that pointing out societal decay opening ... absolute legend

@TheHistoryLounge

8 ай бұрын

Ha, hah! Thanks - (sometimes it just has to be said!)

Everybody cared about how they looked and had decency, class, dignity and self-respect!

@ellylovely205

8 ай бұрын

We can always bring it back. It all starts with ourselves. 🤗🥰

@keithbrown8814

8 ай бұрын

​@@ellylovely205it would have to start with way, way better parenting from infancy onward....especially strong fathers...

@ellylovely205

8 ай бұрын

@@keithbrown8814 Let's assume the father or the mother are both/each drunken parent/s. But, when the child grew up became the most respectful and trustworthy person, which made everybody think of is he/she the child of that father/mother. So, it all depends on that individual, not the family/relative...etc. I have heard/seen children from a well family, happened to be the opposite. Or, vice versa, the children were from a drunken family, who were known to be one of the best in their community. So, it all depends on the individual. 🤞🥰

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

@@ellylovely205 Why would you bring back Jim Crow & segregation ffs.

@ellylovely205

8 ай бұрын

@@fluffy1931 All I care to bring back, is to have integrity. 🤞✌️🥰

I was born in 1957. I recall my mother never looked sloppy, she had an hourglass figure and although poor, she made a lot of the family’s clothes and also received good quality clothes from her parents in Germany, she always looked clean, well groomed and made sure we did too.

@ir-312

7 ай бұрын

I was also born in 1957. My mom 1930 was very fashionable. She sewed dresses, skirts, coats. Even fashionable bikini in 1946-47, since there was nothing in stores in the USSR at that time.

No high fructose corn syrup yet. No fast food super size. Personal pride was paramount no matter your income level.

This was the era of my parents dating age. My mother's first marriage was in the late 40s. I remember seeing pictures of family members being dressed exactly like these people. Very pleasant photos.

I really wish they would make clothes like this again. Absolutely breathtaking.

@buttarain27

7 ай бұрын

They do, I've seen them, just shop online.

@Yellow-Rose

7 ай бұрын

@@buttarain27 Retro Stage is one.

@manchesterexplorer8519

7 ай бұрын

Tailor made clothing would cost a fortune these days. People also didn't own 20 pairs of pants , 15 pairs of shoes etc.. back then . I'm a contractor that works on pre war homes as bedroom closets used to be very small.

@Yellow-Rose

7 ай бұрын

@@manchesterexplorer8519 yes interesting point about closet size. Nowadays people have walk-in closets as big as another room.

Loved what the narrator said:” When people had respect for themselves and everyone else to care how they presented themselves to the world”.

@Volynyanka

7 ай бұрын

Well, nowadays the celebrities are dressed a little bit more then slaves at the slave market (when sold naked for better viewing of the "merchandise").

@medstudentsarah3745

7 ай бұрын

​@Volynyanka If the previous generations saw Kim Kardashian they'd think she's a prostitute with the way she dresses and behaves

@TheHistoryLounge

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I am 43, and I dress up every day. I am the owner and founder of my private therapy practice. I live in my world; my office looks like a 1958 living room, and my patients live there. My son is 21 and my daughter is 20. They are both in college, and they always say they're surprised how their roommates leave the dorm room, looking like they haven’t showered. My husband always dressed dapper and supported my decision to require our kids to look polished and well-groomed when leaving the house.

@fulvias.8463

7 ай бұрын

I can totally feel you, I am thinking that someday I will have an apartment that is a time capsule of the 60s/70s. I can have enough modernity outside my home, but then wehn I need to recharge and feel comfortable I can go back to my "retro" place, with no social medias, no tv, just records and old movies on the projector.

Classy! A time when people took pride in themselves. And then you go to a Walmart today and watch a carnival sideshow

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

On feb 20 1939' NYC more than 20,000 followers of the German American Bund celebrated with pride the awesomeness that was Hitler in Madison Square Garden.

@davidrauch7896

7 ай бұрын

Awwww! Peace, love and food stamps!! The moment that schools allowed the aclu to get a foothold. 1964.. long hair, drugs, disrespect for parents, sexual freedom, clap, aids, ghonnrea, all the fun stuff! Awwww, the good ol, days!! 😊

@RestoRidez

7 ай бұрын

Exactly! You no longer have to go to a circus to see a Freak Show just go out shopping....😆

No tattoos or metal sticking out of their heads!

