Molly's Raincoat and Susan's Green Dress

Yep, we are working on the Photo Contest post, we just haven't finished it yet. Haha. So we'll do this post in the meantime -- stay tuned for that post either tomorrow or Saturday. :-)

Psssst... this Saturday is the next Melody Valerie Couture launch... just FYI.

Today we have some shots of Molly and Susan hanging out with our terrier, Beamish. Molly is wearing a raincoat and hat from Etsy's Needle in a Haystack shop and meanwhile Susan is sporting Emily's sweater over a jumper and shirt from Terri's Touch.

Enjoy zee pics!

And for today's 1940s facts from Molly's history book... we wanted to start talking a little bit about 1940s clothing for women and girls... (see the last post for info on zee book we are using.) Pages 14 and 15 are labeled "Victory Style" and they discuss how fashion changed because certain materials were needed more for the war effort than for people on the homefront.

This section begins with: "Making do meant making way for new fashions, too. The government needed 64 million shirts, 164 million coats, and 229 million pairs of pants for soldiers' uniforms." (That's a lot of clothing!!!)

"Cotton and wool material could not be wasted on civilian clothes, so there were no more frilly ruffles or poufy skirts. Instead Americans invented all-new styles of clothing to help the nation win the war."

First up-- "Bobby Socks: Girls wore bobby socks, which used less material than tights. The term bobby socks came from the word bob, which means to shorten."

"Separates: Girls wore separates, or blouses and sweaters they could mix with different skirts or jumpers. Girls could make many outfits out of just a few clothes." (For example, Susan wears a cardigan, blouse, and jumper -- which can all be mix and matched with other clothing in her wardrobe to make different outfits.)

"Round collars, called Peter Pan collars, were popular for girls. They were styled after a costume worn by actress Maude Adams in the play Peter Pan." (Susan's shirt has a Peter Pan collar.)

Thanks for visiting us today! 

Stay tuned for the post with the Photo Contest entries!