For your viewing enjoyment, here are a few 1940's era hats from my private collection modeled by a vintage mannequin display head.  Enjo...

The 2000 Ashton Drake Gene Marshall costume "Croquet, Anyone?" is a perfect example of the early 1940's fashion trend called S...

I love this dress from Ashton Drake's "Croquet, Anyone?" on its own, and I love it's new color called "wild mink...

In "Dictionary of Costume and Fashion", author Mary Brooks Pickens defines the mannequin as a model of the human figure for displa...

Who doesn't love those fabulous daytime frocks of the 1940's?   Vintage sewing patterns have long been my favorite go to resource fo...

During the make do and mend era of the early 1940's, women were encouraged to conserve and stretch their wardrobe either by adding new a...

Here's a little cocktail number with a Spanish Influence.  Recognize any of the pieces? Ashton Drake's "Song of Spain...