’s fabulous. “This sumptuous yet eminently practical handbook gives the facts and possibilities about health and beauty honestly and without feeding women’s dreams and illusions.”
Great book, but I must say; seventies diets for health are outrageous… really, how many grapefruit can you eat in a week? There seems to be many copies of this floating round, so if you have the chance to get your elegant wee paws on it, do so. From the eating plans, to the DIY treatments, to the Vogue full-colour plates – it’s good in so many ways.
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I have my mother’s copy of the Seventeen magazine Beauty Workshop binder from the late ’60s, early ’70s and been reading and re-reading it since i found it when I was about … 11-years-old! You can even see my notes to my younger self scribbled in the margins! Now that I’m older I realize how impractical and unhealthy the diet/exercise advice in the book is, but it’s an interesting insider look at how young women were expected to behave and, in particular, how they were expected to go about getting a job in the modeling industry. (My mother was a model, but this binder is from some kind of beauty course she took in high school.)
I am going to keep my eyes peeled for this gem though! It looks so wonderful!
My mom always told me the most beautiful women ever were was the 70’s because they took stellar care of themselves. I don’t really think about it but the 70’s were all about at home remedies for beauty and relaxation. I totally believe it now, especially with the findings of this book!