Summer Fashion 1945!

<b>It may still be snowing at your house, but we can all look forward to summer. The Montgomery Ward Spring/Summer Catalog for 1945 has some suggestions. What's your favorite? </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ksabVbaWOUyDnFIoQLdmMWnolSVVsVh0194fvIspqFRN5Hg3qBN_dajbwJ1o9KV-JxpqQcihllG1TyTXWvJ0-X6TJmBxwnDh3xBxyD5nYRHODzfckobQYd0D1qtPwl4m9NzdutDKNOf4/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring:Summer45-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ksabVbaWOUyDnFIoQLdmMWnolSVVsVh0194fvIspqFRN5Hg3qBN_dajbwJ1o9KV-JxpqQcihllG1TyTXWvJ0-X6TJmBxwnDh3xBxyD5nYRHODzfckobQYd0D1qtPwl4m9NzdutDKNOf4/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring:Summer45-3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFJODUdpoGhrNS1S_CD1Freps_qFS6U_sup7PLLqygs8wpnMdrYJemF5b9zlJOOMMTQGyhJUbD7GQzwmVsjPKRJWpvY32TgxX6wzp_Ee9ilAAIXXlC6iMC2CYWMu5iEeOF2xsccgkeHBO/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring%253ASummer45-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFJODUdpoGhrNS1S_CD1Freps_qFS6U_sup7PLLqygs8wpnMdrYJemF5b9zlJOOMMTQGyhJUbD7GQzwmVsjPKRJWpvY32TgxX6wzp_Ee9ilAAIXXlC6iMC2CYWMu5iEeOF2xsccgkeHBO/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring%253ASummer45-5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYlUeONrrRuNefvvkEL8WShtth3mqj3KneAXmLdOOGqJ-1OPa2FuZh7nv_R73-1v8OMv0jy0vRA3TLu5jq3XCpYv760IL6g1brL-bQwK_J1YwD5GlXSYoBf9UAEAoyWwGPzXXKcAevuwc/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring%253ASummer45-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYlUeONrrRuNefvvkEL8WShtth3mqj3KneAXmLdOOGqJ-1OPa2FuZh7nv_R73-1v8OMv0jy0vRA3TLu5jq3XCpYv760IL6g1brL-bQwK_J1YwD5GlXSYoBf9UAEAoyWwGPzXXKcAevuwc/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring%253ASummer45-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaSlaFxaA4slUATvZqmECt2qDT16NgNzG7nwkmJJEhZ5KYeawu18HF6UmCwNP36GiUoq8Km1pgQvTIGoFl95bcfRIV-m26iMaiCJEsdagCYfmlf_cc2-aW5uF1B91r9DVHcr2OXdt0rG5/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring%253ASummer45-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaSlaFxaA4slUATvZqmECt2qDT16NgNzG7nwkmJJEhZ5KYeawu18HF6UmCwNP36GiUoq8Km1pgQvTIGoFl95bcfRIV-m26iMaiCJEsdagCYfmlf_cc2-aW5uF1B91r9DVHcr2OXdt0rG5/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring%253ASummer45-4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTcJeeOTt3-tRAcyezQ0Cu61iZV_K3BLo0o2X0ztYDlAI6UQOXsMCJwQ_lFdQZUvxp5IzQFFvGVS_IxUgZJiMCEnVnY751uTFUqZM4OWV_DVr1ISPT6v_cLpGvo04rb7OD1xlCtQn2cb0/s1600/+Montgomery+Ward+Spring%253ASummer+Catalog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTcJeeOTt3-tRAcyezQ0Cu61iZV_K3BLo0o2X0ztYDlAI6UQOXsMCJwQ_lFdQZUvxp5IzQFFvGVS_IxUgZJiMCEnVnY751uTFUqZM4OWV_DVr1ISPT6v_cLpGvo04rb7OD1xlCtQn2cb0/s1600/+Montgomery+Ward+Spring%253ASummer+Catalog.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPI304dOJKTWPeM0evLOeFqJWswGtDRaynqk4q6dOKUL8lGIrGucT3-DB6UyxsFKCqoVKf_wQQvyj218t-gblFp-LH-m0LwPa2twZUvugb3y0dFvK4fp6IBTsZo0kTlBqvs76pnxWzusB/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring%253ASummer45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPI304dOJKTWPeM0evLOeFqJWswGtDRaynqk4q6dOKUL8lGIrGucT3-DB6UyxsFKCqoVKf_wQQvyj218t-gblFp-LH-m0LwPa2twZUvugb3y0dFvK4fp6IBTsZo0kTlBqvs76pnxWzusB/s1600/MontgomeryWardSpring%253ASummer45.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><br /></b>

Summer Fashion 1945!

