Forties Fashion: from Siren Suits to the New Look

<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span>BOOK REVIEW: Forties Fashion by Jonathan Walford<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-MLljGP9OYWfHN0uz_d3MRF67RkoZHaBRsEFC-XGVaI8c3Ltcd2u4xN2KcDSgu1W40VdlJZxUK5HuMLdbJaZgmdvprA06jvHOnx21TC2SIUkUGjAqE12CF0gCz12-RR4n2MVPookQXdH/s1600-h/Slide2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347383674959425378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-MLljGP9OYWfHN0uz_d3MRF67RkoZHaBRsEFC-XGVaI8c3Ltcd2u4xN2KcDSgu1W40VdlJZxUK5HuMLdbJaZgmdvprA06jvHOnx21TC2SIUkUGjAqE12CF0gCz12-RR4n2MVPookQXdH/s400/Slide2.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />"Forties Fashion" is a comprehensive look at woman's fashion trends during the 1940's in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. More than just a fashion picture book, the content covers the era, with well chosen images from popular media.<br /><br />There are many actual garments shown carefully displayed on white figures. This choice brings a sense of validity to the work, setting it aside from other recent texts where historical fashions are displayed on living models with a great degree of inaccuracy and amateur styling. Garments here are shown with accessories to give a better silhouette of the period.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2X4YuzZ-PZU1gRejGJaEg7Bzizitu-qx8Tr9OSgHMZ0Nu77TTf-tXMLWxA-jdySbHBCY871uwiY0E68_v3NuNLk69oH2tbWbtmPl74KOqm-W0uDWJGLzCp7zDf4eUG2dReHazRLjXNlzc/s1600-h/Slide1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347383802754947234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2X4YuzZ-PZU1gRejGJaEg7Bzizitu-qx8Tr9OSgHMZ0Nu77TTf-tXMLWxA-jdySbHBCY871uwiY0E68_v3NuNLk69oH2tbWbtmPl74KOqm-W0uDWJGLzCp7zDf4eUG2dReHazRLjXNlzc/s400/Slide1.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic97Wo_erJD_PoVoqWL9jVKU-HpJgSSFa8EY8GloDMQkMWfU4jxdM0dmMe9bniVZL4QUfdGBceXA-Z-Ze5kWQyXiq62LLl53WRcPSAT2AkTxMF-f7q8ELcN4ZWCqEOhBDFfVl6U7KZIwZg/s1600-h/Slide3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347384006518055922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic97Wo_erJD_PoVoqWL9jVKU-HpJgSSFa8EY8GloDMQkMWfU4jxdM0dmMe9bniVZL4QUfdGBceXA-Z-Ze5kWQyXiq62LLl53WRcPSAT2AkTxMF-f7q8ELcN4ZWCqEOhBDFfVl6U7KZIwZg/s400/Slide3.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />Most important is the wide scope of apparel shown and discussed, making this a necessary part of any costumer, vintage collector or fashion student's library. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Forties Fashion: from Siren Suits to the New Look</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: Jonathan Walford</span><br /><br />2008, by Thames & Hudson<br />250 illustrations, 196 in color<br />208 pages, with Bibliography, Index

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