For The Boy Who's 3 Or Less - Butterick Patterns from 1946

Woman's Day Magazine let's us know what the well dressed young man should be wearing in 1946. Each of these are from Butterick Patterns. Does your toddler have a Sailor Playsuit, a Sunday-Best Suit, a Smock Coat and a Snow Suit with Helmet? Better get busy! 

How I feel when I go shopping...

Thrilling New Plan - A Dress for You - Just Order Three! - 1946

What an Amazing New Plan from Harford Frocks! Just get orders for three dresses from your friend, neighbors, or members of your family and get a dress or suit! Your Choice of More Than 100 Styles. "You can get your complete wardrobe easily, quickly and without cost, and also earn good money for spare time work if you wish."

But there is that one thing.."Due to today's conditions we may not be able to send it at once.." But the catalog "Big Style Presentation will be rushed to you.

Just don't count on those dresses.

Dream Dresses for Stylish Stouts

If you order clever "Dream Dresses for Stylish Stouts" from Janne of Hollywood Dresses you can "camouflage those extra pounds". Which is a good thing because you need "Youthful ideas of slender grace that are so utterly figure flattering you'll love them."

But most importantly you should expect an "Atomic Change"!
This ad is from 1946 and 'Atomic' anything seemed like a good thing. But I don't think you'd walk down the street in your new dress and Mable would comment "Why just look at your Atomic Change!"

Joan Leslie - True Experiences Magazine - 1946

This is the lovely Joan Leslie on the cover of the September 1946 issue of True Experiences magazine. She's appearing in Warner Bros. production "Two Guys From Milwaukee".

Doesn't she look snappy? The military influence shows in the double breasted suit jacket with crisp collar and cuffs. Plus there is the eagle on her purse. But her bright pink matching hat and bag are set off with that cluster of red (bakelite?) cherries. Fabulous!

More Sweater Girls- 1946 - Help them talk!

These gals just look like they have something to say. So I'm going to number each one and let you provide dialog. Go!

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

Film Noir Sweater Girls - 1946

Talk about drama! These 1946 sweaters are all modeled by serious gals with shadows and dim lighting...very stylish, but a bit hard to see what you were suppose to knit. But I suspect they were all starlets trying out for film noir roles as gun molls.