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100,000 US Women measured for 1940s Dress sizes

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Glamourpost

WPA measures US women up for standard dress sizes – 1940s Fashion Report for Glamourdaze – Jan 1940. USA At the L.Bamberger & Co store in Newark, New Jersey, stylish stouts, junior misses, half size women, extra talls, and all other types of women born equal but definitely not in equal proportion, are now being measured as part of the…

1940 Fashion – Sophisticated Day Suits

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Glamourpost

1940s fashion report from Gwenn Walters – Merle Oberon, Marlene Deitrich, Ann Sheridan and Irene Dunne model a day fashionable day suits from February 1940. Merle Oberon is the crisp “suit-type” who likes to travel “light” and is apt to turn up at El Mirador in Palm Springs or at the new Arrowhead Springs Hotel in this chic little beige…

1940s Teen Fashions – Archive film from 1943

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Glamourdaze

A lovely little vintage fashion film clip from 1943 – looking at up coming 1940s fashions in new dresses, accessories and hairstyles from girls ages 11 to 17. We dug this out of an old Universal newsreel. Enjoy!

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1940s Winter Fashion – Rita Hayworth – Dec 1942

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Glamourpost

Our time traveling fashion correspondent Gwenn Walters reports for Glamourdaze from December 1942 to reveal what 1940s fashions the dishy Rita Hayworth was wearing. ” Doesn’t Rita look smart in this new winter wonder-worker – a smooth black dress featuring the new ‘peg-top drape’ and a high style belt of black cord with a rich black fringe tassel. Rita’s hat…

1940s Fashion Report – Winter Styles for Christmas 1941.

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Glamourpost

Hollywood stars model the latest modes for Christmas 1941 – Gwenn Walters reports for Glamourdaze. QUESTION: What would a girl like for Christmas? Answer: A hostess outfit like this one designed by Earl Luick and worn by the demure Joan Bennett of 20th Century Fox. An all over quilted coat of brown and white checked rayon, silk buttons trimly over…

Fashion in 1940 – Autumn Wardrobe of the Stars.

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Glamourpost

Deanna Durbin, Myrna Loy reveal their Autumn outfits for 1940. Originally published in Sept 1940’s Photoplay by fashion editor Gwenn Walters. The USA’s entrance into the Second World war is still over a year away. Deanna Durbin poses in 1940s College fashions. The perfect little arbiter of good taste in feminine clothes is of course Deanna Durbin, a very fashion-wise…

1940’s Fashion – Spring Frock Parade

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Glamourpost

1940s Fashion Parade – Spring Dresses from the 1942 Sears catalog. After the cold bitter months of winter, women across America eagerly scanned the juicy spring catalogs for some nice frock inspiration. Here’s a selection of spring frocks from the Sears Catalog of 1942. They were grim times for women at home, many of whom worked in munitions factories, aircraft…

1940s Fashion – Deborah Kerr models the 1942 British Utility Dress

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Glamourpost

Deborah Kerr models the 1942 British Utility Dress Typical Utility dress of pale blue light woolen, it has double-breasted bodice and pleats in the skirt. Spectator model at 62 shillings and 10d. Everything about it is top flight except the price . Originally published in Picture Post 1942. Text transcription copyright Glamourdaze.com 2013 Look in your shops for Utility Dresses….

Fleur de Guerre talks to Glamourdaze

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Glamourpost

Glamourdaze chats to Fleur de Guerre vintage style model and authoress of ‘Diary of a Vintage Girl’ The vintage fashion blogosphere is certainly a strange country, populated mostly by women who have a distinct penchant for the ‘feminine’, but with an attitude that says sweetly but clearly ‘mess me with me and you’re dead !’. Glamourdaze have several favorites including…

British War Time Christmas Beauty Tips for Women in 1941

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Glamourpost

British War Time Christmas Beauty Tips for Women in 1941 A touching and a unique record taken from the 1940’s British fashion periodical Good Taste – Dec 1941. The writer envisions various date scenarios and dishes out advice on the appropriate clothing, hairstyle and makeup to wear for these very special occasions with their soldiers home on leave.1940’s Women considered…

100,000 US Women measured for 1940s Dress sizes

1940 Fashion – Sophisticated Day Suits

1940s Teen Fashions – Archive film from 1943

1940s Winter Fashion – Rita Hayworth – Dec 1942

1940s Fashion Report – Winter Styles for Christmas 1941.

Fashion in 1940 – Autumn Wardrobe of the Stars.

1940’s Fashion – Spring Frock Parade

1940s Fashion – Deborah Kerr models the 1942 British Utility Dress

Fleur de Guerre talks to Glamourdaze

British War Time Christmas Beauty Tips for Women in 1941

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