Heiress Magazine, August 1950 | Vintage 1950s Women’s Magazine PDF | Fashion, Beauty, Knitting & Lifestyle

Fancy spending an afternoon in August 1950?

This digital edition of Heiress Magazine, August 1950 is a wonderfully nosy peek into the fashion, beauty, hobbies and everyday life being served up to young women at the very start of the fifties.

Across the magazine you’ll find fashion and beauty advice, original period advertising, fiction, reader letters, cookery, cinema features, etiquette and charm advice, hobbies, gardening and plenty of gloriously specific 1950s wisdom.

There is also an original two colour pullover knitting pattern, complete with full instructions, so this one is not just for browsing.

Some of my favourite bits include the vintage beauty adverts, the “Be Gracious” charm school feature, the Girl of the Month fashion pages, old cinema coverage and the general sense that someone, somewhere, was always ready to tell a young woman how to improve her posture, wardrobe or social skills.

Charming. Occasionally questionable. Very 1950.

You’ll receive:

• One 80 page digital PDF

• Original August 1950 magazine content

• Vintage fashion and beauty features

• Original period advertisements

• Fiction and reader features

• Cookery and lifestyle content

• Fashion illustrations and photography

• An original vintage knitting pattern

Please note, this is a digital download only. No physical magazine will be sent.

As with all genuine vintage material, some advice, attitudes and advertising reflect the era in which it was originally published. Consider it part useful resource, part social history, part excellent excuse for a proper rummage.