One of the most glamorous decades and certainly quite groundbreaking in fashion. This blog is dedicated to the 1940's and its lifestyles, historical events, music, entertainment, and most of all the silver screen. If you enjoy a time when men and women...
By 1937, the citizens of San Francisco were fed up with perpetual traffic jams. The town...
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Katharine Trousers in beige dogtooth by Vivien of Holloway. These reproduction dogtooth Katharine Trousers are my absolute vintage dream come true! I have wanted a pair of old-Hollywood 1940s style…
The work was year round. Photographing men and women picking cotton, shucking corn, cutting tobacco leaves, citrus fruit packing, coal mining, or hanging around the theatres and halls on Beale Street, from where rock ‘n’ roll would one day come. The photographer was Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990). She was born in New Jersey, a June … Continue reading "Living the American Dream: Marion Post Wolcott’s Photographs of Working Life in the USA 1930s-1940s"
I absolutely love 1930s fashion. At first I thought it would never look good on my short and curvy frame because all the fashion images from the decade feature very tall and narrow silhouettes (the hand-drawn images were not realistically proportionate in the least). After giving a few 30s outfits a try, especially mixing separates,
Women in the 1930's didn't wear pants too often, but for summer days at the beach or when playing a sport, pants were not only acceptable but highly fashionable! For daywear, a pair of white or navy blue high waisted wide leg pants and trousers with a nautical or sailor look were trendy. On the
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1939. It depicts German actress, Marlene Dietrich, with her "The Spoilers" co-star, Randolph Scott. This photograph is hand signed and the image measures 13 x 8 inches. The framed dimensions are 21.5 x 16.5 inches. Note: The photograph has a small tear on the lower right and the frame has minor scratches. Please see attached images.
In late 1939, the New York World's Fair a fashion parade predicts the 1940's fashions to come in dresses, skirts, coats, hairstyles and shoes.
Create a simple and easy 1940s style look using todays wardrobe. Plus what dress, hairstyle and makeup style to choose
Edith Bouvier Beale (7 November 1917 – circa 9 January 2002), American socialite, fashion model and cabaret performer. She was a first...
Love doesn't change though the years do. Sometimes it can be difficult to remember that people in photos from bygone eras had the same concerns, hopes, dreams, and loves that we do. On a whim one morning, I was browsing vintage photos and came across these wonderful pieces of art. Some of them moved
A young woman's annual 1940's clothing plan. A strick budget for dresses, shoes, underwear, hosiery, and other accessories
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Taken in the Bronx, New York in 1949. Movie-star dress was designed and made by the girl wearing it, my mother, Clara.
A photo of an Emmering man in front of a 1936 Ford, late winter in Washington
