Fashion Silhouettes 1945 - Timeline Drawings
World War II ended in 1945. For this webpage I have drawn a variety of mid 1940's
fashion shapes capturing
the elements of silhouettes found in old 1945 magazines such as Le Petit Echo de la
Mode, Butterick and McCall's pattern books of the day. Costume drawings,
magazine covers and fashion plates
of 1945 all equally act as a source of inspiration for making your own
drawings. I have redrawn them in my own style then finally enhanced elements with computer software.
These silhouette
costume drawings
show just some of the body shape outlines found in
1945
creating costume history detail which also makes them very useful when dating
the line of vintage dress. Like many costume enthusiasts, I sometimes need a basic
costume history line image for a specific year. These 1945 fashion
illustrations should give you a clear understanding of the changing lines and
variety of silhouettes. As a result you can date a picture within a few
years.
Each thumbnail enlarges to produce an A4 print
and is suitable for colouring in and producing timeline scenes, collage
foundation guides or guidelines for amateur dramatics.
You may use these
1945 fashion history silhouettes below in personal school or college class
projects, but they must not be reproduced in printed book
form matter, as greetings cards, gift wrap etc., nor used as part of any electronic material such as a
CD, DVD, TV show, videos, YouTube topic/video, ebooks, websites or similar.
You are reading an original 1945 fashion silhouette page drawn by Pauline
Weston Thomas for www.fashion-era.com
2009 ©.
By 1945 fashion styles were quite streamlined in line with the
mandatory CC41 rationing of
clothing. Coats and suits had a military air with well defined shoulder lines.
Bolero jackets enabled less fabric to be used.
My original detailed text information on the mid 1940s can be
found in the main section in Utility Clothing
and there are many more mid 1940s images including the
1940s fashion plates.
1945 Fashion Silhouettes
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You may use these
1945 fashion history silhouettes below in personal school or college class
projects, but they must not be reproduced in printed book
form matter, as greetings cards, gift wrap etc., nor used as part of any electronic material such as a
CD, DVD, TV show, videos, YouTube topic/video, ebooks, websites or similar.
You are reading an original 1945 fashion silhouette page drawn by Pauline
Weston Thomas for www.fashion-era.com
2009-2013 ©.
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By 1945 fashion styles were quite streamlined in line with the
mandatory CC41 rationing of
clothing. Coats and suits had a military air with well defined shoulder lines.
Bolero jackets enabled less fabric to be used.
The bridesmaid dress far left had a full
wide collar and incorporated sleeve head coverage all in
one.
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You may use these
1945 fashion history silhouettes above in personal school or college class
projects, but they must not be reproduced in printed book
form matter, as greetings cards, gift wrap etc., nor used as part of any electronic material such as a
CD, DVD, TV show, videos, YouTube topic/video, ebooks, websites or similar.
You are reading an original 1945 fashion silhouette page drawn by Pauline
Weston Thomas for www.fashion-era.com
2009-2013 ©.
Later this year these images will
appear in a more convenient offline storage format in a
fashion-era PDF format and available for sale here.
Click thumbnails to create
A4 enlargements.
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Date added 1 July 2009 - Ref:
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