1. By: Samantha Schofield
1940s Fashion
By: Samantha Schofield

2. Women's fashion Knee length dresses Shoulder pads Accessories (hats)
Fitted waist

3. Men's fashion Plain solid colors
More natural rounded shoulders (unlike 1930s)
4x1 suit

4. Men's and Women's Hairstyles

5. Inventions During the Decade
Electronic Digital Computer
The Atomic Bomb
Microwave Oven
The Jeep
The Slinky
Silly Putty
Velcro

6. Major Events Japanese attack Pearl Harbor:1941 D-Day:1944
FDR Dies:1945
Germans surrender:1945
Bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki:1945
UN Founded:1945
Gandhi assassinated:1948

7. Fashion Influences Rita Hayworth: Known as the "Love Goddess"
Famous for wearing silk and satin

8. Fashion Influences cont.
Vivien Leigh
Starred in Gone with the Wind
Known for dressing elegantly

9. Fashion Influences cont.
Ava Gardner
Known for wearing long gloves
Wore long, sleek dresses

10. Famous Designers Christian Dior
Had the idea of setting up a fashion house in 1946
Liked architecture so made some clothing look like buildings, like the eiffel tower.

11. Other Influences The War
Cloth and economic shortages caused women to have shorter dresses
The military look, solid more plain colors

12. Summary of the styles
The fashion during this era was mainly influenced by the war. With more solid colors, and having restraints economically and on supplies. But people adapted to this problem on their own by even making some of their own clothes and accessories, with women making their own hats, to give themselves a more unique look. And men making their jackets more short, instead of having longer jackets down to their knees like in the 1920s and 1930s.

13. How do world events affect fashion?
Fashion in the 1940s was mainly influenced by the war. With the economy not being so well, there were budget problems on clothes and shortages of supplies. Some people even made their own unique accessories at home, like hats, to work with economic issues. The "military look" even influenced on how some of the clothes looked, having more solid colors. All in all, world events, like war, help determine the look of fashion for the population.