Great Fashion Designs of the Forties Paper Dolls: 32 Haute Couture Costumes by Hattie Carnegie, Adrian, Dior and Others

by Tom Tierney

Book Overview

Fashions from the 1940s rank among the most popular and most influential in modern times. In vogue again today, these classic designs -- characterized by wide, padded shoulders and slim silhouettes -- were born, largely, from the need to conserve materials during World War II. With the war's end, designers rejected the austere conditions imposed on them earlier in the decade and the New Look was inaugurated -- an ultra-feminine line that displayed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486253864
• ISBN13: 9780486253862
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.2" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher