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Vintage Glamour 1940’s Fashion
Chanel suits Available at: http://www.vintageseekers.com/products/-
chanel-suit-1. accessed on 17th February 2012 19.10
German poster art for warners (Joan Crawford). Available at: http://
www.joancrawfordbest.com/art40sgerman.htm. Accessed on 17th Feb-
ruary 2012 19.15PM
lana turner. Available at: http://fashion-fairy-blog.blogspot.com/2010/12/
fashion-icon-lana-turner.html. Accessed on 18th February 2012
15.05PM
Japanese Silk. Available at: http://www.saberdesigns.cc/Silklead/
silk8.htm. Accessed on 18th February 2012 16.20PM
Rayon. Available at::http://polyester-
fabric.manufacturer.supplierlist.com/polyesterfabrics-rayon_fabric.htm.
Accessed on 20th February 2012 11.05AM
Veronica Lake. Available at: http://www.dreamy-hairstyles.com/1940s-
Hairstyles.html. Accessed on 25th February 2012 12.10
Ava Gardner. Available at: http://www.artandculture.com/feature/1227
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Lana Turner. Available at: http://fashion-fairy-
blog.blogspot.com/2010/12/fashion-icon-lana-turner.html. Accessed on
25th February 2012 13.00
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Editors letter
Page 6
How the War
affected
Fashion
Page 10
World War
Fabrics
Page 12
1940’s Glam-
our Icons
Page 14
Abstract
Expressionism
Page 16
Music
Page 18
1940’s In-
spired Fashion
today
Features
Author
There is something about
the feminine silhouette of
the 40's figure and the
simple nature of easy to
make and wear clothes
that we 21st century
women can't get enough
of. These fashions were
timeless. They were com-
fortable. They were fun.
My magazine is based on World events and how
they affected and influenced Fashion in the 1940s.
There will be articles on Fashion in the 1940’s,
1940’s fashion today, Fashion Icons and many
more.
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1940s woman. Available at: http://www.fancyhouseroad.com/
tag/1940s-womens-fashion/. Accessed on 16th February 2012
12.10PM
1940s woman/American flag. Available at: http://
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fashion. Accessed on 16th February 2012 12.20PM
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logo-design1.png&newest=1. accessed on 16th February 2012
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friday-inspiration-from-diors-1950s-new-look/christian-dior-dress-
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product-view/02340G.html. Accessed 29th Feb 2012 10.21AM
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www.amazon.com/1940s-Vocal-Jazz-Music/dp/B004QOSQFM.
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References
One might say that women's' fashions of the 1940's
were dictated by Adolph Hitler. The German inva-
sion of Poland in September 1939 set the tone for
everything that happened in the next decade.
As fashion follows social trends and the events of the
world economy,
World War II ne-
cessitated changes
in clothing styles
and fashion de-
sign. Pearl Har-
bour took place
on December 7,
1941 by which
time Germany had invaded Norway, Denmark, Hol-
land, Belgium, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. The
FASHION Double Cotton Pinafore Dress$455 - orlakiely.com, Flower
Hair Ornament - Brown : Accessories | SANNA'S Onli...¥550 -
sannas.jp, Red Large Stone Engraved Ring$21 $9 - wallisfash-
ion.com, DANNIJO Oxidized Brass Plated Adrian Brace-
let$320 - stylebop.com
To achieve the 1940s of today look of elegance
and affluence try pairing a basic dress or plain
tailored suit with some classic-style accesso-
ries. For the fashion-conscious, the simple
pearl necklace or pair of neutral pumps will
complete the look. The more fashion-daring
shopper should try sporting a wide brim hat or
driving gloves to make any outfit classic-chic.
Fenn Wright Manson Wool Tailoring Stretch Suit Dress, £169 - johnlewis.com, Agent Ninetynine Felt Wide Brim Floppy Hat $46 - generalpants.com.au, Jewelry & Watches - Gorgeous Matched Graduate...jewelry.1stdibs.com, Kelsi Dagger Tildia - Black Cream $117 - heels.com, PEACHOO + KREJBERG Long leather glove £379 - farfetch.com
world was at war and haute couture took a back
seat to the privations of global conflict.
Broad padded
square shoulders,
trim waist and hips,
with shoulder
length curled hair.
