1940's Style Guide: The Complete Illustrated Guide to 1940's Fashion for Men and Women - Softcover

Sessions, Debbie L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988654105 ISBN 13: 9780988654105

Publisher: VintageDancer, 2013

Synopsis

For everyone who has wanted to not only learn about 1940s fashion but actually wear them comes the 1940s Style Guide. Packed with detailed style history for women and men, hair and makeup tutorials, and links to hundreds of shopping resources the Style Guide is a road map to recreating the 1940s look.
The 1940s Style Guide will walk you through the clothes, shoes and accessories that a man or woman in the 1940s would wear. From dresses to swimsuits, neckties to earrings, and pajamas to girdles nothing is left out of the detailed fashion history sections. Each topic will tell you about the colors, materials, trim and accessories that made each clothing item distinctive to the 40s. Over 260 photographs and illustrations of vintage clothing accompany the items.
Most other 1940s fashion books end with history but not the Style Guide. The Author bring years of experience dressing herself and her husband in 1940s style clothing to the book with tips and tutorials on applying makeup, styling hair, sewing clothing, dressing on a budget and where to shop. Includes 180+ shopping links to online stores in the USA, UK, AU and more.
If you love 1940s fashions or you are new to dressing vintage and do not know where to start than this is the perfect book for you.

Edition details

• Publisher: VintageDancer
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0988654105
• ISBN 13: 9780988654105
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 92