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Western fashion in the 1940s.

Womenswear[edit]

American actress Hattie McDaniel in 1941.
Two models at a fashion shoot in London, 1943.
Argentine actresses Susana Freyre, Nelly Darén and Rita Juárez in Swan Song, 1945.
A model wearing a brown and beige all-wool checked suit by fashion designer Hardy Amies, 1945.

Cole, Daniel James; Deihl, Nancy (2015). The History of Modern Fashion. Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 9781780676036.
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