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Everyday Style & Fashion Trends In The 1930's

Created on May 12, 2016 by Kathy Pinna

House dresses for the morning, afternoon dresses for going out, glamorous evening dresses and fur . . . women's fashion was expanding in the 1930's.

During the 1930's, women still made their own clothing (lots of examples below, including a real sack dress), but manufactured dresses also came into their own and were actually cheaper.

A dress for 49 cents - Really? That’s under $8.00 in today’s dollars! Discover 1930's fashion - a beautiful time for dressing and one that still influences designers today.

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Vogue dress patterns

Vogue patterns for the 1930's
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Kathy Pinna 195 followers 29.5k+ favorites
shared on 05/06/2016

Helen Puchis
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Dennis Murphy 50 favorites
shared on 10/08/2014

Love hats with veils!

Mary F Travolino
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Steven Tierney 3 favorites
shared on 11/18/2014
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Australian fashion magazine

Audrey Jessica Jewson
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Rhonda Watt 4 favorites
shared on 09/19/2014

At the (air) races

Fern Heuman (Jordan) & Miny Poe, 1936
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Tom Poe 2 followers 83 favorites
shared on 04/30/2014

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich
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Natasha Medeiros 43 favorites
shared on 08/25/2011

Marlene really wore men's suits before women suits became readily available.

Butterick dress patterns

Butterick patterns for 1930's dresses
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"For the woman with white hair" - ie, older and heavier!

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Foreshadowing the 1940's car hop look

Linna Louise Ayers
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E. Franklin 14 favorites
shared on 12/08/2014

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn
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She was famous for wearing trousers - it was controversial!

1930 still looked like the 1920's

Roscoe & Sarah (Seaton) Nesmith
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Laura Terry 3 followers 273 favorites
shared on 07/17/2014

The matching sweater

Cordelia Bryant, Florida, 1931
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Jennifer Rudd 3 followers 802 favorites
shared on 12/17/2012

Gotta have aprons!

Lucile Richardson, Washington 1934
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Paul Davison 7 favorites
shared on 04/22/2013

Dress shop, 1939 MS

Dress shop, Mississippi
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shared on 01/05/2012

Are those dresses really 49 cents and 79 cents???

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Fashion model

Doris Wroncy, New York fashion model
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Elsa B. Walton 18 favorites
shared on 11/08/2013

Winifred Clift
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Steve Payne 88 favorites
shared on 02/11/2016

Grace K Seborg, Marion & Murray Kellock
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Karen Kellock 20 favorites
shared on 05/11/2014

Winifred Tumblin, Florida, 1932
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Jennifer Rudd 3 followers 802 favorites
shared on 01/20/2013

Jewel B Lanham
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Jane Lanham 4 favorites
shared on 09/02/2013

Helen Lieblang, 1930's
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P Meyer 13 favorites
shared on 02/11/2013

Mary (Handy) Evans
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Daniel Pinna 204 followers 8.97k+ favorites
shared on 09/23/2014

Mamie Leitch, Georgia, 1934
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Jennifer Rudd 3 followers 802 favorites
shared on 12/13/2012

Secretarial dressing

Mabel E. Eldridge, OH, 1938
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Jennifer Rudd 3 followers 802 favorites
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The brooch is the bling

Louise Wilcox, Texas, 1939
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Jennifer Rudd 3 followers 802 favorites
shared on 08/20/2012

Dressed up daywear

Willie Mae Shope, Georgia, 1932
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Jennifer Rudd 3 followers 802 favorites
shared on 11/23/2012

A variety of style in the UK

1930's Fashion in the United Kingdom
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Note the trousers, the long flowing dresses, and the short hem!

Political dress

Jimmy Walker & Betty Compton, his wife
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Mrs. FBI

Mrs. Clark Schilder
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Kathy Pinna 195 followers 29.5k+ favorites
shared on 08/15/2011

Wilma Shaw, Florida 1937
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Jack Shaw 24 favorites
shared on 11/10/2012

They made these dresses in Home Ec!

Students wearing dresses they made
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These dresses won first prize

First prize dresses
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Flour sack dress - really

The FSA (Farm Security Administration)
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