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

No race mixing either. Segregation was awesome and Jim Crow laws the best. Internment camps for Japanese americans was kino!

@edanderson9938

7 ай бұрын

@@fluffy1931 give me a break!

@fluffy1931

7 ай бұрын

@@edanderson9938 On Feb 20, 1939, a Nazi rally took place at Madison Square Garden, organized by the German American Bund. More than 20,000 people attended celebrating pro Hitler & pro-"Americanism" rally; the stage at the event featured a huge Washington portrait with swastikas .

@Rafael-tj6ve

7 ай бұрын

​@@fluffy1931The same year Sovjet union and Hitler side by side occupated Polen and hade parades and festivities together.

I was born in 1957 and I remember my parents, grandma, aunts and uncles all looked very well dressed and classy.

The key point to this is that people had respect for themselves AND those around them.

Back when we were half way civilized! Thanks for the memories.

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

Your talking about a era that included WW2 & holocaust, the US was divided by strict segregation & Jim Crow laws etc. pls gtfoh

@junebug7363

7 ай бұрын

Beautiful styles and ladies were ladies. Today is extremely shocking may God forgive us. No modesty, no sense of style just a flash for the moment.

Everything looked so clean and everyone dressed so beautifully

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

You mean clean like lead pipes, lead tin cans for food and yummy asbestos in housing material for homes and heating. How about a healthy smoke and forget about second hand smoke the tobacco industry loves you.

@manchesterexplorer8519

7 ай бұрын

Meanwhile many people still smoke tobacco, 70% of Americans are simply fat lazy slobs and many are morbidly obese cows.@@fluffy1931

Hats and gloves were so classy and beautiful. I wish they would come back.

7 ай бұрын

There is nothing stopping you to wear gloves and hats and just a simple nice dress, skirt and blouse, and nice pair of shoes on a daily bases today. I do it and I can’t care less what those wearing sweat pants and sneakers to go everywhere think. If many of us start wearing a dress everyday perhaps others will take the cue. Fashion is dictated by some regular people wearing something and making it a habit. I would not dare to go to the grocery store in my pyjamas or sports clothes. Those are for sleeping and fitness activities only. But then again, some would wear my pjs as a summer dress for what they call “special occasion.” 😂 I simply find the way most people dress today horrendous and unflattering.

This is the reason why im learning how to sew. Back then almost all know how to sew their own clothes. Lots of vintage sewing tutorials/youtubers nowadays.

@tmc1373

7 ай бұрын

Same! And the clothing style was much more beautiful!

@andreacannon1263

2 ай бұрын

I agree with you, I learned how to sew thanks to my mother and I love making my own clothes and feel connected to my femininity ❤

They would be shocked to see oversized versions of women today with rings through their noses, tattoos, shaved heads, hairy bare legs and all the other millennial beauty tips.

@kennydemartini2169

8 ай бұрын

You forgot the skintight leggings that leave nothing to the imagination.

@keithbrown8814

8 ай бұрын

Women today are very sad looking.....and ...they view it as "progress".....strange!!!

@davidhunt6463

8 ай бұрын

You're describing my wife.

@gustavoperez5480

8 ай бұрын

​@@davidhunt6463oh WOW, haha, regards guys.

@keithbrown8814

8 ай бұрын

@@davidhunt6463 sorry for you......not trying to brag st all...but my wife aspires to more classic 40s femininity.....I'm lucky!!

My mom was born in 1942. I see a lot of my grandmother's styles in these photos. My mom's mother. Love

So feminine and classy! My mother was a young woman in the 40's and I love looking at pictures of her in that Era. She made her own clothes and they were beautiful as was she!! I miss her so much!

Less processed food and smaller portions. Rationing due to the war years would keep one slim and walking more and dancing would help with the waistline as well. Not the snack food and all the sugar of today.🌸

@liamfarnell6638

24 күн бұрын

Tell me you don't know shit without telling me you don't know shit

I grew up in the ‘50s. Fat people were rare and viewed unfavorably. Moms and dads were well dressed. Longshoreman had tattoos. Bulls had nostril rings.

