I'm really liking this. I've been a bit anti-Forties looks because there have been way too many precious, girly, perfect, not a hair out of place or a lipstick smudge, sorts of these girls in the swing scene (and creeping into goth and otherwhere) lately, and so I was right off the style. I don't do plastic perfect.
But there's a huge difference between a Forties girl who looks more like a Forties mannikin, and Rosie the Riveter or a WAC - which is my Forties ideal. And you've hit that rivet on the head with this look, and it's fabulous.
This is how Princess Elizabeth learned to be a mechanic, and drive anything with wheels. Don't forget the WASPs ("Women Air Force Service Pilots") and the WAVES ("Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service"-worst name evah!) An entire generation of women ran a country, and thought of themselves as being at war. It wasn't a "look," it was a way of life. (In Canada, one air-yard was turning out a Lancaster bomber every single day. Seven years of living like that is so not a fashion statement.)
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Date: 2008-08-12 06:54 am (UTC)But there's a huge difference between a Forties girl who looks more like a Forties mannikin, and Rosie the Riveter or a WAC - which is my Forties ideal. And you've hit that rivet on the head with this look, and it's fabulous.
Rosie the Riveter or a WAC
Date: 2008-08-12 05:40 pm (UTC)Don't forget the WASPs ("Women Air Force Service Pilots") and the WAVES ("Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service"-worst name evah!)
An entire generation of women ran a country, and thought of themselves as being at war. It wasn't a "look," it was a way of life. (In Canada, one air-yard was turning out a Lancaster bomber every single day. Seven years of living like that is so not a fashion statement.)