What to Wear

Stars and
Stripes

1940s
Glamour Tips

What to
Wear

Suggested Attire

• For the ladies: a 1940s cocktail dress or period military uniform.
• For the gents: a 1940s style suit or period military dress-uniform.

Shop For the Perfect Ensemble

• Takoma Underground (Takoma Park, Md.)
• PollySue’s Vintage (Takoma Park, Md.)
• By Jilian (Silver Spring, Md.)
• Remix Vintage (Alexandria, Va.)
• Annie Creamcheese (Georgetown)
• Bygone’s Vintage Clothing (Richmond, Va.)
• ReVamp Vintage
• The Cat’s Pajamas
• Tara Tango
• The Remix Shoe Company
• The Hattery (The Shops at Georgetown, Washington, D.C.)
• National Capital Historical Sales Online (for uniforms)
• Newport News (for satin gloves)  

Get That Perfect Vintage 1940s 'do

• PR at Partners Salon (ask for Rita)
• Rainbow Hair Designers, Kensington, MD (ask for Xen)

For Inspiration

• View photos from the Art Deco Fashion Show: http://adsw.smugmug.com/gallery/640371

Learn More

• Hear experts present 1940s glamour tips about fashion, accesories, makeup, and hairstyles. 

1940s Fashion Reference Books

• Blueprints of Fashion: Home Sewing Patterns of the 1940s by Wade Laboissonniere
• Everyday Fashions of the Forties as Pictured in Sears Catalogs by JoAnne Olian
• Fashions of a Decade: The 1940s by Patricia Baker
• Fit to Be Tied: Vintage Ties of the Forties and Early Fifties by Rod Dyer, Ron Spark, and Steve Sakai
• Naval, Marine, and Air Force Uniforms of World War 2 by Andrew Mollo
• Uniforms of World War II by Peter Darman
• U.S. Army Uniforms of World War II by Shelby L. Stanton
• Vintage Fashions for Women 1920S-1940s: With Values by Kristina Harris
• World War II Allied Women's Services by Martin Brayley

For More Information

Still vexed about what to wear? Contact us for advice and tips: fashion@adsw.org.

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Created September 22, 2005; Modified Thursday, November 17, 2005.