1940s wardrobe essentials

[Lady Day]

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[MissECP]

Lady Day, Wow! thanks for posting these, what a fantastic collection. I love the 'warm lined bootees', could really use a pair now its getting colder.

 

[Dutchess]

I was looking at the beautiful pictures of the cuban-heeled shoes above. These are old shoes from Hungary I got from a friend. I think they might be from the 40's. Strong materials, great craftmanship and very comfortable. They even have little metal plates under the toes to protect the soles. I wear them a lot.

 

[Lady Day]

Amazing shoes!
They look late 30s to me, right at the turn like 38-42 ish.

I could be wrong, but they are splendid!

LD

 

[Dutchess]

Amazing shoes!
They look late 30s to me, right at the turn like 38-42 ish.
I could be wrong, but they are splendid!

LD

Thank you! My friend didn't know how old they were and neither did I. She used to wear them a lot in the 70's. So you can imagine how incredible sturdy these shoes are. I think we should all go to Eastern Europe, because I suspect there are a lot of pre-war vintage treasures to be found there!

 

[zombi]

LOVE the shoe pages -- want them all, obviously. just what I needed to see though as far as shoe references go!

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

Oh the shopping sprees we could have with a Way-Back machine.

I got a couple pair of black, basic shoes (though one's a peep-toe lace-up, similar to the Cuban heeled ones shown), when I was lucky enough to have a "your money's no good here" visit to a vintage shop who's elderly owner had passed away. Her grandson let me in for a last chance, with the caveat that everything I chose had to fit me, and I wasn't to take things to resell.
I'll have to get a few photos to share.

 

[vintage_jayhawk]

Lady Day, those are wonderful! Thanks for posting them.

 

[Helysoune]

*faints at those shoe ads and the price of them*

Absolutely, completely and utterly wonderful!!!!! I missed this before when I was hurridly getting ready for the baby to make her debute, but I'm so glad I found this thread again and saw this. I haven't been able to find a pair of shoes like these in the stores that didn't have too high/too thin of a heel, so I actually settled on a pair of mens oxfords that actually work quite well, especially as a practical pair of winter shoes.

 

[Lenore]

*faints at those shoe ads and the price of them*

Absolutely, completely and utterly wonderful!!!!! I missed this before when I was hurridly getting ready for the baby to make her debute, but I'm so glad I found this thread again and saw this. I haven't been able to find a pair of shoes like these in the stores that didn't have too high/too thin of a heel, so I actually settled on a pair of mens oxfords that actually work quite well, especially as a practical pair of winter shoes.

My practical winter shoes.

Got them at DaddyOs.com. Very comfy.

 

[23SkidooWithYou]

I'd kill for the mary jane's from the advert and I'm pouting, no...make that super pouting, that I don't have a pair of "Fuzzy Wuzzys" on my tootsies right now!

 

[chanteuseCarey]

I have one pair of these vintage perforated lace up shoes- they are just like in the ads LD posted! You can just see them in this photo (I usually don't include the shoes in the pics I have taken). They have those great original shoe laces too! I'll have to take a pic of them next to a modern counterpart that is very close, except for the laces and heel shape being completely different. The skirt section of this dress is too long for me, I'm going to get it shortened and have a belt made from the cut off piece.

LOVE the shoe pages -- want them all, obviously. just what I needed to see though as far as shoe references go!

 

[23SkidooWithYou]

Carey...you are adorable and top shelf, all the way! You always give such thought and express so much detail in your accessories. I love seeing your pics. Maybe you should show us your shoes more often!

fftopic: The pic of you in the RL jacket with the red snood and the hat is one of my favs! Love the snood/hat combo.

 

[chanteuseCarey]

metal studding on 1940s vintage dresses

I thought I'd throw these pics out here on this thread. I am fortunate to have found two vintage 1940s dresses with metal studs on them. They are all intact. I wonder how prevalent this was as an embellishment on ladies clothing... The style of these dresses is really wonderful. The cuts are very flattering to the female figure.

 

[23SkidooWithYou]

I'm curious too.

My heart is in the 20's and early 30's but my hips are set in the 50's. As a result, my knowledge of anything 40's is vague and I'm easily confused by that eras silhouette. I did see one studded dress up for auction recently and while I wouldn't have bid, I guess I should have studied it more.

Glad you posted the second set of pics as I can admire the detail much better! Thanks!

 

[Miss 1929]

Bumping this thread for a newbie...

 

[Lenore]

Bumping this thread for a newbie...

Good idea.

Bartenders, would it be a good idea to sticky this thread? I'm sure a lot of newbies would get a lot from it. I know I did!

 

[LizzieMaine]

Good idea.

Bartenders, would it be a good idea to sticky this thread? I'm sure a lot of newbies would get a lot from it. I know I did!

Good idea. Consider it stuck.

 

[Lenore]

Good idea. Consider it stuck.

Yippie! I helped make a contribution! lol

 

[Ms Sew-n-Sew]

Thank you for the bump - I've really enjoyed reading this thread and have learnt a lot. Love the shoe scans Lady Day; what a fantastic resource and much appreciated!