What Did Women Wear in the 1940s? Here Are 40 Vintage Snapshots Show Everyday 1940s Women's Fashions _ USStories

   

In a nutshell 1940s women's fashion were about creating a certain silhouette. Wide padded shoulders, nipped in high waist tops, and a-line skirts that came down to the knee. This was the everyday shape for clothing from suits to dresses, even pants had a similar shape. Check out these vintage snapshots to see women's fashion from the 1940s.

Women Wear in the 1940s
Women Wear in the 1940s

 

Women Wear in the 1940s

 

Women Wear in the 1940s

 

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s

Women Wear in the 1940s