1940’s in fashion for women in WW2. Trends, utility dresses, seamed stockings, peplum’s, shoulder pads, and the post war New Look.
Women in World War 2 left us an iconic and beguiling style which is forever celebrated in movies, books and magazines. Rationing encouraged women to “make do and mend”. With all resources going to the war effort, Fabric shortage meant longer skirts and less revealing evening dresses. Austerity was reflected by a more austere fashion in the early 1940’s. Makeup and hairstyles however never looked better.
Browse the 1940’s fashion trends as worn by women in that troubled decade. Find inspiration for your next 1940’s style dress, victory rolls hairstyle.
Now you know the highlights, dive in to our archive of 1940’s fashion history. Find out how women in WW2 lived, worked, served in the forces and of course dressed.
1940’s Swimsuits – Original Photographs in Color These wonderful color images of 1940’s swimwear really evoke the glamour of that period. Vintage swimsuits in the 1940’s and 1950’s had far a greater variety of swimwear fabrics, like lined cotton, stretch latex and nylon. The new bathing suit of that period was tailored to flatter a …
Vintage 1940s Fashion Film – The Wedding Shower Another clip from the vintage 1940s fashion film as Miss Ratherly Sterns Girls throw a wedding shower for their friend.She receives some lovely gifts.These films are lovely.They depict the glamour and style of dress, hair,and makeup of the 1940’s perfectly .Courtesy of Prelinger Archive.
How to capture that 1940’s Glamour Invest in the right colors: 1940’s gals knew how to discriminately pick from the colors of the rainbow. Autumn and primary colors are your best bet for getting your 1940’s glam on. Chocolate, navy, black, burgundy, cardinal red, royal blue, and gold are just a few great choices. Stay …
The invention of Nylon Stockings ! The story of nylon, and subsequently – nylon stockings began with a gentleman called Wallace Carothers, whose team at DuPonts chemical company, after ten years of research in the field of Polymers, produced a fiber that was to replace silk in many clothing garments.After his lab came up with …
Another snippet from our vintage 1940’s makeup and beauty tutorial courtesy of the Prelinger archive.This one shows ugly betty transform into pretty polly. Hilarious example of old fashioned mores. But has anything really changed ?
1940’s Fashion and The Handbag The war saw the smooth contours of the 1930s fashion change to a more military look. Bags became larger, squarer, and more practical, reflecting a desire to appear self-sufficient. As zippers, mirrors, and leather became scarce, designers turned to wood or plastic for frames and employed new synthetics such as …
1940s Clothing – Women’s Dress and Style– Now see the lavishly illustrated concise history of 1940s women fashion !! Also you can read a free e-publication World War Two Fashion – by Tia Craig . Just click on image below to download direct to your smartphone,tablet or desktop. Welcome to the main hub to several entertaining posts on …
Also Watch our tribute to Rosie the Riveter or this beautiful little film tribute to the British Women in uniform during the Second World War. These recruitment posters say it all. While the nose cones of many US planes depicted glamourous Hollywood bombshells, there were however brave women overcoming centuries of gender bias who joined …
This was originally published in the December 1942 issue of American Hairdresser.It shows a very neat way of pinning your hair with single pins.Enjoy.
The first nylon stockings appeared in New York stores on May 15, 1940 and over 780,000 pairs were sold in the first day alone. In the first year, 64 million pairs were sold in the US, and nylons soon became the generic name for all hosiery products containing nylon. However once the USA joined World …