1940s Fashion

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Always believe that moving forward is better, because it is. (John Rawlings - Glamour - MoMA- Januar

A Model Applying LipstickJohn Rawlings (American; 1912–1970)Published: Vogue, March 15th, 1943

New York Fashion, 1945Constantin Joffé (American, born Russia; 1910–1992)Model wearing a tight-fitti

Christian Dior’s “Sargent Dress”Fashion shoot for American Vogue, 1949Dress: Christian DiorPhoto: Er

Balenciaga and Robert Piguet by Christian Bérard, 1942

robertocustodioart:Mary Jane Russell by Louise Dahl-Wolfe 1949

Fashion illustration by Ernst Dryden, c. 1940s

The Second Age of Beauty is GlamourCecil Beaton (British; 1904–1980)1946Fashion photograph for Vogue

Actress Ingrid Mirbach; photo by Regina Relang, 1949.

Melancholia. The business of fashion often forgets that the people in the images, the models, are no

Model in McCardell’s bare midriff outfit from her resort collection, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolf

noonesnemesis:1940’s fashionBernard Blossac

hollywoodlady:Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard inBrief Encounter, 1945

Pierre Louchel, Molyneux, 1947

25-year-old Japanese prop stylist Masu - a member of a 1920s-to-1940s fashion loving club called The

1949 fashion illustration by Rene Gruau, Jean Desses at left, Mad Carpentier at right

artfulfashion:Photograph by George Hoyningen-Huene for Harper’s Bazaar, March 1944

Tartan dresses by Heim Griffe Madeleine de Rauch and Balmain,illustrated by Lila de Nobili,1947 

Fashion in 1942 The War Production Board (WPB) was established in 1942 as a government agency  to re

withnailrules:Harper’s Bazaar, September, 1941.

vintageeveryday: 16 classic photos that capture nylon stockings’ allure in the 1940s and 1950s. We

Mary Jane Russell,1949, Paris, Dior Swan Hat photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Dolls wearing Balenciaga, Madame Grès and Jean Patou" from “Paris Fashions, 1945 by David

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