The start of the 1940s was a pending time between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the looming World War. Women’s fashion in the years 1940 and 1941 is remembered as one of simple but elegant A-line dresses with puffy sleeves, modest shoes, and classy evening gowns. Take a peek at vintage fashion in 1940 and 19401 with these pictures:
Women’s 1940 -1941 dress, shoes, separates
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- 1940s summer dresses, nautical themes
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- 1940, three ladies going to take their cosmetology exams in dark to light stockings.
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- 1940-1941 suits with short jackets
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- 1940 dresses
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- 1940 striped dress
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- 1940 dress suit, hat, shoes
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- 1941 stylish women
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- 1941 pinafore dress and striped blouse
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- 1941 day dresses
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- 1941 house dresses
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- 1941 afternoon dresses
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- 1941 floral day dresses
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- 1941 day dresses
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- 1941 plus size dresses for fall winter
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- 1941 pink suit
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- 1941 winter dress and coat
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- 1941 summer dresses
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- 1941 bolero jacket dress
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- 1941 sweaters
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- Lana Turner, Judy Garland, and Hedy Lamarr, 1941
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- 1941 coral blouse and check pants
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- 1941 long evening dresses
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- 1941 heels, pumps
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- 1941 heels
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- 1941 fall shoes
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- 1941 summer shoes
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- 1941 Summer Sandals and Shoes
1940-41 Evening Dresses
1940s Evening Gown pictures on Pinterest
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- 1940 gold grecian draped evening dress
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- 1940 evening dresses- Wow!
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- 1940s applique evening dress and coat
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- 1941 evening jacket dress
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- 1941 summer evening dress and jacket pattern
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- 1940 black velvet evening dress
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- Joan Fontaine for Suspicion, 1941 black velvet evening gown
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- Greer Garson’s star entrance in ‘When Ladies Meet’ (1941)
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- 1940 evening dress and fur coat
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- 1941 tunic dress
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- 1941 gold draped dress
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- Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire 1941,Designer Edith Head
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- 1941 evening gowns with sparkle
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- 1941 white top, black skirt evening gown
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- 1941 black and white evening dress
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- 1941 evening dress pattern
Debbie Sessions has been teaching fashion history and helping people dress for vintage themed events since 2009. She has turned a hobby into VintageDancer.com with hundreds of well researched articles and hand picked links to vintage inspired clothing online. She aims to make dressing accurately (or not) an affordable option for all. Oh, and she dances too.
