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1940s Fashion Forecast – Dresses

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Glamourdaze

New York Worlds Fair 1939 predicts 1940s look – Collection of pre 1940s fashion photographs digitized by The New York Public Library.The models featured are unknown.The styles however herald the look of the 1940’s, with some boxy shoulders and wave hairstyles. In this post we feature some pretty frocks and skirts. In the next post we look at 1940’s coat…

1940s Hollywood Spring Styles 1941

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Actress Ann Rutherfords Spring Wardrobe – 1940s Fashion Report by Gwenn Walters – Vivacious Ann Rutherford gives you an exclusive preview of her spring dresses for this season. A parchment beige wool jersey sports frock is Ann’s first choice. Designed by LA’s Louella Ballerino, it is a two piece eye-catcher. The blouse, which features soft neckline, shoulder and cuff gathers…

The Power of Pink

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Glamourdaze

The allure of pink over the fashion eras – Up to that fateful day in Dallas, November 1963, Jackie Kennedy had worn her soon to be iconic pink Chanel suit six times. Captured in endless blood stained photographs and moving images as the tragic day unfolded, the suit is now being held in the National Archive under strict family instructions…

1940s Fashion – Vogue Under Twenty Dresses

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Four 40s frocks and their doll equivalents – One of the pretty young dancers of the musical show, “Panama Hattie,” is Miriam Franklin, who is wearing a buttoned-bodice dress of beige Juilliard wool and a black velvet halo-hat. Her costume and the others on this post were copied in miniature especially for Vogue. These are shown on Margit Nilsen‘s new flexible…

1940s Fashion – Evening Frock to Day Frock !

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Wartime utility fashion advice from Pathe 1943 – Fashion expert Anne Edwards shows us how ! That old dance frock is just a waste of good material in wartime. Lets cut the skirt to a daytime length. Out of the piece of material you cut off, you get the yoke and sleeves for your new frock. make yourself a paper…

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1940 Vogue Fashion – Winter Coats and Dresses

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Vogue Magazine of December 1940 – Fearless 1940s coats and 1940s wool dresses to please the eye and warm the heart ! Snapped at the Leonardo da Vinci Exhibit, at the New York Museum of Science and Industry – these fur-less coats, to go with your wool dress. First: Afternoon coat of brown wool. Beige felt bonnet. Best store; Ransohoffs….

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College Girl Winter Fashion for 1940

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Glamourdaze

Priscilla Lane models four outfits – So you’re going to college ! ( left) Doesn’t Priscilla Lane look a dream in this casual all-day-round dress suited for campus and class? The long sleeved crepe blouse is a deep Hunters green crepe, while the Tartan skirt is of smooth wool in shades of green, orange, yellow and black. The plaid is…

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1940s Winter Fashion – Maureen O Hara 1941

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Glamourdaze

Maureen steps out in December – Cross your fingers and hope you’ll fall for the lovely Maureen O Hara as she models some of her favourite winter styles for this December of 1941. To the left, just swoon at this winter suit: a black silk crepe by Filbert with a brief apron peplum in front, decorated with jewelled buttons of…

1940s Winter Fashion – Barbara Stanwyck

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Glamourdaze

Winter Hollywood Style by Edith Head 1942 – Well hello to Barbara Stanwyck, who has more than a nodding acquaintance with skis in Columbia’s “You belong to me.” She makes a pretty cover in this bright number for the slopes. Next she does a bit of interior decoration here in a gray gabardine ski suit with zipper-closed pockets, a reversible…

1940s Pathe Fashion – School for Models

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Glamourdaze

British fashion models in training 1944 ! – As with all those early 1940s Pathe newsreels – the insert for women was ..ahem .. delivered by a nonplussed sexist male narrator. No these girls are not in training for the Olympic games, they are learning to be fashion mannequins. One day they’ll be displaying the latest models in one of…

1940s Fashion Forecast – Dresses

1940s Hollywood Spring Styles 1941

The Power of Pink

1940s Fashion – Vogue Under Twenty Dresses

1940s Fashion – Evening Frock to Day Frock !

1940 Vogue Fashion – Winter Coats and Dresses

College Girl Winter Fashion for 1940

1940s Winter Fashion – Maureen O Hara 1941

1940s Winter Fashion – Barbara Stanwyck

1940s Pathe Fashion – School for Models

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