When I went to the Fashion on the Ration exhibition at the V&A I discovered Utility Clothing for the first time – I knew about rationing but I didn’t know that the government came u…
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,
The 1940's were influenced by the dominant event of the decade - World War 2. It's no wonder that coming out of the Great Depression and dealing with the trauma of a World War that fashion was more sober and less flamboyant. Discover what everday fashion looked like in the 1940's with this collection of family photos shared by the community.
A colorful insight to the 1940s - These luscious color photographs of women in the 1940s reside in the National Geographic Creative website where you can license high resolution images. Glamourdaze honed in on two
Mom with her new bag and hat. Photo taken in the backyard to show off homemade clothes. We were a family of tailors.
We chart changing shoe styles, from manageable extra inches via platform heels to killer spikes
Day dress with cape of woollen jersey and two felt, chrome and leather belts, designed by Madeleine Vionnet, Paris, 1933
I am so grateful that I am able to wear pants. There, I’ve said it and I meant it. I find myself most comfortable in pants, and while I will slip on a dress every once in a while, I still p…
When I went to the Fashion on the Ration exhibition at the V&A I discovered Utility Clothing for the first time – I knew about rationing but I didn’t know that the government came u…
History of Fashion – The 1940s The 1940s was a unique decade in the 20th-Century fashion Autumn 1940 – Fashions were still designed for women whose lives had not been too affected by war. ABOVE: A V-1 flying bomb lands in a street off Drury Lane, London, 1944. People can be seen running for shelter. […]
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