1940: The hourglass
At the beginning of the 1940s, women’s fashion was all about comfort, not in the sense that “you’re best look is when you’re comfortable,” but in the sense that they didn’t have time to be occupied with fashion with everything else going on at these confusing times. Fashion was shoved aside, and the word that can best describe the stile of 1940 is utility.
While at the time it was considered rather simple attire, for us, in the year 2020, what women wore during the 1940s is considered as high-fashion, glamorous and over-the-top as it can get: gloves were a mandatory piece of clothing, as well as hats and purses.