1940s : Fashions of a Resourceful Decade

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Model Wearing Cellophane Straw Hat
Original caption: Model wearing red cellophane-straw hat, high-collar white blouse with black bow at neck from Henri Bendel.
Photographer: Horst Horst
Date Photographed: ca. 1943

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Woman in Red Satin Dress
Original caption: Model wearing red satin evening gown with slim front and flowing back with small train, and a matching cape with sable collar and squirrel lining dyed to match the sable, by Mainbocher
Photographer: Horst Horst
Date Photographed: ca. 1949

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Model with Shadow of Bicycle
Original caption: Model wearing mattress ticking capri pants with red trim together with sleeveless turtleneck from Hi-Dee.
Photographer: Serge Balkin
Date Photographed: ca. 1945

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Model Wearing Grey Flannel Suit
Original caption: Model wearing gray flannel suit with red gloves.
Photographer: Horst Horst
Date Photographed: ca. 1943

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Blonde Woman in Floral-Print Swimsuit
Original caption: Model with garland in one hand and umbrella in other, wearing multicolored cotton print bathing suit with a draped bustle
Photographer: Horst Horst
Date Photographed: 1940

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Model Wearing Silk Jersey Dress
Original caption: Model wearing orange-red silk jersey dress with low drapery, leaning on statue.
Photographer: Horst Horst
Date Photographed: ca. 1940

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Models Wearing Wool Outfits
Original caption: Two models in hats standing on front step, one wearing red plaid jacket with beige wool skirt, and the other wearing wool dress with red dickey.
Photographer: Toni Frissell
Date Photographed: ca. 1940

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Model Wearing White Evening Gown Holding Scroll
Original caption: Model wearing gala dress in white slipper-satin, holding scroll with weathervane-like fixture
Photographer: John Rawlings
Date Photographed: ca. 1941

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Model in Light Gray Outfit
Original caption: Model holding flower and wearing sleeveless, side buttoned, heather gray shirt with matching skirt and bracelets.
Photographer: Horst P. Horst
Date Photographed: ca. 1947

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Model Wearing Beaded Dress
Original caption: Seated model wearing jewelry and black sheath of beaded chiffon.
Photographer: Horst Horst
Date Photographed: ca. 1940

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Model Wearing Black Dinner Dress and Hat
Original caption: Model wearing black rayon dinner dress with cap sleeves and draped neckline by Omar Kiam for Ben Reig
Photographer: John Rawlings
Date Photographed: ca. 1945

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Woman in Striped Dress in a Jeep
Original caption: Model in white with black and lime striped play dress by Jeanne Barrie, sitting in a Willys Universal Jeep
Photographer: Constantin Joffe
Date Photographed: ca. 1946

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Model Wearing Short Jacket with Skirt
Original caption: Standing model wearing white hat, navy jacket, and red skirt.
Photographer: Horst Horst
Date Photographed: ca. 1942

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Models Wearing Hats and Reading Newspapers
Original caption: Three models with newspapers wearing gray flannel suits, the first in a blue felt visored beret, the second in a red felt skull-cap, the third in a white pique beret.
Photographer: Horst P. Horst
Date Photographed: ca. 1943

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Model in Suitdress Under Vogue Sign with Accessories
Original caption: Seated model in suit-dress, with accessories hanging from a Vogue sign above her.
Photographer: John Rawlings
Date Photographed: ca. 1943

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Three Models in White Ball Gowns
Original caption: Three models around red sofa all wearing white ballgowns for the winter season.
Photographer: John Rawlings
Date Photographed: ca. 1945

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Models in Charles James' Gowns at French & Company
Original caption: Charles James gowns in French & Company's eighteenth century French paneled room.
Photographer: Cecil Beaton
Date Photographed: ca. 1948
Location Information: Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

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Two Models Singing in Mainbocher Evening Gowns
Original caption: Two models singing wearing sleeveless Victorian-style dinner dresses by Mainbocher.
Photographer: Cecil Beaton
Date Photographed: ca. 1944

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Model in Red Bonnet Smoking Cigarette
Original caption: Model wearing rosy-red quilted velvet bonnet, dove-gray corduroy greatcoat, hand-stitched gray gloves, and diamond spiral earrings, smoking a cigarette.
Photographer: John Rawlings
Date Photographed: ca. 1941

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Woman in White Dress and Hat
Original caption: Woman modeling pleated button-up white dress tied at the waist with flowers tucked in the belt, a white hat and white gloves.
Photographer: Cecil Beaton
Date Photographed: ca. 1947

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