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Period: 1940s
Elizabeth Mason Couture Strapless Dress w/ Bolero Jacket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a "One Of A Kind" cocktail dress with matchin bolero jacket from Elizabeth Mason Couture. This dress is custom made from a 1940's dress kit/pattern, using a heavier weight ta...
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American 1940s Clothing

Handmade 1940's floral Pattern Velvet Cocktail Dress Size 4 6
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This custom 1940's design is composed of a orange hue floral patterned velvet. Handmade. In excellent vintage condition. **Please cross-reference measurements for personal accurac...
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Unknown 1940s Clothing

Black Satin Art Deco Style Evening Blouse with Rhinestones and Beading
Located in Chicago, IL
Elegant black sleeveless evening blouse with a deep "swag" of stud set rhinestones down the back. The rhinestones start on the left shoulder, run down the back and then up over the r...
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American 1940s Clothing

1940s Fabulous Red & Blue Wool Checked Jacket
Located in University City, MO
1940s Fabulous red & blue wool checked jacket. The art deco style jacket is designed with a wide dramatic pointed collar. The chic retro jacket closes w...
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American 1940s Clothing

Ceil Chapman Long Pink Silk Floral Print Drape Waist Gown , Circa 1940's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a vintage multi-colored silk floral print gown by Ceil Chapman, from 1940s. The gown has a square neckline, short sleeves, self belted waist, an off-center bow at the bust, d...
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American 1940s Clothing

40s Black Crepe A-Line Dress w/ Lace Collar Detail
Located in San Francisco, CA
40s Black Crepe A-Line Dress w/ Lace Collar Detail. Front button and metal zipper closure. Lace neckline detail over nude mesh. Dress in photo worn over petticoat for additional supp...
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1940s Clothing

1949 S/S JACQUES FATH Black & White Gingham Fan Back Peplum Afternoon Dress
Located in Thiensville, WI
Incredibly rare Jacques Fath black and white cotton gingham dress from his Spring-Summer 1949 American collection for Joseph Halpert. Impeccably tailored fan-tail bustle back with pe...
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1940s Clothing

Mauri Beruholy of Beverly Hills
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black wool three piece suit set, includes jacket, skirt, and belt. Size small, jacket has four front pockets, four front buttons, and fitted waist...
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American 1940s Clothing

Dorothy O'hara Black Rayon Dress w/ Tuck Point Design, c 1940s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a lovely vintage black rayon crepe dress by designer Dorothy O'Hara. It is knee length, with 3/4 sleeves and a great tuck pint design on the bodice, which gathers at the wais...
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American 1940s Clothing

Dorthy O'Hara Vintage Black Cocktail Dress, Circa 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a vintage black cocktail dress by Dorthy O'Hara, from the 1940's. The dress has 3/4 length sleeve, scoop neckline, and a zipper up...
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1940s Clothing

Dorothy O'Hara Vintage Black Lace Cocktail Dress, 1940s
Located in Sparks, NV
Extremely rare vintage 1940s Dorothy O'Hara cocktail dress in unworn condition with the original tags still attached! Nude illusion lace bustline and draped front. Details: Par...
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American 1940s Clothing

Charles James Rare Black Wool Blazer, Circa 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very rare black wool blazer by Charles James, from the 1940's. The blazer has two buttons at the bust, a row of hidden snaps down the front, and beautiful design detail. ...
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American 1940s Clothing

Chic 1940s Black Duster / Opera Jacket w/ Crochet Details + Scalloped Edges
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful, chic 1940s vintage opera / duster jacket! Jet black color, with scalloped edges, and intricate crochet cut-out details down the center, at sleeve cuffs, and at neck. Embro...
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Hong Kong 1940s Clothing

Hattie Carnegie 2 pc.Black Boucle Knit Skirt Suit, c. 1940's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a vintage and highly collectible 2 piece skirt suit from Hattie Carnegie. Both the skirt and jacket are made of a soft black boucle knit. There are shoulder pads and a twill ...
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American 1940s Clothing

Vintage 1940's Cream Sill Beaded Dress Bird of Paradise Sequin Dress UK 6 US 2
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This truly enchanting 1940's cream crepe silk dress, embellished with a sequin and bead design of a bird of Paradise perched upon a branch surrounded by leaves and flowers, in sumptu...
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Unknown 1940s Clothing

1940S Black Silk Bias & Net Dress
Located in New York, NY
1940S Black Silk Bias & Net Dress
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1940s Clothing

1940S Light Blue & Black Cold Rayon Geometric Print Wrap Dress
Located in New York, NY
1940S Light Blue & Black Cold Rayon Geometric Print Wrap Dress
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1940s Clothing

