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Cloche hats remained popular until about 1933 while short hair remained popular for many women until late in the 1930s and even in the early 1940s. The Great Depression took its toll on the 1930s womenswear due to World War II which dates from 1939 to 1945. This greatly affected the fashion of how women dressed during the 1940s.
Fashion during the 1940s — clothing designed and/or popular in the 1940s. Also fashion designers and clothing companies active during the decade. The main articles for this category are 1930–1945 in Western fashion and 1945–1960 in Western fashion .
Trumpeter from Lionel Hampton's band wearing a zoot suit African American Teenager in zoot suit. The suits were first associated with African-Americans in communities such as Harlem, [15] Chicago, and Detroit in the 1930s, [15] but were made popular nationwide by Jazz and Jump Blues musicians in the 1940s.
The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. More than 15 million Americans were left jobless and unemployment reached 25%.
The photos, from the U.S. Library of Congress, give us a rare glimpse of life in the U.S. during World War II in color.
Photos of America during the Great Depression, much like the mood of the country, are often bleak, available only in black and white -- until now. Gorgeous color photos from the Great Depression ...
1940s in fashion may refer to: 1930–45 in fashion; 1945–60 in fashion This page was last edited on 20 May 2022, at 13:56 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Bobby-soxers were a subculture of young women in the mid-to-late 1940s. Their interests included popular music, in particular that of singer Frank Sinatra, and wearing loose-fitting clothing, notably bobby socks. [1] [2] Their manner of dress, which diverged sharply from earlier ideals of feminine beauty, was controversial.