Late 1940s fashion

1947 Model is wearing a long moss-green belted jacket over brown pleated skirt by Jacques Fath late 40s winter wear casual day jacket skirt hat shoes gloves belt green brown tan wool warm

What's that? More pages of beautiful 1940's dresses? Okay sure! So many of these are super simple in the best day-wear sort of way, and we even have a few maternity and juniors styles featured in today's pages! Vintage isn't all glamorous cocktail dresses of course, though sometimes I wish I could get away with wearing just those more often. Also, can we talk about how so many of the shoes these gals are wearing are almost identical to the wonderful Royal Vintage Shoes Marilyn pumps? Just…

featuring LAUREN BECALL costumes by MILO ANDERSEN / * based on novel by ERNEST HEMMINGWAY

The gray days of winter have me looking forward to spring and lighter/brighter clothing. I scanned these from a 1949 insert of the pattern department of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The green ensemble with matching beret in the first picture has my name all over it. I love the color combination. While the 30s is my absolute favorite era, there are so many things I love about the designs of this time period too. So pretty!

Women's 1940s pants fashion included wide leg trousers, slacks, dungarees, overalls, coveralls, sailor and denim jeans. Learn the history of 40s pants styles.

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If you love the look of well-tailored dresses and military-inspired outfits, styling a 1940s look is for you. Take a look at the most popular 1940s looks for women.

The skirt, styled with side front and back seams, joins to a waist band. Style 1 has patch pockets and three quarter sleeves that are fitted with gathers at the back elbow.A detachable collar and cuffs finish the jacket.

The world of fashion is based on classic and contemporary looks that are meant to make us look and feel our best. However, if we make styling mistakes with even the smaller details in our outfit, we can end up ruining the whole look by appearing as if we’ve gained extra weight. Nobody wants this result so stay tuned to hear about these fashion mistakes to prevent the same from happening with your outfits.