High round,
sweetheart neck-
lines with small
collars.
Not just a designer,
not just a big name,
Coco Chanel was an
icon in the fashion in-
dustry— she was pas-
sionate about clothing
design and a trendset-
ter whose influence
can still be seen today.
By the middle of
1940, when Paris fell to the Nazis, Coco Chanel had
to close her boutiques and even served as a nurse
during WWII.
Opposite Page, Flower brooch $9.90 Zara, Women's Valerie Pump
$43.00 endless.com, Animal Blouse Dress $295 suzannah.com, A.P.C
New Trench Coat $500 lagarconne.com
Below: Jalouse Editorial War is Over, October 2011 Shot #4, Bentley Leather Goggles, $ 198, forzieri.com, CALYPSO St. Barth Gabby Sweater Vest $265 - calypsostbarth.com, Gina Tricot - Millan waistcoat Black (9000) $299 SEK - ginatricot.com, Mawi Cygnet Cocktail Ring With Spike $558 - charmandchain.com
1940’s Fashion Today Another
influen-
tial fash-
ion de-
signer of the late 1940s was Christian Dior . He domi-
nated fashion after World War II with the hourglass
silhouette of his voluptuous ‘New Look’ Collection.
The new look was absolutely appropriate for the post-
war era. Dior was correct in assuming that people
wanted something new after years of war, brutality and
hardship. His new look was reminiscent of the Belle
Epoque ideal of long skirts, tiny waists and beautiful
fabrics that his mother had worn in the early 1900s.
FABRIC
Divorcing itself from dance music, bebop estab-
lished itself more as an art form, thus lessening
its potential popular and commercial appeal.
Dizzy Gillespie was one of the principal develop-
ers of bop in the early 1940s, and his styles of
improvising and trumpet playing were imitated
widely in the 1940s and 1950s. Indeed, he is one
of the most influential players in the history of
jazz.
Jazz Music
In 1943 I heard the great Earl Hines band
which had Bird in it and all those other great
musicians. They were playing all the flatted
fifth chords and all the modern harmonies
and substitutions and Dizzy Gillespie runs in
the trumpet section work. Two years later I
read that that was 'bop' and the beginning of
modern jazz ... but the band never made re-
cordings.
In the early 1940’s be-
bop-style performers
began to shift jazz from
danceable popular mu-
sic towards a more
challenging "musician's
music." Composer
Gunther Schuller
wrote:
Japanese silk
In order to supply the war effort, fabric was
rationed. Nylon and wool were both needed
by the military and Japanese silk was banned
in the USA after the attack on Pearl Har-
bour. Rayon, the new synthetic fabric devel-
oped in the 1930's became the material most
often used for the creation of ladies' clothing
during the War.
Rayon
In 1946 Ava Gardner
played opposite Burt
Lancaster in The Kill-
ers, it was this film that
brought her wide notice
and she then became
known as a movie star
and sex symbol.
Billie Holiday was often pho-
tographed wearing her signa-
ture accessory: beautiful flow-
ers which she pinned in her
hair, she always accentuated
her curves with gorgeous,
body-skimming , printed, lacy
or bejewelled dresses.
FASHION ICONS artist's inner vision of reality.
During the late 1940s Jackson Pollock's radical
approach to painting revolutionized the potential
for all Contemporary art that followed him.
On his website you can create your own abstract
art , I did so and here is my very own Jackson
Pollock painting.
1940s ART
Abstract Expressionism is an American art move-
ment of the 1940s that emphasized form and col-
our within a nonrepresentational framework.
Jackson Pollock initiated the revolutionary tech-
nique of splattering the paint directly on canvas to
achieve the subconscious interpretation of the
Abstract Expressionism
Billie Holiday was often pho-
tographed wearing her signa-
ture accessory: beautiful flow-
ers which she pinned in her
hair, she always accentuated
her curves with gorgeous,
body-skimming , printed, lacy
or bejewelled dresses.
Veronica Lake was a
popular fashion icon and
actress during the 1940's
and sported lots of the
glossy hairstyles we now
associate with the 1940's
pin up actresses.
Lana Turner is my favour-
ite fashion icon.
During World War II,
Turner became a popular
pin-up girl due to her
popularity in such films
such as Ziegfeld Girl
(1941), Johnny Eager