1940's Women - X-Ray Glamour

1940's X Ray Beauty

Yes - isn't science marvellous. Now a woman can be x-rayed into radioactive beauty nirvana. Back in the 1930's and 1940's, the new radiology invention was used - a little over used perhaps, for shoe fitting with the Shoe Fitting Fluoroscope.

Shoe Fitting - X Ray Fluoroscope.

This film shows a woman 'exposing' herself in the interests of science for the new x-ray motion picture. Later we see a woman getting her ankle bones zapped supposedly to aid in the design of an accelerator pedal. That certainly should have nicely advanced her osteoporosis in the years to come.

1940s X-ray of womans shoe

1940's Fashion - Vintage Playsuits

1940's Fashion - Women's Playsuits

Stripes, Parasols,tunics and snoods were summer favourites in the late 1940's.
The playdress was just the thing for sports." Her gaudy stocking cap is a pet !". Boleros and belts were common to the beach fashion ensemble. Wedge shoes were a must for the hot days. Cool, comfortable and extremely smart.They were the most
popular sports shoe of the summer in the late 1940's
Featured here is a black and white pair.

Lindy Hop - The Original Swing Dance - New York 1939

Lindy Hop - The original Swing Dance - New York 1939

No one can really experience the feel of the 1940's and not try the Lindy Hop dance. The original swing dance.
The Lindy Hop was inspired from headlines like Lindy Hops atlantic after  Charles Lindbergh's flight to Paris back in 1927 . It's also known as the Jitterbug. It is an unashamedly joyful dance. The embracing hold, and the turns from Europe, the body moves from Africa. This dance evolved along with the new swing music,
This little gem was filmed at the World Fair in New York in 1939. A nation as yet untouched by war.
Courtesy of the Prelinger Archive

Weekend Eye Candy - Swimsuit and Cover-up

In the early 1940s, actress Marsha Hunt wears a green and white print cotton two-piece swimsuit with a matching green and white cover-up jacket. Note the platform sandals!

Photo taken by MGM studio photographer Clarence Bull.

I Am in Love with Irving Schechter

And I don't know who he is! This 1940's suit jacket makes my heart swoon. The label says "Irving Schechter Original of California" and I can't find any information about it. But if you know Irving, please tell him I love him.