Ww2 fashion

Jean Hubbard of Manitoba proudly joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps (also knowns as CWACs) on the day she turned eighteen.

In World War II, women in Allied countries served their nations in numerous roles, both on the homefront and in the theatres of war. According to Mashable/Retronaut, the American Women’s Voluntary Services trained hundreds of thousands of volunteers to provide services in support of the war effort, from aircraft spotting to firefighting to ambulance driving. In 1942, LIFE photographer Herbert Gehr arranged a photoshoot to show off a small sample of the uniforms of different kinds of…

WAAF itself was the female auxiliary of the Royal Air Force during World War II,

~ Circa/Date: 1940 WW2 ~ Details: TWO STYLE VARIATION DRESS ~ Size/Measurements (Inches): Size: 16 BUST: 34″ Waist: 28″ Hip: 37″ ~ Please Note: ~ You are buying a ‘Professional Digitally Reproduced’ copy of this sewing pattern. Copied from the original sewing pattern. Produced in Full Scale Pattern Pieces ready to […]

A fashion look from July 2016 by gone-girl featuring Valentino, Chelsea Crew, Patek Philippe, Alexis Bittar, Zara Taylor, Brooks Brothers, 1940, 40s, 1940s, WWI...

A few months ago I had to write a post for my works' blog to promote a special model we had created of an AEC 10T10 bus, decorated in a grey wartime livery for the American Red Cross, for use as a Clubmobile. To make the post a little more interesting than just a list of facts, I decided to embellish the history with a few images of a Clubmobile in action, and this was how I stumbled across the subjects of today's post. I'd found a wealth of images in the Life Archive, about one Clubmobile…

This week, from the vast P-I archive of unpublished images, we share photos of Seattle...

WASP Flight Suits (blitzkriegbaby.de)

This weeks photo roundup is all about vintage skirts. Versatile, easy to wear, and casual or glamorous, the skirt has a long history and a diverse range of styles. Long ankle-length skirts started off the turn of the century and gradually shortened up to just below the knee in the 1920s. Hemlines dropped and the