1940's Casual Summer Styles // CATALOGING CATALOGS MW41

Plan to start lounging beach side because the forties have got a bunch of trousers, shorts, playsuits, and cotton dresses ready for summer time sun. Today we're diving into the earliest catalog in my collection, Montgomery Wards spring summer 1941. The scans of these pages over on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bmesposito/1941-montgomery-wards-springsummer-1941/ The Schiaparelli jackets I mean: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/85004?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Schiaparelli&offset=240&rpp=20&pos=252 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81805?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Schiaparelli&offset=280&rpp=20&pos=285 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83355?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Schiaparelli&offset=280&rpp=20&pos=293 Lacis Museum shop for slips! : https://www.etsy.com/shop/LacisMuseum?section_id=29154901 Music and Sound Effects from Epidemic Sound. Where I get my pattern drafting paper: http://atlaslevy.com/Paper_c_13.html (not sponsored) More from me? Want to help me continue making more videos? Listen to me ramble on in a monthly podcast? Watch an additional project video each month? Peruse my Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheClosetHistorian Blog: http://theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theclosethistorian/ Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheClosetHistorian Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co