Wedding Dresses

1940s Wedding Dresses

The soon to be brides that are looking for a beautiful unique look on their wedding day can surely try 1940s wedding dresses. These type of dresses are vintage, both practical and classy. They will bring back the past and your wedding will get an amazing romantic feature. It’s going to be easy to find 1940s wedding dress. All reseals, vintage shops and consignment should sell them.




The 1940s era was simple but it tended to get stylish and it did. The fashion in that period has two parts, is divided in two periods, before the war and after the war. The before war period called for simple and not sophisticated style, while the after war period was the New Look and it had a feminine approach  to style and amazing designs. You can imagine what boom was in wedding when man got back home. The 1940s wedding dresses are in two style. If you want a ore simple 1940s wedding dress ask for wedding dresses before the war and if you want to wear a more sophisticated 1940s wedding dress, than search for after the war 1940s wedding dress.

The fashion before the war wasn’t too complicated because everything was limited by war rationing.  We are talking here about food and clothing. Because of this a lot of brides in U.K and U.S.A had to wear normal practical dresses on their weddings, They didn’t have the opportunity to get married in something more special. In that time women use to borrow dresses from friends or they wore their best dresses on their wedding day.

They would wear anything they thought it would look good, anyway they didn’t have to many options. It might be hard for you to find  1940s wedding dress from before the war  and to like them. These dresses might not even look like wedding dresses, but if you have any special connection with this period, you should definitely try hard to find the perfect 1940s wedding dress.

The second fashion  period was amazingly changed. The brides had the chance to purchase used stylish wedding dresses or to get more elegant.  Here are the design elements these dresses might have had:
- netting at and around the neckline
- they were made of silk sometimes but usually of rayon.
- the color was white, ivory, beige or off white
- the v shape was really popular
- the long sleeves were probably the most popular feature, combine with the V neck line

If you decide to take into consideration wearing a 1940s wedding dress here are some tips of how can you find them easier. The first place you should check is the grandmother’s closet. Usually older women save their dresses because they might think  their daughters want to wear them on their wedding day. This might happen but it’s not for sure. The next place you have to go is to a vintage shop or to an antique store. Here you should find your 1940s dream dress but be ready because it might cost more than you expected. 

If this doesn’t make you smile, you have to go online. the internet it’s a great source for shopping. You should find a lot of online shops where you have great chances to find your 1940s wedding dress. Choosing a 1940s wedding dress for your wedding day might give you some problems as well. Authentic 1940s wedding dresses might not have been well preserved. Fading colors, yellowing, stains are the most popular problems regarding 1940s wedding dresses. Be sure you’ve seen the dress and you’ve tried it on before purchasing it.

If you chose to wear a 1940s wedding dress then you wedding theme has to be connected to the period, has to capture the essence of the era. Keep all the wedding in a line and bring the war into the picture if you want to. Some camo outfits won’t look bad at all. It’s your decision, so have a great wedding day!

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