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

And Jim Crow laws were awesome .

@dirtylemon3379

8 ай бұрын

And the negroes knew their place, right, Adolf?

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

@@Diana-yn2ho grow some skin dipstick.

@quantanglement

8 ай бұрын

@@fluffy1931 You seem to be the only one in the comment section that really likes to insult people by calling them names (dipstick, ftard and we all know what you're actually saying - verrry insulting)). People who do that, especially unprovoked, are many times considered emotionally immature. And even if they make a point - few, if any, want to think seriously about what they are saying. So, if it was your goal to paint yourself as an insulting negative troll - I'd guess most would think you've proudly achieved that lofty objective.

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

@@quantanglement cool story dipstick.

My Mom (graduated HS in 45, married in 46) always said they “dressed” to go anywhere. She lived her life like this into her 90s.

@lindatohara6438

7 ай бұрын

I know a lady 104 years old she still looks good in shorts and a nice polo shirt. She is beyond FABULOUS!!Her secret, she owned a ski lodge thats exercising daily and it paid off!!

How wonderful it was, to see Americans who had an American culture. Black, White, Asian- they were all Americans, and took pride in being so. Now we're all racially divided, and America has splintered into different ethnic cultures, to the detriment of us all. What beautiful women, and how proudly they carried themselves!

@jackriggs1108

7 ай бұрын

You can blame the media/press for all this division.

@christinebutler7630

7 ай бұрын

Jim Crow was in full force and Asians were in internment camps during the war, but dream on.

@fluffy1931

7 ай бұрын

@@jackriggs1108 How many stupid pills did you swallow. The era your celebrating US was under strict race laws & segregation, Jim Crow & Ku Klux Klan along with voter suppression thru poll tax was common. Ever heard of WW2 or the holocaust all from same wunderwaffen times.

@fluffy1931

7 ай бұрын

You forgot Jim Crow laws & race laws & segregation and forced internment of 'Asian' japanese americans. pls gtfoh

We're fat and lazy. Let's bring classy back. Get rid of corn syrup in our diets, eat less, walk 15 minutes a day, and dress nice. We look like freaking bums.

@manchesterexplorer8519

7 ай бұрын

It's simple , don't walk down the aisles in a grocery store and walk the perimeter of the grocery store as that's where the healthy food generally is as the processed junk is in the aisles. I cycle 4 times a week and practice staying out of the aisles in a grocery store as I'm 47 and fit . Also still working in the trades and loving it although it's getting harder .

@chloebelle4923

7 ай бұрын

@@manchesterexplorer8519 Absolutely TRUE!!

Absolutely LOVE the tailored/fitted look of '40s fashion...the women looked so elegant and feminine. Wonderful.

Wow! Class, elegance, beauty...and all in good shape.

@JC-jk3kl

8 ай бұрын

Not anymore! Western women have become insufferable, impenitent, hypergamous, boss babes with high body counts!

@lablackzed

8 ай бұрын

​@@JC-jk3klYep their called SLAGS .👊💥

While it was the 50s, I remember my mother and all women of the neighborhood never leaving the house unless they were dressed to the nines, even to the grocery store. And she made sure my two brothers and I were dressed for downtown.

My grandmother ALWAYS wore a dress, closed- toed shoes, nylons. Very classy times.

A time when men were men and women were women. People with integrity. There was no confusion about what sex you were.

@manchesterexplorer8519

7 ай бұрын

There still no confusion . Just brainwashed liberals grooming children.

@sharonsparks900

7 ай бұрын

“Boy, the way Glenn Miller played, songs that made the Hit Parade, guys like us, we had it made, those were the days. And you knew where you belonged, girls were girls and men were men…”. Sound familiar?

I’m 70 years old and I remember a time when we all had to dress up to go out. I still do. I never go out in sweat pants without my hair and makeup done. Loved this video!

I am in my 50's now, but remember that my mother and grandmother dressed this way. My Grandmother was 5' 1" and weighed 110lbs .... She dieted everyday and brought my mother and I up with the adage ..... "Men don't go for chunks of chocolate unless it is on a cake". She also never wore trousers as they were for men .... Even today, I wear denim skirts rather than jeans. You never left the house without perfume, earrings, mascara, and lipstick. Handbags and shoes matched. You wore stockings and heels (still do). Femininity was important.

