1940s Fashion
By: Giana Speranza
Stockings
In the 1940's, stockings were very popular. They were hard to come by though. That was because they were so popular. Some women had to draw the seams on their bare legs just so they could fit in and wear stockings like everybody else.
It was the first time that people mixed and matched colors of different material for clothes. They had to make good use of scarce material, so they didn't waste any.
Charities collected old clothes to send and give to people in Europe.
The sloppy shoulder style was not a new style. Molyneux had used this style in 1941. They used this with a loose raglan sleeves of this flowing yellow coat.
Bikers
Rebels were known as biker. They wore tough work clothes that would be good for riding a mototcyle. They would wear leather jackets, jeans, and whitet-shirts.
Cristobal Balenciaga’s had created a shoulder span hat. It had 'disciplined to the point of severity’. It created a nice line above the curvaceous silhouette.
Christian Dior made a sublime cocktail dress of 1949. I read that it featured a nipped-in waist and also had spiralling skirt. It was the 1950s look of elegance.