Summer Fashion 1945!

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? 

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 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."
This gave her panche, which freely translated, means "Put your hat over your right eye."
It doesn't hurt she is "standing  before a Vertes screen"!

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 from 1947.
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."

Cover...Chesterfield coat - Simplicity 2135. Dressmaker suit - Vogue 6158. Casual suit - McCall 6877.

Man-tailored suit - DuBarry 5787. Casual tailored suit- Simplicity 1186.

Box jacket suit - Butterick 3139. Bolero suit - Vogue 5349. Dressmaker suit 1503.

Princess coat - Advance 3622. Reefer coat - McCall 5758. Chesterfield coat with belt - Simplicity 1087.