1940s African American men and women (and some immigrants to Britain) wearing fashion and clothing styles from casual weekends, workwear, Sunday dress, and evening dances. From the time of WWII to the post-war revival, these photos capture everyday life in the 1940s.
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- Early 1940s Wearing 1930s Style Dress
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- 1940 Ellabelle Davis
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- Swing Dancing
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- 1940 Portrait of Marian Anderson
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- 1941 Sunday Church Dresses and Hats
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- 1940 at Lena Horne’s home. She was promoting fuel conservation during World War II by showing off her gas stove.
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- 1941 Suit with Cap
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- Early 1940s Mackinaw Jacket and Fedora Hat
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- 1941 Casual Men
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- 1941 Workwear/Casual Dressing
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- 1941 Casual Streetwear
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- 1942 Casual Sweater Fashion
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- 1942 Negro Treasury Deputies on War Bond staff
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- 1942 Washington DC Student in Sportcoat and Hat
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- 1942 Mr. Claude Walker trying on a new hat in the Henry C. Taylor Store (he is wearing a zoot suit)
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- 1942 Vice-President of the Hot Carriers’ Local Union
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- 1943 Working Rosie at the Richmond, CA Shipyards
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- Mid 1940s Bathing Suits
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- 1945 Arkana Beautarium and Ru-Lo at the Academy Hair Beauty Salon
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- 1943 Marian Anderson, Opera Singer
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- 1940s Couple (Waheed Photo Archive)
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- Pinstripe Suit, 1940s
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- 1940s Carnegie Museum of Art by Tennie Harris
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- Well Dressed Man
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- 1946 American Newspaper of Baltimore, MD. Dec. ’46 Vetrans Administration, MD. Edgar Ewig of Advisory Division. Secretary – Miss Sherley Poloway
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- 1948 Caribbean Immigrants at the Tilbury Docks
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- 1948 Jamaican Immigrants Standing on the Streets of Clapham, South London
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- 1949 Billie Holiday
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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.
