Would you wear Rita’s black satin Gilda gown today... gloves and all? 🖤 If one dress could define Old Hollywood femme fatale glamour, this might be it. In Gilda (1946), Rita Hayworth walks on screen wearing that incredible strapless black satin gown, long opera gloves and her famous waves... and basically creates one of the most recognizable fashion moments of the 1940s. The dress was designed by legendary Hollywood costume designer Jean Louis. Instead of the fuller skirts we often associate with the 40s, this gown was sleek, fitted and designed to move with Rita while she performed “Put the Blame on Mame.” And that strapless neckline was BOLD for 1946. The dress had hidden structure underneath to keep everything securely in place while Rita danced, proving that some of the simplest looking dresses are actually the most carefully engineered. 😂 It’s such a good reminder that 1940s fashion wasn’t only sensible suits and wartime dresses... Hollywood was giving us some serious bombshell glamour too. 🎬 WHAT TO WATCH: Watch Rita Hayworth perform Put the Blame on Mame in Gilda and see the dress actually MOVE. This scene is the reason the gown became legendary. Watch the Gilda scene: https://youtu.be/NY2IpSCV-Nk?si=3RNXQPo3aDw_6pE8 Would you wear Rita’s black satin Gilda gown today... gloves and all? 🖤

When we picture 1940s fashion, we usually think dresses, stockings and heels... but during WWII, women were stepping into factories, shipyards and aircraft plants, and a pretty dress was NOT going to work around all that machinery. 😂 Enter the dungarees. Denim overalls, coveralls and trousers became practical workwear, usually worn with a tucked in blouse or work shirt and that classic scarf tied around the hair. And yes... there was actually a safety reason for the scarf too. Hair had to be kept away from machinery. And of course we have to talk about Rosie the Riveter. Rosie became the symbol of the women doing these wartime jobs, building planes, tanks and other equipment while millions of men were overseas... But she wasn't discovered & made popular until the 1980s! Fun fact... the famous “We Can Do It!” woman we all call Rosie today wasn't actually called Rosie when that poster was created. Rosie was a bigger character representing the women working in war production. What started as practical work clothes also helped make women wearing trousers feel a whole lot more normal. And honestly... the high waist, wide legs, rolled sleeves and little head scarf still make SUCH a cute vintage outfit today. 🎬 WHAT TO WATCH: Swing Shift (1984) Goldie Hawn plays a woman who takes a wartime factory job while her husband is away serving in WWII. You actually get to see the women working as riveters on a bomber assembly line, so it’s a fun one for seeing this whole Rosie era brought to life. Would you wear a pair of 1940s dungarees today... scarf and all? 👖

Here is a picture of two aprons I made from two 1940 reproduction sewing pattern. And yes I did embroidered the strawberries myself.

Outside painting my nails I am doing well on the almond shape. Love to see your guys nails.