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Argentine fashion photograph from 1955, featuring a typical New Look-style dress with a brimmed "saucer hat". Hair was worn short and curled with the New Look, and hats were essential for all but the most casual occasions. [22] Wide-brimmed "saucer hats" were shown with the earliest New Look suits, but smaller hats soon predominated.
Peter Russell (1886–1966) was a London-based English fashion designer and a founder member of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers. Running a major couture house from the 1930s to the early 1950s, he has been described as a: "designer of beautiful, jauntily sophisticated women's suits". [1]
1930–1945 in Western fashion. The most characteristic North American fashion trend from the 1930s to 1945 was attention at the shoulder, with butterfly sleeves and banjo sleeves, and exaggerated shoulder pads for both men and women by the 1940s. The period also saw the first widespread use of man-made fibers, especially rayon for dresses and ...
Make Do and Mend promotional advertisement, c. 1943. Imperial War Museum, Board of Trade. Make Do and Mend was one of several campaigns introduced by the British Government (with the help of voluntary organisations) to reduce clothing consumption and save resources during the Second World War. Offering practical guidance on caring for, altering ...
American. Known for. American sportswear. Awards. Coty Award, 1953. Thomas Franklin Brigance (February 4, 1913 – October 14, 1990) was a Texan-born New York–based fashion designer noted for his work in sportswear in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. [1][2] As a house designer for Lord & Taylor, Brigance was best known for bathing costumes and ...
A Kitty Foyle is a dress style of the 1940s, characterized by a dark fabric and contrasting light collar and cuffs, typically of navy blue and white. [ 1 ] The shape of the dress is a shirtwaist with short or elbow-length sleeves. It is named after a dress worn by Ginger Rogers ' character, Kitty Foyle, in the 1940 film of the same name ...
In a drastic departure from her signature oversize clothes and two-tone hair, Billie Eilish debuted a 1940s-inspired look on the cover of British Vogue.
New Look is a British global fashion retailer with a chain of high street shops. It was founded in 1969. The chain sells womenswear, menswear, and clothing for teens. New Look was owned by private equity groups Apax Partners and Permira, and founder Tom Singh, [4] until May 2015 when it was acquired by Brait SE (SA) for £780 million.