1940s shorts

While there is much to be gleaned from the sartorial inspiration provided by yesteryear starlets and staged mid-century fashion shoots in magazines (and goodness knows I adore both of these things unceasingly), my biggest source of vintage fashion inspiration has - and I believe always will be - the looks that real everyday women like myself were sporting during my favourite decades. I'm intrigued to see how those on a budget dressed, to know how they did their hair, what shoes they opted…

After looking at every single Sears catalog from 1896 to 1950 (currently!) I have found some very interesting things concerning t-shirts as outerwear for women. Just look: The earlist examples of t-shirt type tops appeared in the Sears catalog in 1944. Though these are actully "polo shirts", they still resemble the modern day t-shirt and that can't be denied. 1944. The woman on the left wears a t-shirt with slacks! 1944. T-shirts worn with playsuits! 1945. You can't even tell me this isn't a…

While girls primarily wore dresses and skirts in the 1940s, very young girls sometimes wore overalls. In the later forties, pinafores were w...

The 1940s were not the first decade to reveal women's legs with a pair of shorts but they did propel it into popularity, especially with you...

Short And Shorts - 1941 LIFE

While there is much to be gleaned from the sartorial inspiration provided by yesteryear starlets and staged mid-century fashion shoots in ma...