From the advice of New York designer Edwina Patterson
No belts on coats
Dominant colors should be:
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| Navy |
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| Black |
Or
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| Neutral Shades |
Flat fur coats ( like broadtail - 'the wavy, moirélike fur or pelt of a young or stillborn Karakul lamb'.[Source: Dictionary.com] )
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| Broadtail fur from the 1940s |
No doll or pillbox hats.
*Bummer, because I love pillbox hats. I didn't realize they were so popular in the 1940s. When I think pillbox hat, I think Jackie O
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| Jackie O. Impersonators 1961 |
Wear off-side berets
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| Susan Peters 1943 |
Wear medium-size off to the side hats
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| Zasu Pitts, Paula Laurence & Celeste Holm |
No peplums or tiered rulles, dirndl skirts, wide belts, and unpressed pleats
*Basically anything that adds volume
[Source: Quick Steps to Beauty and Charm. Dorothy Cocks. White's Book Company. Westfield, Massachusetts. 1948.]
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