But her true passion is fiction, so she decided to write a novel about black beauty pageants in the 1950s, partially inspired by one of her two glamorous aunts, who was a model in the 1950s-the other was an opera singer who rubbed shoulders with the biggest celebrities of her day. You didn't think Josephine Baker ran out and got her pedicure done in the streets right? But only she could don a leopard print number and look so fab as her feet got some pedicure action.Nichelle Gainer knows a thing or two about glamour: She spent most of her career working for magazines like “Woman’s Day,” “GQ,” “Us Weekly,” and “InStyle,” with a focus on celebrity, fashion, and grooming.
Man, that Eartha Kitt had the presence to make a room, and staircases smoulder.
I would pay good money to know what had Harry Belafonte and Martin Luther King laughing so hard. I think you know by the looks of those legs, that that is the one and only Tina Turner. They are some of the most beautiful images out there, and so of course, I had to share.Take a peek. The book is still in a work in progress, so Gainer decided to share her photo finds and now curates the Vintage Black Glamour Tumblr blog, the Facebook page and Pinterest account. VBG is the brainchild of writer Nichelle Gainer whose goal, according to a recent NPR profile, was to start a book project showcasing a collection of rarely seen historical photos of actors, educators, writers, students, musicians and more - all African-American. It shows you people, things, places in their most unadorned state, stripped bare if you will, so we can appreciate their simplicity.Ī few months ago, I stumbled across the Facebook page of Vintage Black Glamour and was instantly smitten with the beautiful, rarely seen images of famous black folks and some not so famous black folks. There's nothing sexier to me than a black and white photo.
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