The Maybelline Story

Art Deco, avant-garde, slightly naughty, glamour..

By Sharrie Williams · Written January 2012 · 1 min read

Erte’, the father of Art Deco, inspired these glamorous 1930s, Maybelline ads,





Art Deco, avant-garde, slightly naughty, glamour..

Art Deco was also, The Great Gatsby and High Society.


Art Deco, avant-garde, slightly naughty, glamour..


Art Deco, from 1920 -1940, represented modernism, the jazz age, streamlined design and elegance.



Art Deco, avant-garde, slightly naughty, glamour..
Art Deco was about turning life into art, It was glamour, Avant-Garde, and breaking away from old world thinking, after WW 1.



Hollywood is Art Deco. Glamour’s Golden Age.


A salute to Art Deco.

Art Deco summed up Tom Lyle Williams and Maybelline. 
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Maybe She’s Born With It

The next chapter of the Maybelline family story. Get a text the day it’s out.

Where it began: The Maybelline Story — Amazon · Ebook · Signed copy