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Color Archive of 1940s War Era Women

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Mouth watering color photographs from Sweden – Glamourdaze always gets a little excited when a new excavation emerges of pictorial gems to add to the photo archive of women’s fashion history, and if those photographs are in color .. well then it’s Christmas come early ! Most of the color slides were taken during World War Two. Sweden was neutral during…

1940s Fashion – Pre-Dior Silhouettes of 1942

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Pre-New Look experiments in dresses – An interesting image from 1942 Vogue, specifically the skirt on the left. Very Christian Dior, some five years before the advent of his Corolle collection. There’s a new look at night ( here in translucent black). The dress is short – the cut and the fabric formal. Made more so, by important gloves and…

1940s Fashion in magical Kodachrome color

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Glamourdaze

1940s fashion in magical Kodachrome color – There is an era captured in photography which engenders more nostalgia perhaps than any other in the 20th century and these are the Kodachrome years. Kodachrome film was a 35 mm film or transparency containing three layers producing the primary colors. Like their black and white counterparts, the emulsion coatings were black and…

1940s Fashion – Short vs Long Skirts

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Glamourdaze

The feminine knee is returned to prim seclusion by Paris – The liveliest argument has raged since February over this years major style change, which returns via Paris decree, a woman’s knee to beneath her skirt. There are naturally many who are not pleased about the dipping hemlines 1947, while there are other young women who have embraced the new romantic…

Paris Collection Dior 1947

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Vogue Magazine introduces Dior’s New Look – This was Europe’s worst winter since 1870. There was little coal, electricity was rationed and Paris was buried in snow. With fingers stiff, but with ideas running free, designers worked against the cold toward exciting new ideas.Perhaps nowhere but in Paris would the rise of a new designing star cause such general excitement. Not…

1940s College Style

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Typical Wardrobe choice in 1949 – 1940s fashion Photos by Nina Leen Not all young college girls are content with thee gold standard college look of bobby socks, skirts and loose sweaters.Many, influenced by older sisters, friends or simply an urge to grow up quickly, aspire to more mature clothes, thereby facing a double wardrobe problem; where to find outfits…

1940s Fashion – Dipping Hemlines

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Longer Skirts on the way 1946 – Usually the sign of a depression? An uneven hemline with a back slip, is clearly a sneaky device to trick women into longer skirts. This device was last used in 1927. Skirts had gone knee high in the flapper era. Soon they began to dip in the back. These high-low skirts were quite…

1940s Fashion – The Hattie Carnegie Story

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Profile of an American Fashion Icon 1945 – With a “look”, a little suit and a knowledge of all the angles, Hattie Carnegie has risen from poverty to be absolute boss of a $6,500,000 dress business. Nobody has ever been able to define style to the satisfaction of anybody else. It might be called a means of expression; one of the…

1940’s Fashion Wardrobe – 1942 Summer Styles

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Glamourdaze

All things to all women – 1940s fashion report by Wilhela Cushman Fashion editor of Ladies Home Journal If you simply love a long coat to wear with many summer dresses, your favorite could be this sophisticated green over a printed 1940s frock. (1) The same style dress alone with (2) a big green hat and (3) green pumps, is pretty…

1940s Fashion – Early Summer Suits 1940

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Bette Davis and friends model the latest – 1940s fashion report by Gwenn Walters. A fresh and spirited fashion song is echoed by Bette Davis ( above), whose newest summer costume is previewed for you. A trim dressmaker suit of navy rayon faille conceals a white button-on crocheted lace blouse ‘neath its ribbon hugging jacket. Striking harmonious chords in the…

Color Archive of 1940s War Era Women

1940s Fashion – Pre-Dior Silhouettes of 1942

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

1940s Fashion – Short vs Long Skirts

Paris Collection Dior 1947

1940s College Style

1940s Fashion – Dipping Hemlines

1940s Fashion – The Hattie Carnegie Story

1940’s Fashion Wardrobe – 1942 Summer Styles

1940s Fashion – Early Summer Suits 1940

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