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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Movie Star Veronica Lake Gave Up Her Trademark Hairstyle For The War Effort
Description: Today in 1919 (or, by some accounts, 1922), the birthday of Veronica Lake, a movie star whose iconic hairstyle won over millions of fans, even when she gave up that trademark look to help the US win World War II. Plus: a design studio in Barcelona, Bel & Bel, is giving new life to the front panels of old Vespa scooters by turning them into stylish office chairs.
The Peek-A-Boo Girl Gets Cut: In 1943 Veronica Lake Saved America And A Million Women’s Hair (Flashbak)
Vespa Scooters Given New Life as Innovative Office Chairs (My Modern Met)
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