1940s Pack

"Simburian;c-17205255" wrote:

"Movotti;c-17204554" wrote:

"adamclark83;d-964652" wrote:
How about a pack with 1940s elements? House designs, cocktail bars not to mention all those lovely silk gowns for women.

Silk? In the 1940's? I think you have your decades confused. Silk was more common in the 1920's and 30's, by the 40's silk was expensive and rare, and usually replaced by 'art silk' aka artificial silk, aka synthetic silk.

Though, parachute silk was popular for underwear and wedding gowns.

1940's fashion was about minimal use of fabric, while still looking stylish.

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Make do and mend was the motto, with many garments being made by upcycling other garments. Old mens suits were often re-cut, and re-tailored into womens skirt suits.

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Was the make do and mend applicable to the USA though? I just remember the glamorous Hollywood films of the 1940's so wouldn't know what it was like otherwise. We had ration books until 1954 in the UK and lots of exchange of rationbook points between people for things one didn't want and the other did. It was the end of the trouser turnups for men in the war because the wool was wasted. They were made illegal. It was that bad! I wouldn't mind at all a clothes pack without the war though!

The dresses and skirts after the war in the fifties I loved, The Audrey Hepburn era. I remember having to wear gloves when going out.

We badly needed the revolution of Mary Quant, short skirts and pixie cut hairstyles in the sixties and those clothes would make a really great pack, especially for men in those Carnaby Street clothes and hairstyles.

It would be a chance to get one's Sims into clothes one could not possibly afford at the time. I forget about the bad times I had.

Well for UK, Canada and later the U.S- we all had to deal with less stuff. There was only a limited amount of sugar allowed (and other food rationing). Kids could collect I think metal scraps which could be melted to make stuff for the war. There were Victory Gardens.