Reminds me if a great line from the movie "It's a Wonderful Life." George asks Violet Bick, "Where'd you get that dress?" Violet: "This old thing? Why, I only wear this when i don't care HOW i look." 😏

Everyone is so neat and clean and no one is obese. That young lady in pink towards the end was gorgeous.

Stunning! When personal pride in appearance was a staple... and when women were women and men were men.

I wish people still dressed like this. It's so classy. Those ladies were gorgeous, and the gentlemen were so stylish too. I think the biggest difference is the men nowadays all looking the same, with jeans and t shirts. Back in the dya, they wore amazing suits and hats, and combed their hair, wow.

@MariamArt_

7 ай бұрын

The men were kinda attractive back then. They were so fine…god I could be swooning over…Errol Flynn or Clarke Gable…even though he was a closeted homosexual and homophobic at the same time lmao. 🌈🌈🌈

Seeing my Grandparents and my wife's Grandparents pictures they were so handsome and beautiful. In their Military uniforms and civilian clothes they were all so clean and dignified.

@lizzapaolia959

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your comment. God bless you and your family 🙏

@boomer7485

8 ай бұрын

@@lizzapaolia959 And also to you.

"A time when people had enough respect for themselves and those around to care about how they presented themselves to the world." - Exactly!

@fluffy1931

7 ай бұрын

A time when the US was under Jim Crow & segregation & strict race laws. Anti-semitism & fascist pro-nazi movements like the german american bund celebrated on Feb 20, 1939' in NYC with over 20,000 americans complete with swatzikas & flags in Madison Square Garden. Plus for sh*t & giggles and respect the forced internment of japanese american citizens.

Everyone was slim looked healthy and didn't wear sunglasses plus women looked like women and men looked like men♥

Nowadays they say they want to be comfortable so I guess having half your ass hanging out the back of your pants is comfortable along with a hoody so they can't see your face while stealing from Walmart.

People had less clothes but they were much better quality. Fast fashion has a lot to answer for.

@onlyredones

7 ай бұрын

Agree...fast fashion has a lot to answer for right along with fast food.

They look so clean, fresh and classy........my grandmother has a lot of photos with her dressed like this.

My mum Rose was a teenager in the 40s, and as a child I remember her doing her hair, putting lipstick on, and she would never leave the house unless she was immaculately dressed, and presented. I have been told that I do the same, hair, lipstick, clothes in 2023, and have had my bags carried to the bus stop, compliments made politely, and smiles given to me. I see no reason not to continue, and it brightens peoples day.

Beautiful times!!!

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

WW2 & holocaust was beautiful !

@1984BodeaMauO

8 ай бұрын

@@fluffy1931 surely no!!!

History Lounge, you nailed it: ENOUGH RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES & OTHERS TO CARE ABOUT HOW THEY PRESENTED THEMSELVES TO THE WORLD

The women looked so classy and beautiful. The men looked handsome and classy. My parents were 18-ish in the mid 40's and always dressed well. Not expensive but classy. Love this era.

I appreciate that the way they wore were so elegant and refined

I was a war boomer and grew up near a large black neighborhood in Dallas. The women dressed so beautifully I still remember them.

We can complain about "kids today", but truth be told, they're OUR kids and grandkids (and great grandkids). Someone allowed their daughters to go to the store in pajama bottoms and slippers. Someone thought it was ok for their sons to go out with sagging pants. A fashion statement is one thing, but a total disregard of self, or family, pride is something WE let happen.

@sl6169

7 ай бұрын

I think it's worse than that. Girls go in mini skirts and shorts like underwear and tattoos all over and their hair their mentality. But you are right, they are a generation that was not brought up right.

I was born when my dad was 40 years old. So, even though I wasn't a part of this generation, I was familiar with it. My mom had a foot pedal sewing machine. She had tons of patterns and she did make them from start to finish. She cooked and taught my sisters to cook. The still shot of the woman for this video looks incredibly like my mother. She could easily pass as her sister. Women had lots of beautiful clothes designs and they were all tasteful and quite appealing. Men pretty much all looked the same. Every man wanted to look like Cary Grant and talk big, like John Wayne. My uncle Dub was the spitting image of Lee Marvin - you could not tell the two apart and he even had the same voice. This was the best time to be alive in the world. The nation was reeling with pride and united as one large tribe. Politeness, respect and manners were signature characteristics of the day. How horribly far we have fallen. We are not a better people or more enlightened. I like how George Washington and others of his day used to say, "If we educate our children apart from the knowledge of Jesus Christ, we will have done nothing more, than created clever devils". And that is exactly what has happened. Thank you for the good memories.

