Chic Beijingers of the 1930s. 1930s-Hollywood Parade Hooray for Hollywood. Movies function as the bible of beauty. Even gifted novelist Zhang Ailing cannot resist the temptation and willingly joins the popular fad of using imported dark-colored lipsticks she bought with her first royalties The lipsticks even made a comeback at the end of the 1990s. During the Japanese invasion, lipsticks become improper luxuries.
Patriotic wives abandon cosmetics altogether.
Groups of Chinese women intellectuals return to China with their husbands, bringing back the lively fashions of idealistic elegance prevalent in Europe and America after the Second World War. Delicate faces wrapped in short curls resemble the last roses of summer in 1958. This ideal of combined beauty and intelligence is perfectly embodied in the talented poet Lin Huiyin. A sun-kissed, scorched visage after two years' graft in the fields is your ultimate early' 60s fashion statement. Cosmetics are absolutely unimaginable.