The ’40s glamour look focuses on fashions that pair masculine and feminine elements together to create one integrated look. Often you will see soft and silky items that skim the body’s curves paired with rough masculine fashion items like coats and slacks. This dichotomy of male and female fashion aspects makes the ’40s glamour look a lot of fun to play around with, regardless if you like to dress feminine or masculine.
’40s Glamour Makeup
’40s glamour makeup is all about drama. The key to getting the right look is to find the perfect shade of red lipstick for your skin tone. There are lots of red lipsticks on the market including Really Red offered by Cover Girl Continuous Color for under $6 and Russian Red offered by MAC Lipstick for around $14.
Hairstyles and Hats
Another element of the ’40s glamour look was soft hairstyles accented by hats, headbands or decorated barrettes. Hats from the 1940s were extravagant and interesting. They were often decorated with jewels, rhinestones, beads and feathers. If you are not a hat aficionado then consider a decorative headband or barrette. These accessories were often beaded, bejeweled and accented with feathers as well. You can find a great selection of these items at bridal stores like JZ Rose, or at local vintage boutiques.
Clothing
The fashions from the 1940s included fitted suits, gloves, silky shirt dresses, high-waisted pants, fishnet stockings, T-strap high heel shoes and long woolen trench coats. The combination of masculine and feminine elements is key to putting together 40s glamour looks. For example, you can pair a feminine silky shirt dress from Nordstroms with a masculine long wool coat from Bloomingdales. If you are more interested in pants then you can pair a high-waisted pair of slacks (masculine element) with a ruffle silky shirt (feminine element) from Nordstoms.
Resources
http://www.instyle.com/instyle/dailybeautytip/photos/0,,20575433,00.html
http://www.splendicity.com/celeblook/heidi-klum-in-40s-glamour-with-ruby-red-lips/