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Tailor Maid - 1945 Fashion Model's 5 Way Suit

<b>In The American Magazine, March 1945, we have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Russell_Reves"> Wendy Russell</a> New York "top-flight fashion model and styling adviser to half a dozen manufactures" wearing a suit that "does duty for five costumes". Her "hat happened to cost a dollar, and her jewelry came from a junk shop."</b><br /><b>This gave her <i>panche</i>, which freely translated, means "Put your hat over your right eye."</b><br /><b>It doesn't hurt she is "standing  before a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Vert%C3%A8s">Vertes</a> screen"!</b><a a="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Russell_Reves" russell="" wendy=""><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEx7HWJeAJ5erj4nMdZTZ-s40laIS_974TlUvm8Gf8lkl8hZ4J_fPT7u4kcwbOHa-vvXBZ5ikIk5KO6nLNiVIEmMguXpqsBN04yzupdUfVFE49otpitJgFXxOvM73pOu94Nbt6eQaN1E-B/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEx7HWJeAJ5erj4nMdZTZ-s40laIS_974TlUvm8Gf8lkl8hZ4J_fPT7u4kcwbOHa-vvXBZ5ikIk5KO6nLNiVIEmMguXpqsBN04yzupdUfVFE49otpitJgFXxOvM73pOu94Nbt6eQaN1E-B/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945-2.jpg" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6swbfuPPA3sMwfkTSLnAuvJ0usHZQuYg1LItzGnTUe8ecPhLZWtewhNFoLjz7KYcxna951qxUOnQoBoe1ooWZzhiOGu51M9PaK_JIigLfSsJ6U-kmAHflKXJbXtLE7o3_hDnNSkfMJ_O/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945+-+Version+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6swbfuPPA3sMwfkTSLnAuvJ0usHZQuYg1LItzGnTUe8ecPhLZWtewhNFoLjz7KYcxna951qxUOnQoBoe1ooWZzhiOGu51M9PaK_JIigLfSsJ6U-kmAHflKXJbXtLE7o3_hDnNSkfMJ_O/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945+-+Version+4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJlB9yN5WCauFTyx2C6z751b9SIRhjQ6tcZnChZ8JXU7FRfga4H5tfa2i3tObNwPBaXrqPoj8LVA3v5i8mZrMqMBbQ9r_M2wsvmaG5W3Vu5vfRxCmzAflVfxWhVdudrQLns_Lk1fDOakT/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945+-+Version+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJlB9yN5WCauFTyx2C6z751b9SIRhjQ6tcZnChZ8JXU7FRfga4H5tfa2i3tObNwPBaXrqPoj8LVA3v5i8mZrMqMBbQ9r_M2wsvmaG5W3Vu5vfRxCmzAflVfxWhVdudrQLns_Lk1fDOakT/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945+-+Version+3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDBPwlgo0vDQ546RCV1IW625hGAU1JyUBh5xCvLkgD8fGosU9jkc-l1cRpdETMHbgfV6KzGRqNJzcqYGzdcOJYxXd-SMpHOejcc_ICqETHPZR-MCTCpoiByl599rtRxLCZ20EgGx9vORj/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945+-+Version+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDBPwlgo0vDQ546RCV1IW625hGAU1JyUBh5xCvLkgD8fGosU9jkc-l1cRpdETMHbgfV6KzGRqNJzcqYGzdcOJYxXd-SMpHOejcc_ICqETHPZR-MCTCpoiByl599rtRxLCZ20EgGx9vORj/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945+-+Version+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcnFeelnfU6x7k8FIgHGzDM98fqa9-Kh23C6EFu-aAXZnB7LT6SoW933JC1OJVg80DzuUbGJqRoxsba2blZ4kytLkoRMJ1XDsKqz8B93JSp_AXMrF49ME0oBvBiTnvBWQegCis1ba6GGG/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcnFeelnfU6x7k8FIgHGzDM98fqa9-Kh23C6EFu-aAXZnB7LT6SoW933JC1OJVg80DzuUbGJqRoxsba2blZ4kytLkoRMJ1XDsKqz8B93JSp_AXMrF49ME0oBvBiTnvBWQegCis1ba6GGG/s1600/TheAmericanMagMarch1945.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

Tailor Maid - 1945 Fashion Model's 5 Way Suit

In The American Magazine, March 1945, we have Wendy Russell New York "top-flight fashion model and styling adviser to half a dozen ma...

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Tailoring Booklet - 1945 - Suits and Jackets!

<B>This J&P Coats Clark "Tailoring" Book No S -18 is dated 1945, but this is a second edition and some of these patterns dated from 1947. <br>But the fabulous looks are timeless. "It is no task to find a fashion appropriate for every occasion and a style becoming to every figure."</B><p><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/JP%20Coats%20Tailoring%20S18/JPCoatsTailoringS18.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/JP%20Coats%20Tailoring%20S18/JPCoatsTailoringS18.jpg" width="400"></a><br>Cover...Chesterfield coat - Simplicity 2135. Dressmaker suit - Vogue 6158. Casual suit - McCall 6877.<br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/JP%20Coats%20Tailoring%20S18/JPCoatsTailoringS18-2.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/JP%20Coats%20Tailoring%20S18/JPCoatsTailoringS18-2.jpg" width="400"></a><br>Man-tailored suit - DuBarry 5787. Casual tailored suit- Simplicity 1186.<br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/JP%20Coats%20Tailoring%20S18/JPCoatsTailoringS18-3.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/JP%20Coats%20Tailoring%20S18/JPCoatsTailoringS18-3.jpg" width="400"></a><br>Box jacket suit - Butterick 3139. Bolero suit - Vogue 5349. Dressmaker suit 1503. <br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/JP%20Coats%20Tailoring%20S18/JPCoatsTailoringS18-5.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/JP%20Coats%20Tailoring%20S18/JPCoatsTailoringS18-5.jpg" width="400"></a><br>Princess coat - Advance 3622. Reefer coat - McCall 5758. Chesterfield coat with belt - Simplicity 1087. <br>

Tailoring Booklet - 1945 - Suits and Jackets!

This J&P Coats Clark "Tailoring" Book No S -18 is dated 1945, but this is a second edition and some of these patterns dated fr...

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