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TRUE VINTAGE 1940’S CASUAL DRESSES

We’ll begin with a pretty, white cotton eyelet dress that was home-sewn in 1940. It’s a lovely dress for town or a picnic, but it was made to be a wedding dress. Coming off the Depression years and with war in Europe, it was a very modest but hopeful costume for entering a dream future.

After 1941 and the United States joined World War 2, fashion became much simpler and plainer, but very practical. Shirtwaist housedresses and day dresses were the general uniform for women who didn’t wear specific uniforms related to their work. Dancing, as well as movie-going, were common inexpensive activities that helped people escape the worries and fears of their daily lives. Separates became more popular. Knitwear and wider gored skirts allowed movement while jitterbug was the favorite dance of those young enough to do it.

Plastic “gems” appeared in costume jewelry pieces, as well as preserved natural leaves. Even during the Depression and Wartime, a little bling always lifted spirits and enhanced any outfit. Tomorrow I’ll cover a 1940’s casual fad that made fashion more interesting during that time. Stay tuned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MORGANA MARTIN, THE MAGICVINTAGESPY

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MY LAST “NEW” FIND – SWEET TRUE VINTAGE WHITE EYELET BLOUSE

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA From the same era as yesterday’s dress, this is my last “new” find. Although at first glance it looks like many things made recently, it’s not – and everything I said yesterday applies to it, too.

It’s just a cut above things made now and I’ll enjoy wearing it because it makes ME look better! The styling and fit are superior.

The peasant/farm girl/hippie clothing made in the late ’60’s and early ’70s is so fun and flattering that I always snap it up when I find it. Nothing of that style made since then seems to look as good.

So, I’m heading home soon with a dozen or more finds that I’m very happy with! Vegas was also pretty slim pickin’s, but they’re out there. It’s such a transient city that there may not be as many women still here whose treasures from decades past will find their way into the secondary market. Most of the classic glam and glitz came and went . . . .

MORGANA MARTIN, THE MAGICVINTAGESPY
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