1940’s Fashion Articles

Achieving That Classic Edwardian Shape: Reconstructing a 1902 Bust Bodice

The first 1000 people to click the link will get 2 months of Skillshare Premium for FREE https://skl.sh/bernadettebanner3 Constance Mackenzie’s starching guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkbRmymbeO4 FOOTNOTES [1] On the Warren Featherbone patent:...

Real Women – Beauty Through The Decades The Realistic Way

To be frank, it was supposed to be just another "Beauty Through The Decades" video. I saw lots of them already, but they all have seemed to show beauty standards in a very stereotypical and pop-culture way, so I wanted to do a more historically accurate one. As I was...

Around the World in Forties Fashion

A tour of 1940s fashion across the globe, looking at original vintage clothes and accessories that tell the stories of women's lives in World War Two. You'll see a coat from bombed-out Coventry, shoes from Cairo, Indian embroidery, Japanese workwear, American hats and...