1940s Fashion

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Photo by John Rawlings, 1948.

ephemeral-elegance:Sundress, 1945Claire McCardellvia The Met

Christian Dior sketch by Rene Gruau, late 1940s 

Evening Wear Illustrations from the 1948 Collections of Balmain,Madame Gres and Dior by Pierre Louch

1949 illustration by Pierre Simon left-right, Mad Carpentier, Molyneaux, Hermes, Lafaurie

crickets-serenade:Pinups!!!What’s going on here?

hollywoodlady:1940s Hairstyles: Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall, Barbara Stanwyck, Ann She

Three Times Petersen. Study for a Fashion Page, 1947. © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld. Stiftung F.C

André Delfau, Molyneux, 1945

fortheloothoney:Ingrid Bergman, 1943

Do Your Part for the Red CrossErwin Blumenfeld (American, born Germany; 1897–1969)Published on the c

Fashion illustration by André Delfau, 1948, Jacques Griffe Couture.

Pierre Benoît evening gown, 1946

1940s fashion

“Start shaping your own day. Start walking your own walk. This journey is yours, take charge of it.

Model Ruth Conklin, in a dress by Dior; photo by Nina Leen, September 1947.

50ftwoman:rubyarmoire:Unnatural hair colours did exist in the past!Yes they did, Older women where o

zzzze:Irving Penn (1917 - 2009)‘Woman on the Beach, Smoking (Mary Jane Russell, Long Island, N. Y.)‘

fashionsfromhistory: Jacket Early 1890s; Altered 1940sThis jacket originally belonged to the costume

Horst P. Horst, vintage chrome before and after color correction. Dress by Hattie Carnegie, model: C

vintagechampagnefever: 1940s teen fashion

My sister decided that Joan Clarke–intelligent, sometimes awkward, given to wearing crisp blou

1940s advertisement for American Airlines and Stetson Hats

Philippe Halsman (American, born Latvia; 1901–1979)Bathing Costumes, Bermuda Photograph, 1946 © Phil

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