Tribute To Vintage Elegant Black Women

Simply lovely but I wish they were smilingI think that BW have to look to the past to learn what femininity is! These BW actually lived through slavery, poverty, and blatant and violent racism (e.g., depending on the country it could be wars, apartheid, or Jim Crow). Yet instead of choosing to protest through their clothing (that could interfere with their personal happiness) they decided to dress the way other women dressed and the way their men liked. Do not insult your ancestors by saying their way of coping with oppression was wrong when they were WAY more oppressed than you are. If you are as oppressed as you say you are then why aren't you acting like them? Being feminine was always"a Black thing" as I stated in my previous post, Remember when being feminine and girly was a Black thing. Lena Horne vintage EBW iconIf BW are in such a bad place then maybe we should do what BW did in the past to survive and that is act like ladies, respect ourselves, and carry ourselves in a manner that is beyond reproach. I think that the ideal EBW takes the good things from the past and present and also discards the bad things from the past and present because everything new isn't great and everything old isn't bad. By the way some people talk everything old is tainted and should be discarded as though everything modern is superior! Show them we are ladies and deserve to be treated like ladies. Today I'm going to post images of my favorite vintage EBW icons, vintage photos, and modern women in vintage styles. These are all Black women and they know how to look and act like ladies:Michelle Obama and Oprah wearing vintagestyles yet they still manage to be empoweredand influential. Vintage EBW icon Diahann Carroll I LOVE this!Joyce Bryant was called the BlackMarilyn Monroe. She was a singer andmaybe a pin-up model.This is actually a modern photo of pin-up model andEBW Angelique Noire, the Pin-up Noire :) No smiles but very feminine attire :)These ladies are excited about something! Ladies can laughand have fun just like anyone else. Vintage EBW Naomi Campbell in what I'mguessing is Chanel?EBW Gugu Mbatha-Raw in a vintage styledress and elegant jewelry. She tends to bephotographed looking ultra feminine. These are very fancy ladies :)Educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown on her wedding day, 1912. Founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute in North Carolina, Ms. Brown was alsoa suffragist who worked for blackwomen to have the same rights black men and white women were fighting for in the early 20th century. She was also the great aunt of singer Natalie Cole. In fact, she raised Natalie's mother Maria and her sisters (her brother's children) when their mother died in childbirth."Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898 - 1989) achieved a lot of firsts in her life.She was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the United States, the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the first African American woman to be admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, and was the first national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.EBW Robin Givens, possibly in the 80sin a feminine gown. Boomerang taughtme how to be the ultimate alphafemale. Disco Queen Donna Summer R.I.P.EBWs Angela Bassett and Whitney Houston.It's hard to believe that this film is 17 yearsold! They were not perfect but they werealways ladies in the film. Vintage ladies striking a pose.EBW Kerry Washington wearing a vintage gown andhairstyle. Beautiful!Vintage icon Eartha Kitt. She was anactress, pin-up model, and singer. I shouldadd her to the EBW list!Vintage EBW icon Dorothy Dandridge makingelegance look so easy walking down the street.I love the shoes, dress, and gloves :)Vintage EBW icon Josephine Baker inan ultra feminine gown.I don't know the name of this actressbut she looks sweet as punch in thisretro style dress :)EBW Angel Coulby in her Queen Guineverecostume for the show Merlin. Retro femininityat it's best!Vintage ladies in patterned skirtssmiling and posing for the camera.Vintage model Helen Williams wasvery popular and is the mother ofEBW Vanessa Williams.I could not do this post without an image ofthe ultra feminine Supremes and EBW DianaRoss :)Vintage beauty pageant contestants whoknow how to pose for photographs. Vintage photo of ladies demonstrating feminine dress andhow to cross one's legs like a lady and smile for the camera.Vintage model or actress with pin-upstyle hair and a beautiful smile :) Vintage ladies in adorable full skirts :)My favorite photo of Eartha Kitt. What abeautiful gown!Gif from the remake of Dreamgirls showcasing vintage EBWstyle and an homage to all the feminine singing groups ofthe past.

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