I’ve always admired Katherine Hepburn and Marlene Dietrich’s glamour and cutting edge style. Their penchant for wearing stylish wide leg, high waisted trousers was still considered fairly shocking as early as the 1930’s.
Although some designers created tailored trouser suits for women, most notably Coco Chanel, wearing trousers was still not widely accepted. By 1939 the tide had changed with Vogue featuring women in trousers for the first time and also the arrival of WWII.
Trousers became the symbol of working women during the war and the Rosie look was personified first and foremost by trousers.
Finding vintage 1940’s wide-legged trousers, however, can be very difficult and a flattering fit challenging due to limited availability.
My hunt has focused primarily on vintage reproductions as a result and the good news is there are a number of online sellers providing 1940's style trousers with contemporary sizing and also some stores faithfully reproducing 1940’s patterns.
I’m currently leaning towards a pair on heydayonline.co.uk that have a large range of stunning 1940’s swing trousers in a variety of colours which are beautifully cut.
Vivienofholloway.com are also very good with a selection of well cut, wide-legged trousers in a range of fabrics.
For the purist vintage hunter revampvintage.com and agelesspatterns.com have some faithfully reproduced 1940’s vintage trousers patterns with lovely deep cuffs.
It’s also worth keeping your eye on eBay and 40sclothing.co.uk as some good quality vintage 1940’s trousers do appear from time to time.
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