@JHRIRS2010

8 ай бұрын

And a lot of common sense which is so badly needed.

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

Jim Crow laws & segregation ring a bell ftard. You might have forgotten american fascist movement of that time was sweeping the US along german centric german american bund. On Feb 20 1939' NYC Madison Square Garden hosted more than 20,000 marching americans celebrating promoted Nazi propaganda.

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

@@Diana-yn2ho keep sniffing wood glue.

I so miss the 50's. Most everyone dressed nicely, had manners and were respectful. There was little to no graffiti or trash laying about. People took pride in their neighborhoods and towns / cities. Crime was mostly "across the tracks" if at all and nothing like it is today. Schools taught the three "R's" rather than CRT, genderism and all the crap that has no place in our schools today. Kids did better in school and were not attached to all the electronics we have now which dissocializes them. Phones were not necessary to stay in touch. Drugs were almost unknown except those prescribed by a doctor. It was so nice to see a girl / woman in a dress, too, rather than seeing them with clothing so tight they might as well not bother dressing at all. I am no prude, but it was more interesting trying to guess what someone looked like under the clothing rather than already knowing. Lots of good comments below.

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

Jim Crow laws in the 50's along with race laws & segregation enters the chat. You forgot the nice black lists for americans who ran afoul the commie h8tr Sen. Joe McCarthy who along with the HUAAC hunted for commies under every bed in the US. Then the Cold War btwn US & Soviet Union with atomic warfare hovering over the planet was comfy.

Good to see they didn't use their body for a doddle pad 🗓️ or pin cushion. Refreshing to behold even if it's historical.

the women of the 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's were simply gorgeous.

I began dressing like a proper lady for biblical reasons. I wasn't expecting it, but I couldn't believe how much respect people paid for this-men opening doors, mothers asking me to watch their child while they went to the restroom, and giving me the best service...what a blessing. God knows best 💜✝️💜

@lanadavis6602

7 ай бұрын

I have noticed too! The more feminine and ladylike I dress, the more doors are held for me. Men do not often hold doors for other men or masculinized women. Even with a pair of jeans, if I have on a frilly blouse and nice shoes and jewelry, this happens as well.

One thing I have noticed in all the pictures - even up to the 1960's beach pictures shown on other sites - is how thin everyone is.. It seems like up until the 1960's - most people remained lean.

@sandyfreyman3501

7 ай бұрын

Because when they changed the DNA of wheat it started making people fat. This they did so the wheat would not blow over in the wind.

@kyrareneeLOA

7 ай бұрын

Ah yes.. processed foods. Less from garden more in cans , boxes +++

@chloebelle4923

7 ай бұрын

@@kyrareneeLOA absolutely, and gmo's and non-stop entertainment/sedentary lifestyles, etc.

@kyrareneeLOA

7 ай бұрын

@@chloebelle4923 Yes, being sedentary too. exactly. More farm fresh....organic foods with no preservatives...

@chloebelle4923

7 ай бұрын

@@kyrareneeLOA yes!, Absolutely!

The ladies, the clothing and the autos back then, what a trio!!

I wish we can go back in time. Class and self respect

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

WW2 & holocaust, Jim Crow laws & segregation and Ku Klux Klan keep wishing.

This is such a lovely presentation. My mother was a young woman in the 1940s and she continued to be beautifully presented every day of her life.

@DigbyOdel-et3xx

5 ай бұрын

My mom was such as a 50's woman and like yours dressed well up to her passing. My father always dressed appropriately and with care to look good as well up to his passing as well.

Modesty is so classy !

I grew up in the 1960s, when we all wanted to wear jeans and sneakers and be casual. We ended up looking like permanent children. These people looked like adults. I love the bags and belts and buttons and gloves that accessorized so well. And hats, of course. The world went to hell when both men and women stopped wearing hats.

