Friday, 25 November 2011

Stylish Winter Coats: World War Two

 A small selection of gorgeous coats from the war years (oh and 1946 which sort of counts as far as design and restrictions are concerned)


Windsmoor December 1941


Selfridges Autumn 1943


Harella Autumn 1943


Dereta December 1945


Marlbeck October 1945


Molho December 1945


Harella Spring 1946

4 comments:

Vix said...

Fabulous coats, especially that stunning Selfridges town coat. x

What-I-Found said...

love those "gallant American shoulders"!

Kally said...

Casual racism from Selfridges there!

Glad we've progressed from naming our fashion colours after racist slurs, but modern design could definitely do with an injection of the beautiful tailoring seen in these lovely coats.

Miss Rayne said...

Kally
Yes the 'N' word was everywhere in the 40s particularly in England, though I would say that it wasn't considered as rude as it is today.
But something we can definately do without.