Category

Vintage Wonders

Remembering the Miniskirt: A Glimpse into 1960s Miniskirt Fashion and Feminine Rebellion

Vintage Wonders Apr 03, 2025

A revolution was under process in the swinging decade of the 1960s. The miniskirt, an audacious and provocative garment, burst onto the fashion scene, captivating women and challenging societal norms. With its hemline daringly rising above the knee, the miniskirt became a symbol of liberation, individuality, and feminine rebellion. This iconic fashion statement not only reshaped the wardrobes of women…

The story of Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet, 1993

Vintage Wonders Apr 02, 2025

Few good things come out of war, and even the toughest of viewers from all sides of the fight is moved by the picture of the dead bodies of this young couple embracing on the street for days. The bodies of the childhood sweethearts lay in their last embrace for seven days, slain by bullets of snipers. Still entangled, by…

These vintage photos show what air travel looked like between 1930s to 1950s

Vintage Wonders Apr 02, 2025

From the early days of flight and the “golden age of travel” to contemporary airlines, air travel has evolved a great lot during the past century. By means of this photo collection, we go across time to depict what air travel looked like between the 1930s and the 1950s. Though manned, heavier-than-air flight has been around since the early 1900s,…

Diego Maradona scores the infamous Hand of God goal, 1986

Vintage Wonders Apr 02, 2025

Remembering Argentina’s 2-1 triumph against England in front of 115,000 spectators on June 22, 1986, is mostly focused on the two Maradona moments that would finally decide a battle boiling with political connotations. Four years previously, Britain and Argentina had engaged in a hostile confrontation in the South Atlantic for the Falkland Islands, which resulted in military junta loss for…

The story behind Ormond Gigli’s “Girls in the Windows” iconic photograph, 1960

Vintage Wonders Apr 02, 2025

Photojournalist Ormond Gigli gathered forty-three ladies in 1960, outfit them in elegant, vibrant colors, and arrange them 41 windows across the front of the iconic New York City brownstones. Years later, his most well-known piece turned out to be this one. Gigli was working out of a studio on East 58th Street in the middle of Manhattan back then. Situated…

Teenager Bedrooms in the 1980s Captured in Photos: Where Posters, Music, and Style Ruled

Vintage Wonders Apr 02, 2025

Regardless of gender, a clear pop culture look influenced youngsters’ bedroom decorations in the 1980s. Capturing the spirit of the age, these areas were a dynamic mix of cartoons, movies, and toys. Burst with colour and personality, the decor frequently reflected the thrills of a Saturday morning cartoon lineup. Teenagers in this decade saw their bedroom as an extension of…

These Photographs Show the KKK Washington Parade of 1926

Vintage Wonders Mar 27, 2025

For the Ku Klux Klan, the early 1920s were the golden age since many influential and successful people were either sympathetic to the cause or straight-forward Klansmen. The group claimed to have three million members across the country, including eminent leaders from coast to coast. The silent film Birth of a Nation, which presented members as heroes and aligned with…

Photographs from the First Miss Soviet Union beauty pageant, 1988

Vintage Wonders Mar 18, 2025

A pillar of Western society, especially America, beauty pageants were outlawed in the Soviet Union since 1959 — no cheeky fashion, no celebration of beauty and elegance, no barely clothed girls. But in 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev, the youngest General Secretary of the Communist Party, arrived and transformed the scene. His accession brought in a new era of social freedom for…

Women protesting forced hijab days after the Iranian Revolution, 1979

Vintage Wonders Mar 18, 2025

More than 100,000 women assembled in the streets of the Iranian capital on March 8, 1979, to oppose the mandatory hijab ruling of the new Islamic government, effectively mandating women to wear a headscarf whenever away from home. On International Women’s Day, the photographs show women from all walks of life — nurses, students, moms — marching, smiling, arms raised…

A Photographic Historical Look at the Sexy Stewardesses of the 1960s-1980s

Vintage Wonders Mar 18, 2025

The flight attendant occupation assumed permanent form in the 1930s as “women’s work,” that is, job characterized as embodying white, middle-class ideals of femininity but also mostly performed by women. Together defining the new field of in-flight passenger service around the social ideal of the “hostess,” airline managers and stewardesses attempted to attract well-heeled travelers into the air. Like middle-class,…