@manchesterexplorer8519

7 ай бұрын

The 60's is when it started to go downhill , especially after 1964.

Hello everybody. I am writing through Google Translator. How I love old photos! I love looking at clothes, faces, imagining how these people lived, what they thought, who they loved. I wish I could travel back in time for one day and walk the streets. All the best and peace! P.S. I love jazz!

Absolutely love it, amazing, these women are classy, elegant, and saasy with a Godly finish 🙌

It’s a real eye opener. I think the 40’s was the most glamorous time period, especially in women’s fashion. Ladies looked so well put together even just to grocery shop or grab lunch with one another. Most folks dress like basketball players and yoga instructors now, if not pajamas and bedroom slippers. Probably an unpopular opinion, but lounge clothes are so intimate (?) to me.. I would never parade around town letting just anyone see me in my “comfys”, no makeup and unmade hair..to me, its for bedtime, cleaning and _Im not leaving the house_ days. Im young but very old fashioned I guess, lol. I really wonder what’s next..

My mother and her parents came to Southern California in 1938 from Munich, she was amazed at all the cars and wide roads.

🇦🇺 The girl at 7.22 is just gorgeous!

Thank you!! That was, to say the least, refreshing. I remember looking forward as I grew up through the 40s and 50s to getting old enough to dress like a lady. Then the later 60s happened...

@TheHistoryLounge

8 ай бұрын

Hi, Miriam! That's cool that you grew up back in these times. I'm glad to hear that you liked this video!

The most telling part of that historic piece for me was the notable absence of crap on the sidewalks .No plastic bottles, no old fastfood containers...

@Zebra_3

7 ай бұрын

there was garbage on side of highways.

@edennis8578

7 ай бұрын

Most towns still look like that. Get out of the big city and look around.

What I see in these clothes is a strong sense of adulthood. I would presume competence from someone dressed like this, that they accept the cost of bearing responsibility for their own life. I instinctively trust someone dressed like this. What I see in today's fashion is a sense of "nothing matters". That no one can be trusted to be competent or even lawful, that they are possibly depraved.

@RonaldReaganRocks1

7 ай бұрын

Yes.

@deirdre108

7 ай бұрын

Strong sense of "adulthood" is correct. Even children were dressed as adults--I was, as a child in the 1950's. Now adults dress like children, or perhaps a warped idea of childhood.

Classy, well-dressed ladies. Compare and contrast to the last 40 years in 'MURICA

Women looked so classy and beautiful back then,these women were our grandmas

Classy and elegant. Curvy and vivacious. True women.

This is how my grandparents dressed. I love looking at old pictures of them and their classy styles. I love how classy, feminine and elegant the ladies looked. So glad that I sew and can find some retro patterns featuring these styles for me to make for myself.

You might want to remember all those beautiful clothes were made in the U.S. My mother was 30 in 1940, she always wore gloves when she went downtown. There was a lot of class back then. And what is really interesting is people talked to each in those days; no texting.

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

ww2 was very classy.

Loved the styles and the care women took in their choices. So much more feminine than today’s styles.

@chloebelle4923

7 ай бұрын

💯% !!! Wish I had a time machine! I'd be GONE, baby gone!

So clean and neat. They looked lovely.

I remember my mother dressed so beautiful and stylish and her hair style , my mother always had matching 👠 with her 👛. I love 💗 this style and I my self dress like this. Now this is what I call true divas with style💗💗💗💗💗✨

@Volynyanka

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, and know it is stylish not to have your purse match one's shoes. It was all about harmony in style. Now one can wear sneakers with formal dress. But it is not worst thing that is happening today in the fashion industry: Look at the celebrities dressed for formal occasions. With see through fabric showing their underwear or absence of such. The prostitutes were dressed more decent then those women.

@fixitmann6685

6 ай бұрын

And people would never draw a picture to represent a word in a sentence. I had to puzzle out what the red thing and the pink things were.

I adore the 40's. The fashion, the music was the best

07:21Wow! What timeless beauty.

Wish we could go back to those times when life was good and everyone was still so innocent!

There was something about the 1940s look - the clothing, the hair, the makeup , the accessories - that showed off the female form to its best advantage. It didn't matter how pretty your face was, you'd look beautiful just by following the trends. It worked so well!

