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History of Trends

(1940-1950)

Introduction/table of content

Introduction/table of content 2
First Half decade 1940-1950 3
Second half of decade 1940-1950 4
Inventions in 1940 till 1950 5
First Computer 5
Fashion in the 40‘s 6
The ‘Sweater girls’ and ‘Pin-up’ girls 7
The New Look 7
Theatre de la Mode (theatre of fashion) 9
The birth of the Bikini 9
Cosmetics 10
Hairstyles, Turbans and Snoods 10
Literature 11
Music 12
Music 12
Movies 13
Dominant styles in art 15
Architecture 17
Furniture / Interior Decoration 17

First Half decade 1940-1950

The first half of this decade was dominated by World War II.
At the beginning of 1940, although the European war had been on for several months, extensive bombing and fighting had not started. In France, the couture houses presented their spring fashions in February to an international audience in an atmosphere of ‘business as usual’. The American press, who had expected to......

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