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100Fashion History - Design Trends of the 1940's With Pictures
The influence of World War II on fashion was huge. Shortages and rationing limited the use of fabric and other materials used in fashion design. Hemlines were up and hair was longer, read on and check out pictures, links, and videos on the fashion trends of the WWII era
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90Have Your Own 1940's Burlesque Photo Shoot for Men and Women
An article suggesting having a 1940's photo shoot or having a professional photo shoot. Includes a 1940's style guide to popular fashions, discusses the trend of fashion during WWII, and includes a tutorial on how to apply makeup from this time period. There is a special section for men's fashion in the 1940's.
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86Working Class life in the 1940’s - Wash Day
Have you ever wondered what wash days were like sixty years ago before there were such things as automatic washing machines. Wonder no more read this first hand account of what it was like in a working class home in Britain on wash day. This way of life has pretty much disappeared in Britain but hubs like this ensure that it is not forgotten.
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86Working Class life in the 1940’s & 50’s – After Wash Day
It is a way of life almost forgotten that is so different from life today. Read this first hand account of what came after washday see how your grandmother use to cope with her chores. It is about normal people leading ordinary lives not the things that history books are written about so find out for yourself what it was like.
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86TB in Ireland Hospitals and Famous People Died of Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis in Ireland. Famous People who died from TB. 12 yr old child spent years in TB hospital in Ireland. History of TB hospitals in Dublin
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87Famous Hollywood Pin Up Girls of The 1940's and 1950's
Pin Up Girls gave the GIs of WWII something to dream about and a reason to come home. The ever increasing popularity of the movies in the early 40's kept them well supplied with pictures of a multitude of young starlets to hang up in their lockers
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84How To Pose Like A 1940's-50's Pin Up Girl
retro vintage pin up photography, 1940's and 1950's, pose like a pin up girl from te 40's. femininity, daintiness.
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8340's Poster Girls: Sex Symbols of WW2
Poster girls or pin-up girls represent a feminine ideal in the popular culture of a particular period. Although the practice of selling blown-pictures of attractive women dates back to to the 1890's, it really reached it's zenith in the 1940's during WW2 when soldiers, seperated from their wives and girlfriends desired some female company and would pin the posters inside their lockers or on the walls of the barracks.
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83How To Identify Vintage Clothing
This hub explains what to look for when identifying vintage clothing. It's all in the details!
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84Fashion Design Clothes - 1940's to 1960's History Of Fashion Design
With the effects of the great depression setting in by the beginning of the 1930's, fashion design and haute couture clothing stepped down to be more compromising. There had to be a balance between preserving the feminine look and re-discovering simple elegance.
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