Vintage 1940s Tops and Blouse Patterns

Tailored blouses, trousers and matching blazers reflected wartime functionality and masculine influences, popularised by stars such as Ingrid Bergman. By the mid-1940s, elegant eveningwear returned, while vibrant Latin American colours and peasant-inspired styles, influenced by Frida Kahlo, added warmth and femininity. See 1940s Fashion Styles.