Afternoon all, I was looking at simplicity's 1940s patterns but they only state the decade not the year, as I have done barely any research on 20th century fashion trends I really can't workout which end of the decade these patterns come from. My local costuming guild has tentative plans for something WWII themed for VP day (AKA VJ day) either this year or next so I thought having an appropriate pattern on hand would be useful I'd like to have something which wouldn't be the cutting edge of fashion in 1945 but maybe a couple of years old (although Australia's rationing wasn't as severe as that in Britain fabric was rationed, so new outfits would not be a common event). Would either of the 40s patterns on this page http://www.simplicity.com/index.cfm?crit=1065&page=thumbnailCustom.cfm&id=11 21&StartRow=10 (3688 and 4044) be suitable for an early 1940s outfit? If all else fails I will probably pick up Vogue 2855 http://www.voguepatterns.com/item/V2885.htm?tab=vintage_vogue&page=2 next time Vogue patterns are on sale, but Simplicity is cheaper (and goes on sale more often). Thanks Elizabeth ------------------------------- Elizabeth Walpole Canberra, Australia http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/
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