Clothes & such
Clothes & such
Howdy
I'm sorry if this have been answered before, but I searched, but didnt really find anything :/
Well, I've been wondering all this time, what did people wear during the 40's?
Did people use costumes only, or did they wear casual clothes, etc.
Thanks
-Silberio.
I'm sorry if this have been answered before, but I searched, but didnt really find anything :/
Well, I've been wondering all this time, what did people wear during the 40's?
Did people use costumes only, or did they wear casual clothes, etc.
Thanks
-Silberio.
clothing
By "Costumes", 'he probably means "suits". Jacket, vest and Pantalons.
Some words lose something in a translation.
For example in Dutch a "suit" is often called a "pak". Rather confusing for a stranger.
But, Silberio, I can assure you that not everybody walked around in a suit, and even fewer in an uniform.
One wore what was available and half way decent looking.
cheers
HN
Some words lose something in a translation.
For example in Dutch a "suit" is often called a "pak". Rather confusing for a stranger.
But, Silberio, I can assure you that not everybody walked around in a suit, and even fewer in an uniform.
One wore what was available and half way decent looking.
cheers
HN
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Dear Silberio:
The Topic you have asked about is almost impossible to answer.
You must think about which Country and Man or Lady and in which YEAR for the fashion style: British, American (where there was free input in films and dance-halls) or the Occupied Countries where everybody was expected/required to conform with the Germanic ideal.
John Germain
The Topic you have asked about is almost impossible to answer.
You must think about which Country and Man or Lady and in which YEAR for the fashion style: British, American (where there was free input in films and dance-halls) or the Occupied Countries where everybody was expected/required to conform with the Germanic ideal.
John Germain
Women wore dresses much more often than they do now. My mother says that girls were not allowed to wear pants to public school in New York City, even in the winter. When women did wear pants, there were buttons or a zipper at the side. My grandmother told me that it was considered improper for a women to wear pants with a front-fly like a modern pair of jeans. Women's pants tended to have high waistlines; nothing was low-rise back then.
During the war years, padded shoulders were in. Skirt-lengths were below-the-knee. Women's fashions tended to be fitted at the waist.
http://www.sensibility.com/vintageimages/1940s/
Only farmers or blue-collar workers wore jeans in public. Suits were everyday dress for men, not just at the office. "Zoot suits" were in.
Scroll down for some info about men:
http://www.vintageblues.com/history3.htm
Sorry, that's the best I can do for now, I've got to run. Try doing some searches on "Fashion" and a particular year or country. Good luck!
During the war years, padded shoulders were in. Skirt-lengths were below-the-knee. Women's fashions tended to be fitted at the waist.
http://www.sensibility.com/vintageimages/1940s/
Only farmers or blue-collar workers wore jeans in public. Suits were everyday dress for men, not just at the office. "Zoot suits" were in.
Scroll down for some info about men:
http://www.vintageblues.com/history3.htm
Sorry, that's the best I can do for now, I've got to run. Try doing some searches on "Fashion" and a particular year or country. Good luck!
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Re: Clothes & such
The best guide to what people wore during the period is the people themselves, as they’re shown in photographs, magazines, newspapers, books, etc. of the time. Just browsing through a few of those, I pulled out some photos from the following:
Berlin Illustrierte Zeitung
Das Blatt der Hausfrau
N.S. Frauen Warte (publication of the N.S. Frauenschaft)
Die Sürag
Die Woche
Frauen helfen siegen: Bilddokumente vom Kriegseinsatz unserer Frauen und Mütter (Zeitgeschichte-Verlag, 1941).
And from two secondary sources:
The Home Front: Germany in World War II by Time-Life Books.
The German Homefront 1939-45 by Terry Charman.
As several people pointed out above, even casual dress of the time tended to be a lot less informal than today. Dress of course depended on social and economic factors, and on the activity being done. And while dress shown in fashion plates and ads may not have been practical or attainable for all, it gives a view of the “ideal” of the period.
Berlin Illustrierte Zeitung
Das Blatt der Hausfrau
N.S. Frauen Warte (publication of the N.S. Frauenschaft)
Die Sürag
Die Woche
Frauen helfen siegen: Bilddokumente vom Kriegseinsatz unserer Frauen und Mütter (Zeitgeschichte-Verlag, 1941).
And from two secondary sources:
The Home Front: Germany in World War II by Time-Life Books.
The German Homefront 1939-45 by Terry Charman.
As several people pointed out above, even casual dress of the time tended to be a lot less informal than today. Dress of course depended on social and economic factors, and on the activity being done. And while dress shown in fashion plates and ads may not have been practical or attainable for all, it gives a view of the “ideal” of the period.
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More from period advertisements:
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What the stars were wearing: newspaper articles about the movies Feind Hört Mit (1940) and Junge Herzen (1944):
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Far beyond fashion plates and ads, the best view of "casual" clothes can be seen in photos of people as they go about their daily activites: on the street, shopping, going to school, or, as the case of a few of the photos below from later in the war, refugeeing from bomb-damaged areas.
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- Civilians hearing news of the German surrender, 8 May 1945
- The German Homefront 1939-45.jpg (202.44 KiB) Viewed 7402 times