Beautiful times, beautiful America 👍💯

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

Jim Crow was not beautiful ftard.

7:23 is the absolute stunner of them all!!! Wow!

@PlasmaCoolantLeak

8 ай бұрын

I can just imagine her grandkids looking at that picture today: "Grandma! You were HOT!"

@josephstevens9888

8 ай бұрын

@@PlasmaCoolantLeak I was thinking the exact same thing!

@josephstevens9888

8 ай бұрын

I agree!

This was my grandparents’ era, and there are clothes in this collection that I would definitely wear if I had them today!

Wow the people were so well dressed. I love the 1940s women’s fashion. I’m using this as a style guide when I go out looking for clothes

These people are so well dressed. I was actually more surprised by how well-dressed the men were at that time. Both men and women really knew how to dress nicely. :)

Look at how trim and fit they all were! No wonder so many people could dance things like Swing and Charleston back then.

I think sloppier dressing started happening in the 80s with all the work out clothes meshing into every day wear and then further becoming okay to wear pjs down the road in the 90s.

@w.harrison7277

7 ай бұрын

As the cost of not caring how you look goes down, how you look goes down. Market forces don't demand people look better, so they don't. Back in the 40's you could be fired for any reason and the consequences could be dire. People appreciated a job. Today they are taught that responsibility leads to privilege and that's bad, and they have a "right" to everything they need.

@johnc2438

7 ай бұрын

The first spiral down was the "Casual Friday" look at work. What? No coat and tie required at work on Fridays? If that's the case, Mr. Boss (oh, no more "Mister," either, just plain "Bob" to your manager, er... okay), why bother with that rig Monday through Thursday?

7:23, she is just BEAUTIFUL beyond words...

@johnsevier4300

8 ай бұрын

agreed.

@keithbrown8814

8 ай бұрын

Stunning beyond words.....beauty like that is nonexistent in today's sad world!!!!

This was also a time when we had our own garment industry. Everything in the U.S. was made in the U.S. -

Lovely clothes and no obesity. Everyone made such an effort.

They had great hair styles and were very well dressed in those days , society today has definitely degenerated.

It was called CLASS !!!!!!!

Back when men were men, women were women, cars were sturdy, and respect of self and others was normal.

@fluffy1931

8 ай бұрын

You have hit your head dipstick. The US back then had strict race laws including Jim Crow & segregation & unrestricted discrimination especially against women, non whites and especially jews.

@rameshbhattacharjee4374

7 ай бұрын

It was also a time when Indians And Dogs Were Not Allowed Into The Calcutta Racing Club, So As An Indian I Am Not Sentimental About The 1940s, As An Indian I Am Glad To Be Living In 2023 And Not 1943

@rameshbhattacharjee4374

7 ай бұрын

Back When Jews Were In Concentration Camps And A Madcap Austrian Corporal Tried To Destroy The World

Oh Wow. My favorite time in history. I watch every movie from the 40s.😍 Makes you wonder where all our ladies went to.🥹Thanks for sharing.🙏

Absolutely stunning elegant and beautiful what’s happening with fashion today terrible bring back the beautiful elegant style ❤️

Beautiful❤. Best era for fashion, wholesome beauty and elegance.

My daughter loved the 1940s and wore beautiful authentic 1940s outfits she bought online at different places or at antique stores. She studied 1940s magazines and also did her hair like the magazines. She was tall, slim, blonde and beautiful. She always said she was born in the wrong era. She’s been gone 7 years now, she died suddenly and unexpectedly at age 20. 😭

@barrettesands

7 ай бұрын

😥🙏💔

@TM-sj1jg

7 ай бұрын

I am so sorry to hear that. It sounds like she was a wonderful person.

This style can be attained today, if one cares to carefully choose and style their wardrobe.

Beautiful people and beautiful era- around the globe people used to dress very stylish and modestly

@alonenjersey

7 ай бұрын

AN, you'll notice. Not a single face or body piercing among them.

My mother in law had the coolest 40s style city clothes big collar short jacket , the penil skirts very cool

@janiebankston2003

7 ай бұрын

City girls always wore glove and hat.

I love these old photo's!!!