I’m going a murder mystery evening.
I am Nicole, an 18 year old idealist with a lefty poet boyfriend. The year is 1942. The place is Casablanca, in the latest days of Vichy – America has just entered the war and next month US troops will land in Casablanca, but for now, France rules this corner of North-West Africa.
I’m getting a little bit too excited. I think it’s because I have images of myself looking like this:
We all know that’s not going to happen.
However, I do need your assistance oh lovely people of the interwebs. I’ve done some research but I’d like you to do some too. I need links for the following:
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1940s fashion – what did people wear, prints, colours, style, handbags, jewellery
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1940s hair – how was it worn, how do I do it (preferably with pictures and detailed instructions)
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1940s makeup – what, how
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1940s vocabulary – any particular words which were tres fashionable in 1942
Any help or tips you can give would be great. Have you ever done one of these before? What are they like? What happens if it turns out you are the murderer?
Don’t know about web sites (try just searching with the terms you’ve used) but you need a very tight skirt to the knee and a tight-waisted jacket. Also seamed stockings (or tights with a line drawn up the back of your leg, which is what they used to do when they couldn’t get mylons.) Dont forget a small hat.
Er… did you send an email to my blog?! I just had a post that published straight onto my blog from nuttycow about brit bloggers…??? I’ve deleted it now. Bizarre?
this sould help:
1940s fashion