40s summer fashion

While girls primarily wore dresses and skirts in the 1940s, very young girls sometimes wore overalls. In the later forties, pinafores were w...

It may still be snowing at your house, but we can all look forward to summer. The Montgomery Ward Spring/Summer Catalog for 1945 has some su...

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One of the most popular eras for reproduction and vintage wear, women’s fashion in the 1940s combined style and practicality to achieve a la...

While there is much to be gleaned from the sartorial inspiration provided by yesteryear starlets and staged mid-century fashion shoots in magazines (and goodness knows I adore both of these things unceasingly), my biggest source of vintage fashion inspiration has - and I believe always will be - the looks that real everyday women like myself were sporting during my favourite decades. I'm intrigued to see how those on a budget dressed, to know how they did their hair, what shoes they opted…

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1945 Sears Spring Summer Catalog, Page 17

Create a simple and easy 1940s style look using todays wardrobe. Plus what dress, hairstyle and makeup style to choose