1939 fashion

Girl smoking a cigarette, circa 1950s.

“choose your favorite fashion era!”

I scanned these photos from Sept 15th 1939 Harper's Bazaar magazine a year ago and set them aside, can you do that on a computer? The first image is a yellow satin embroidered silver gown the second is a pale pink with silver brocade both from Mainbocher's. Aren't these two lovely and so elegant, definately would call it dressing for a dinner party or perhaps a night to the theatre or opera.

In late 1939, the New York World's Fair a fashion parade predicts the 1940's fashions to come in dresses, skirts, coats, hairstyles and shoes.

Pleats, tucks and shirring detail on rayon dresses from a 1939 Montgomery Ward catalog.

November 1939 vintage fashion color illustration day dress late 30s early 40s war era green tan brown button front tie back swing era WWII

There are many times throughout history when fashion has gone a bit wacky. Color, material, extreme silhouettes all coming together to create an unforgettable look of usually a quite short moment in time. Think 1790s, 1830s, and 1960s. Often these really 'memorable' fashions arise out

vintage advertisement, magazine ads, antique ads.art, Illustrations

Vintage Hollywood Classics

Digital Download for Your Research Advance Fashion News 8 Page Flyer from January 1939 This easy Digital Download gets you beautiful scans of all of the pages of "Advance Fashion News", a 8 page flyer dated January 1939. These pages are great for dating patterns and costume research. There are fashions in here for women and children with evening gowns, dresses, suits and more.