Quick Curl Set, Vintage Hairstyle

Hi Ladies,

This is for those Gals out there who do NOT have the time to do the much more labor intensive hairstyle I posted last week.  This will take about 15 minutes to get into pin curls.  If you are not a pin curl lady you can use the same curl pattern with a large barrel curling iron.  My curls don't last when I use curling irons so I stick to pin curls. Good luck Ladies!

Vintage Haircuts & Hairstyles for Short Hair

I drew a copy of a vintage haircut to share, since it's copyrighted material I couldn't print the original.

I've made a small collection of hairstyles specifically for short hair from the huge collection at

beautyisathingofthepast.blogspot.com

beautyisathingofthepast.blogspot.com

Vintage Sewing Pattern Design Site

www.vintagesewing.info/1940s

This place is wonderful, very detailed info on construction and design of your own sewing patterns.

Vintage Sewing Pattern Re-Release

I just recently found a vintage re issue sewing pattern that retails for $17.00 on ebay for $5.00 total, uncut & unused.  The seller has about 10 available at the moment.

I just received it in the mail, have yet to make any clothes with it. So I hope all is well with the pattern pieces, it all seems to be there. I am making the slacks this week.

1940s-Retro-Ladies-Suit-Pattern-Skirt-Pant Pattern

Vintage Haircuts, the Middy, the femme fatale, & the baby

Hi Ladies,

Here are a few authentic vintage haircuts from this decade we are all so fond of. Just click on the image to enlarge. The originals were copyrighted material so I just made sketches of them for everybody.  Just keep in mind the length shown at the nape of the neck is for the majority of the head. The length of the bangs and the sides of the head will vary.

Everyday Fashions of the Forties by JoAnne Olian

 

Everyday Fashions of the Forties by JoAnne Olian

 I just checked this book out of my local library and am so glad I did, I've got to buy it now.  She's got a lot of great info on the ol' Sears Catalogs from this decade.  When I think of Sears I cringe frankly, I remember my Grandmother taking me there, I had a really hard time finding anything that I thought looked good.  Apparently in JoAnne's book she mentions that the old catalogs ONLY contained exactly what people said they wanted to buy.  I'd love to have a clothing dealer now that would be so cooperative! That's why I make my own clothes!   She talks briefly about how the rural corn farmer and his wife were dressed as smartly as the stocks trader in Manhattan or L.A. would've been and other interesting wartime era details.  It's mostly just the best of 10 years of the catalogs pages.

1940's Fashion Designs for Sewing Patterns

I've been collecting every pattern cover I can find from the era, click on the image to enlarge it.   

As I was sifting through these designs I felt some of these were very 'mid century modern' or 50's.  Then I remembered by the end of WWII Dior latest design that was called "the New Look" began to influence the formerly masculine designs of wartime clothing. Which soon developed into that waspish appearance that is characterized by the 50's.