Timeline of Costume: 20th Century Western Costume: 1940 -1950

Accessories Book & Gift Store Classes Corsets & Underwear Computers Costumes 4 Sale Costume e-Lists Dance Costumes Designs & Designers Dolls "Ethnic" Dress Fashion Theory Free eGroup Free Stuff Halloween (Costume) History How-To Kinky Clothing Major Sites Military Uniforms Movie Costumes Museums New Pages Occupational & Occasion- Specific Patterns Questions? Religious Dress Theatre History Travel for Costumers Unite! Vintage Clothing Weddings Weird Clothing	Deana Durbin, 1940	Gary Cooper, 1940
	Lena Horne, 1940	"The suit that bought a bond": Woman's suit made from an old man's suit. 1942
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Christy Lane's Swing Dancing Today Made Easy Everyday Fashions of the Forties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs Swing Style: Fashions of the 1930s-1950s	1942	1942
	1942	Bras made out of old tablecloths 1942
	2-tone dresses made of fabric remnants	War Production Board guidelines for garment manufacture 1942

Fashions of a Decade : The 1940s (Fashions of a Decade Series) Forties Fabrics Nylon : The Story of a Fashion Revolution : A Celebration of Design from Art Silk to Nylon and Thinking Fibers Glamorous Stars of the Forties Paper Dolls	Betty Davis, 1943	Ward's Catalog 1943
	Sears' Catalog 1943	Sears' Catalog 1943
	1940's Nurses shoes. For more information on these shoes click here.	1940's Nurses shoes. For more information on these shoes click here.

American Family of the 1940s : Paper Dolls Claire McCardell : Redefining Modernism	1944	1944
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Vintage Wedding: Simple Ideas for Creating a Romantic Vintage Wedding Dancetime! 500 Years of Social Dance Vol II : 20th Century Schiaparelli Fashion Review Paper Dolls in Full Color Joan Crawford Paper Dolls in Full Color	Boys fashions of 1946
	1946	Hats of 1946 in Sears Catalog
	1940s women's shoes	1940s women's shoes

Fit to Be Tied : Vintage Ties of the Forties and Early Fifties Lisa Fonssagrives : Three Decades of Classic Fashion Photography Blueprints of Fashion : Home Sewing Patterns of the 1940s (Schiffer Book for Collectors) Swing Craze - DVD and Audio CD Set	Fabric conserving alterations to make small old dresses fit a larger figure 1946	Methods for darning nylons 1946
	Woman's cocktail suit c.1946 For more info on this suit click here	1948
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Vintage Fashions for Women 1920s-1940s : With Values Dressing Up Vintage Valuable Vintage: The Insider's Guide to Identifying and Collecting Important Vintage Fashions Clothing & Accessories from the '40S, '50s & '60s : A Handbook and Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors) December 6: A Novel	1949	1949
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	UAF Student Karen Wood's 1940's Dating Report	Mary of the WACS, a cutout paper doll booklet of 1943

Aloha Attire: Hawaiian Dress in the Twentieth Century
		Grandma's Wartime Kitchen : World War II and the Way We Cooked
	The Costume Collector's Companion 1890-1990	Khaki Drill and Jungle Green : British Tropical Uniforms 1939-45 in Colour Photographs

Great Fashion Designs of the Forties: Paper Dolls in Full Color	International Male: Davenport Jacket International Male: Davenport Pant	International Male: Litefelt Fedora
American Family of the 1940s: Paper Dolls	International Male: District Two-tone Shoe
International Male: Napa Regal Lace-up	International Male: Franc ois Godfather Hat	Stacey Adams Zoot Hat
Th��tre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture	Return to	1940's Links

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