1940s Post War Cocktail Dress Fashion

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1940s post war cocktail dress fashion. The new look called for rounded shoulders exaggerated bust lines wasp waists and padded hips and long often extravagantly full skirts that required an exorbitant amount of fabric. A small hat with a veil hair flower or hair clip adorned ladies heads and a pair of heels or peep toe wedges hugged their feet. See more ideas about 1940s fashion vintage fashion vintage outfits.

Recently i have been particularly taken with the new look which was the major shift in post war fashion in the late forties. The new look is the brainchild of the ever fabulous christian. Note the peter pan collar a trend that was also a big 1960s.

20 00 dress by majestic 1948 1940s fashion 20 00 dress grey tweed office dress 1948. Wide leg pants and matching tap style shorts for recreation. There are office and sports dresses street suits afternoon and cocktail dresses short evening dresses and full formals.

Eveningwear was one thing that still had glamour in the 40s. 1930s formal gowns were long sleek and sexy the basis for most modern formal wear today. 1940s formal dresses were.

Like the daywear evening fashions of the forties were classy and elegant. Mar 28 2014 explore beverly allen s board 1940s cocktail dresses on pinterest. Square shoulders and short skirts were replaced by the soft femininity of christian dior s new look silhouette with its sweeping longer skirts fitted waist and rounded shoulders which in turn gave way to an unfitted structural look in the later 1950s.

Dresses and gowns were simple but shiny and did tend to be more on the casual side than anything in the decades before or after. Sequins and beads were not rationed or restricted and were put on everything. Fashion in the years following world war ii is characterized by the resurgence of haute couture after the austerity of the war years.