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Katharine Hepburn’s Beauty Tips, 1933

From the Gloucester Citizen, June 26th 1933, comes this little piece – “Beauty Tips by Katherine Hepburn (The Film Star)”. (Spelt wrong)

Gloucester Citizen, 1933
Gloucester Citizen, 1933

“Make a point of going to bed at least once at week at 9.30 or before…” – oh, I so need to start doing that.

In fact, it all sounds good to me. Sensible stuff. And anyway, who am I to argue with the mega-cool original Hep-Kat? (Is that already a nickname for her? It should be.)

This is one look she had in 1933. Dressed as a moth for the film Christopher Strong. I’ve never seen the film, but now I feel I need to see this costume in some kind of context.

Katharine Hepburn in Christopher Strong, 1933
Katharine Hepburn in Christopher Strong, 1933

By Estelle

I am Estelle, a small person who lives in Liverpool. I love all books apart from "The World According to Clarkson". Also very keen on comedy, cooking, octopods and other small people.

2 replies on “Katharine Hepburn’s Beauty Tips, 1933”

[…] This woman knew a strong look when she saw one, and here she is discussing something close to my heart, the joy of wearing black, which looked exceptionally striking against her platinum blonde hair. The intricately-described outfits sound like the most dizzyingly perfect of 1930s creations. This is from The Gloucester Citizen, which also published Katharine Hepburn’s Beauty Tips. […]

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