40’s Fashion

The Effect of the War on Womens' Fashion

Paris Lost It's Influence Over Fashion

The most influential fashion designer of the late 1940s and 1950s, CHRISTIAN DIOR (1905 to 1957) dominated fashion after World war II with the hourglass silhouette of his voluptuous New Look. He also defined a new business model in the post-war fashion industry by establishing Dior as a global brand across a wide range of products.

Music and movies Music: popular tunes in the 1940s included the music

of Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Glen Miller, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.

Movies:

“Fantasia”(1940)

“Gone with the wind”(1939)

“ Ladies of the Chrous”( 1948)

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962):

She was an American actress,

singer, model and showgirl who

became a major sex symbol.

Vivien Leigh( 1913-1967)

She was a famous actress.

She won two Academy Awards

for the movie “ Gone with the wind.”

The Impact of World War II on Fashion

While rationing may have been in full swing by 1942, Vogue explained that women (and men) should not swear off fashion for the duration of the war. Doing so would be, well, un-patriotic.

One might say that womens' fashions of the 1940's were dictated by Adolph Hitler.

Clothing Girdles

Shoe

Pants

Stockings

Shoulder pads

Corsages

Cotton denim

Jersey

Calico

Patriotic colours :

Air force blue

Flag red

Black

Browns

Greens

Gray flannel.

Hair was worn long and curled at the ends for a soft, feminine look.

Fedora HatShort Hair or

any Jockey

BlazerDenim

Jacket

Pocket

scarf

Tie

Trousers

Fashion

Glasses

Cotton

shirt

Hand

Watch

Shoes or any

Sneakers

Black Leather

Shoes

White

shirt

Light

Blue

Jeans

Advantages of 40’s fashion

- It was like an universal trend for men, so they don’t needed to passmany minutes chosing some clothes to go out to somewhere

- For the men, the clothes were easy to match with another clothes.

Disadvantages of 40’s fashion

- The men’s fashion was very monotonous.

- That fashion was inappropiate for summer.

- That men fashion doesn’t had a great variety of clothes.

Likes

- The elegancy of the people

- The Clothes were easy to match

Dislikes

- The fashion was very formal to all the situations

- The hairstyle was ever the same (for men)

- That fashion turned in a stereotype.