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I like the burgundy suede heels with the ribbon ties.
You might like these -- no ties but zip front with ruching -- which I spotted when I was looking for retro shoes on Poshmark. Shoes were never worn because seller can't wear heels any more (she's selling several shoes and boots in great condition at bargain prices). Not in my size, sadly!
I don't know what that is they are dressed like, but it is not 1940s fashion. It looks more like an ugly sweater competition. Female fashion in the 1940s was much nicer than that.
I don't know what that is they are dressed like, but it is not 1940s fashion. It looks more like an ugly sweater competition. Female fashion in the 1940s was much nicer than that.
I said earlier that I preferred the dressier 1940s styles to what British women wore to work during the Blitz.
Sorry, it's just a pet peeve of mine. People who are into nostalgia, but get it so wrong. The pictures just look like a bunch of thrift store crap, that was manufactured well after the 1940s.
If you want to dress like it's the 1940s, it shouldn't be too hard to buy some nice fabric and find some old patterns and sew yourself a nice 1940s style dress. Something like would have actually been worn in those days.
The pictures just look like a bunch of thrift store crap, that was manufactured well after the 1940s.
Some of those cardigans look like expensive hand knit -- the lavender and floral beige ones. But did any women, unless they were school teachers or lesbians, wear ties back then?
If you live in a cold British house without central heating you need to wear cardigans and pullovers, often in summer since it can be as cold as San Francisco in the summer. My British friends who lived near the Peak District, always wore them, including the men. A lot of the women added pleated, wool midi skirts, which looked dowdy. That's how my friend's mother, the lady of the manor, always dressed, including a crisp white blouse, pearl necklace and earrings and green wellies when she did her gardening!
Some of those cardigans look like expensive hand knit -- the lavender and floral beige ones. But did any women, unless they were school teachers or lesbians, wear ties back then?
If you live in a cold British house without central heating you need to wear cardigans and pullovers, often in summer since it can be as cold as San Francisco in the summer. My British friends who lived near the Peak District, always wore them, including the men. A lot of the women added pleated, wool midi skirts, which looked dowdy. That's how my friend's mother, the lady of the manor, always dressed, including a crisp white blouse, pearl necklace and earrings and green wellies when she did her gardening!
I don't believe that female teachers or lesbians, wore ties in the 1940s. Unless it was maybe some type of feminine bow tie. The only examples i can think of women wearing neckties in the 1940s would be women in the military or some other type of traditional male jobs that did not have appropriate female uniforms or clothes. In those cases they would have been required to wear men's style ties, shirts, coats and probably a matching skirt instead of trousers.
The tie the woman is wearing in the original link appears to be a mid-1970s to mid-1980s men's tie. Most of the clothing in those pictures seems to be from the 1970s and 80s. So they are off by about three or four decades.
I don't believe that female teachers or lesbians, wore ties in the 1940s. Unless it was maybe some type of feminine bow tie. The only examples i can think of women wearing neckties in the 1940s would be women in the military or some other type of traditional male jobs that did not have appropriate female uniforms or clothes. In those cases they would have been required to wear men's style ties, shirts, coats and probably a matching skirt instead of trousers.
The tie the woman is wearing in the original link appears to be a mid-1970s to mid-1980s men's tie. Most of the clothing in those pictures seems to be from the 1970s and 80s. So they are off by about three or four decades.
There are a couple of women wearing men's ties in these illustrations, but these may be fanciful, and I didn't find any actual photographs of women wearing men's ties.
There are a couple of women wearing men's ties in these illustrations, but these may be fanciful, and I didn't find any actual photographs of women wearing men's ties.
There are a couple of women wearing men's ties in these illustrations, but these may be fanciful, and I didn't find any actual photographs of women wearing men's ties.
That appears to be a catalogue of clothing for federal workers. If you look close some of the clothing the female illustrations are wearing were not actually offered. Those illustrations don't have an order number. Only the male illustrations have order numbers. The female illustrations seem to only be there to sell the men's apparel. So I'm not sure how relevant those are. They are just random illustrations.
When you get down to the pages that were actually offering female apparel, the only ties I see are the feminine bow ties, that I have mentioned before. Those were relatively common all the way back into the 1800s.
That appears to be a catalogue of clothing for federal workers. If you look close some of the clothing the female illustrations are wearing were not actually offered. Those illustrations don't have an order number. Only the male illustrations have order numbers. The female illustrations seem to only be there to sell the men's apparel. So I'm not sure how relevant those are. They are just random illustrations.
When you get down to the pages that were actually offering female apparel, the only ties I see are the feminine bow ties, that I have mentioned before. Those were relatively common all the way back into the 1800s.
As I said: "...but these may be fanciful, and I didn't find any actual photographs of women wearing men's ties."
I didn't stake out a hill to die on.
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