The document summarizes 1940s fashion trends. Christian Dior dominated fashion after WWII with his voluptuous "New Look" silhouette. Popular music of the era included Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday. Influential films included "Gone with the Wind" and "Fantasia." World War II rationing impacted fashion but Vogue argued people should not abandon style. Hairstyles were long and curled at the ends for women. Common men's styles included white shirts, ties, blazers, and denim jackets paired with trousers and leather shoes.

1. 40’s Fashion

2.  The Effect of the War on Womens' Fashion
 Paris Lost It's Influence Over Fashion

3.  The most influential fashion designer of the late 1940s
and 1950s, CHRISTIAN DIOR (1905 to 1957) dominated
fashion after World war II with the hourglass silhouette
of his voluptuous New Look. He also defined a new
business model in the post-war fashion industry by
establishing Dior as a global brand across a wide range
of products.

4. Music and movies
 Music: popular tunes in the 1940s included the music
of Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Glen Miller, Charlie
Parker, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
 Movies:
 “Fantasia”(1940)
 “Gone with the wind”(1939)
 “ Ladies of the Chrous”( 1948)

5.  Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962):
She was an American actress,
singer, model and showgirl who
became a major sex symbol.

6.  Vivien Leigh( 1913-1967)
 She was a famous actress.
 She won two Academy Awards
for the movie “ Gone with the wind.”

7.  The Impact of World War II on Fashion
While rationing may have been in full swing by 1942,
Vogue explained that women (and men) should not
swear off fashion for the duration of the war. Doing so
would be, well, un-patriotic.
 One might say that womens' fashions of the 1940's
were dictated by Adolph Hitler.

8. Clothing
 Girdles
 Shoe
 Pants

9.  Stockings
 Shoulder pads
 Corsages

10.  Cotton denim
 Jersey
 Calico

11.  Patriotic colours :
 Air force blue
 Flag red
 Black
 Browns
 Greens
 Gray flannel.

12.  Hair was worn long and curled at the ends for a
soft, feminine look.

13. White Short Hair or
Tie Fedora Hat any Jockey Fashion
shirt
Pocket Glasses
scarf
Blazer
Denim
Jacket
Cotton
shirt
Hand
Watch
Light
Blue
Jeans
Trousers
Black Leather Shoes or any
Shoes Sneakers

14.  Advantages of 40’s fashion
 - It was like an universal trend for men, so they don’t needed to pass
many minutes chosing some clothes to go out to somewhere
 - For the men, the clothes were easy to match with another clothes.
 Disadvantages of 40’s fashion
 - The men’s fashion was very monotonous.
 - That fashion was inappropiate for summer.
 - That men fashion doesn’t had a great variety of clothes.

15.  Likes
 - The elegancy of the people
 - The Clothes were easy to match
 Dislikes
 - The fashion was very formal to all the situations
 - The hairstyle was ever the same (for men)
 - That fashion turned in a stereotype.