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History of the Decade
* * 1941 – The United States was forced to enter into World War II byJapanese attack on Pearl Harbor
* * 1943 – ‘Vogue’ introduced a ‘Portfolio of Wartime Economics’ starting with your One and Only Dress
* * 1945 – WWII ended due to collapse of Germany and Japan
* * 1946 – Paris had re-established herself as the fashion center of the world
* United States (New York) became temporary center for fashion
* “Baby Boom” began due to length of time husbands were away from wives
*“ Make Do and Mend”
Technological Advances
* Necessity was the innovator to many new technological developments
* Flying suit developed from experimentations of materials during war (made from sun back rayon developed during the war)
* ‘Clothing from Chemicals’
+ * Nylon
+ * Acetate
+ * Rayon
Silhouette – Early 1940’s
* *Outline demanded by Wartime Deprivation
* *Unadorned
* *Plain rectangle of clothing
Silhouette – Late 1940’s
* Hour-glass
* X silhouette returned from 1830
* Swishing petticoat of the late Victorian period returned
* Fashions from Empire period copied
* Balenciaga
* Beautiful and distinctive silhouettes
* Tunic tops over long straight skirts
* Major influence on fashion of 20th century
* Elegant clothing
* Not afraid to create extreme silhouettes
* 1947 – New Look
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