Hungarian traditional Apron, embroiderd by hand in the 1950s, Hungary
Located in Stuttgart, DE
JO NAPOT KIVANOK! Here I am offering a beautiful hungarian hand-embroidered wedding apron with differnt flowers and fruits from the early 1950s. The joung Hungarian girls embroidere...
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Hungarian 1940s Clothing

1940s Couture Old Hollywood Silky Black Jersey Shoulder drape Evening Gown
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Early 1940s Custom made, old Hollywood silky black Jersey gown with shoulder drape. Couture quality, this gown is sleek & modern the fabric is a weighty matte jersey that drapes bea...
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American 1940s Clothing

Vintage 1940's Crepe Silk Hibiscus Dress UK 10 US 6
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A beauty to behold. This original 1940's dress, rendered in a cream crepe silk, with a pattern of blooming hibiscus flowers in sunsets shades of reds, oranges and yellows, with green...
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1940s Clothing

1940S White Hand Embroidered Rayon Chiffon Top
Located in New York, NY
1940S White Hand Embroidered Rayon Chiffon Top
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1940s Clothing

1940S Baby Blue Bias Cut Nylon Slip Dress With Cream Lace Trim
Located in New York, NY
1940S Baby Blue Bias Cut Nylon Slip Dress With Cream Lace Trim
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1940s Clothing

A Silver Lamé Evening Dress by Lucile Manguin - France Haute Couture Circa 1940
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1940 France Sculptural silver lamé evening dress with a large oval neckline and small kimono sleeves by Lucile Manguin, member of the French haute couture union and daughter of the painter Fauve, dated 1938 - 1942. Amazing work of quilting with boutissé strands following the bust and flaring out at the bottom in accordion pleats. Provenance: Drouot sale "La mode dans l'art, modernité d'hier" Françoise Auguet, 9 June 1993, lot 160. From accession Musée de France, Institut Mode Méditerranée Maryline Vigouroux of February 11, 2021, study Cornette de Saint Cyr (Unique case in France). The silver lamé has some traces of oxidation. The general structural condition remains very good. Museum or collection piece, not wearable today. Dimensions: Equivalent size 38 France. Member of the Chambre syndicale de la Haute Couture française, Lucile Manguin, daughter of the famous Impressionist painter, set up her fashion house, in the carré d'or, at 12 Rue François 1er...
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French 1940s Clothing

1940S Off White Rayon & Lace As-Is Blouse
Located in New York, NY
1940S Off White Rayon & Lace As-Is Blouse
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1940s Clothing

1940S Purple, Green & White Plaid Cotton Zip Front Dress
Located in New York, NY
1940S Purple, Green & White Plaid Cotton Zip Front Dress
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1940s Clothing

1940'S Japanese Asian Floral Silk Kimono
Located in New York, NY
1940'S Japanese Asian Floral Silk Kimono
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1940s Clothing

1940s Iconic Adrian Original Cubist-Inspired Dress in Green Gray and Black Drape
Located in Gresham, OR
Here's your chance to own a piece of classic Hollywood design! An iconic 1940s Adrian Original dress: The man who made Joan Crawford's shoulders famous designed this stunning silk ...
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American 1940s Clothing

1940s Silk Embroidered Chinease Coat
Located in London, GB
A stunning silk coat from China in the 1940's.The embroidered coat has black background with wonderful embroidery on the back, sleeves and hem. The inside is a dark blue silk and lin...
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1940s Clothing

1940s Pattullo-Jo Copeland silk and wool dress
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1940s black wool and silk satin dress, 3/4 length gusseted raglan sleeves, alternating insets of black wool and silk, with rolled collar neckline. The dress closes at back with a metal zipper and is Labeled Pattullo-Jo Copeland...
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American 1940s Clothing

Schiaparelli Haute Couture Black Changeant Faille Evening Jacket
Located in New York, NY
Schiaparelli Haute Couture Changeant Faille Jacket, 1938-39. "France gave me the inspiration: America gave me the approval" Elsa Schiapa...
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French 1940s Clothing

Elsa Schiaparelli Haute Couture Faux Bolero Gown
Located in New York, NY
Elsa Schiaparelli was well connected into the avant-garde artistic and intellectual circles of New York and Paris in the 1920s and 30s. She regarded fashion as art and thought of herself as an artist. She was the first and arguably the most influential designer to explore irony in dress, collaborating frequently with fellow Surrealists Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dali, and Man Ray. One is reminded of the famed Dali-Schiaparelli organdy Lobster dress...
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French 1940s Clothing

Adrian 1940s Cubist Inspired Black/White Gown w/ Sequin Blocks
Located in Gresham, OR
1940s Adrian black and white color-block rayon crepe gown with capelet back, slash detail and geometric sequin blocking. An incredible piece from the legendary designer of screen an...
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American 1940s Clothing

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