Many of the online searches that find their way to my blog is for “1930’s-1950’s Fashion ideas”. So I thought for this week’s Vintage Photo Tuesday, I would find some well dressed “regular folks” images from the 1940’s and share them with all of you. Then future VPT’s will focus on the other timelines (Sept 2022 update: Scroll to the end of the post to see new posts).
Let’s check out the 1940’s Street Style!
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1940s Street Style
The Vintage Photos
I have a blog post I did for VPT that is all about people taking photos in front of their houses. This is another great vintage of a very stylish let’s assume husband and wife in 1940s fashions.
What a stylish group of Black Women in their various 1940s dresses, skirt suits, blouses and skirts. Also look at their lovely 1940s hairstyles?! Love this image.
Source: Etsy
The man’s casual 1940’s look is something that never went out of style (my grandfather in his 60s and 70s was sporting this look). And the stylish woman beside him’s top is so pretty! Love the design to breakup a simple skirt and top took.
What an adorable woman! 1940s Peacock brooches are always a good choice to brighten up a standard black jacket.
I’m having serious 1940s vintage hair envy with this young lady taking a moment to look at a window display, and that is why she is in this collection.
I admire a man who can wear swim trunks with seashells and seahorses on them and look good while doing it. These are pretty awesome and totally deserve to be on this list. -1940s vintage photo-
What a HAT! I have a 1940s hat, that has one big black feather on the top as well. The streamlined coat with the big buttons is also very stylish.
Vintage photo of two friends at Cannon Beach, Oregon, 1940’s. These ladies are really sporting classic 1940s looks, from the top of their head (love our one woman hairscarf to protect her hairstyle) to their lovely outfits…drool!
Never leave home without a hat! This pretty woman made the list for her fantastic 1940s shoes and put together look that included a string of pearls.
The man in this image may have a hurt hand but I can’t stop looking at the cool “woods style” that these 3 finely dressed folks have. They look very bad ass.
1940’s winter style: 3 woman in fur coats with hair scarfs to keep their heads warms. Fancy!
Thelma Porter, Miss Subways New York City, 1948. Thelma was the first woman to integrate a beauty contest in America and became the first African American Miss Subways in April, 1948.
What a super one piece jumper complete with the biggest butterfly brooch/pin I have ever seen. Yes to this look!
A handsome sailor during WW2 with his beautiful mother all dressed up for the night (see the gloves?).
Another outstanding hat partnered with a well dressed man at the world famous Leon & Eddie’s in NYC.
We now have come to the end of this weeks post, but due to the fact that I found so many images for this weeks post, I will most likely do a part 2 in the future (exciting!).
Question Time: What photo was your favorite look from above? Share in the comments below.
Further Reading:
- Vintage Photo Tuesday: 1950s Street Style
- Vintage Photo Tuesday: 1940’s Street Style
- The Stylish “Regular” Folks of Days Gone By
- The Stylish Toronto of the 1940s
- Vintage Photo Tuesday: Vintage Black Style
Liz
